All Popkulturist essays, newest first. Longform pieces on games, screens, and the culture around them. No recaps, no rankings, no listicles — those have somewhere else to be.

Manifesto

I Still Love Pop Culture. I'm Just Tired of Being Managed by It.

Lately there's this thing happening and I still haven't figured out what to call it. I'll put on a show everyone keeps telling me I have to watch. Half an hour in, sometimes sooner, there's that feeling — the feeling of having signed up for something rather than just getting to enjoy it.