The New Mythology The Legacy of Redwall Lives on in Root, D&D, and Other Fantasy Games There are franchises and then there are phenomena, and the difference is the latter can be a lot harder to explain. To properly ... By Kenneth LoweSeptember 28, 2019
The New Mythology The 13th Warrior Created a New Viking Mythology We See Everywhere “I am Ahmad ibn Fadlan, ib al Abbas, ibn Rasid, ibn Hammad. And things were not always thus.” The title of this column, ... By Sean KellySeptember 21, 2019
The New Mythology Money Kept the MCU from Giving the Hulk the Story He Deserves “Dr. Banner. Now might be a really good time for you to get angry.” “That’s my secret, Captain. I’m always angry.” That dialogue ... By Noah BerlatskySeptember 14, 2019
Column Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Used the Macabre to Teach Kids About Storytelling There’s an eerie and fascinating power to stories that are so old that we don’t know whom the muses first whispered them to. ... By Kenneth LoweSeptember 7, 2019
The New Mythology Metal Wolf Chaos Skewers the Fighting President Trope and America Itself “Did anybody ever see Washington naked? It is inconceivable. He had no nakedness, but, I imagine, was born with clothes on and his ... By Kenneth LoweAugust 23, 2019
The New Mythology Barbie: How a Sex Worker-Inspired Doll Transformed the Way Girls Play Here’s the power of Mattel’s first lady: I was hiking up a mountain in Colombia when I encountered a motley crew of European ... By Kenneth LoweAugust 12, 2019
The New Mythology How Twilight Transformed Fandom, Conventions, and Batman When Ben Affleck’s tenure as Batman was over, speculation abounded about who would replace him in Matt Reeves’ The Batman. But when it ... By Caleb LopshireAugust 3, 2019
Column Can a Video Game Really Capture the Tragedy of Gollum? “And even Bilbo’s story suggests the kinship. There was a great deal in the background of their minds and memories that was very ... By Kenneth LoweJuly 26, 2019
Column Wolfenstein: The New Order Made Nazis Terrifying Again It had taken two hundred years to dispose of the American aborigines, and Germany had almost done it in Africa in fifteen years. ... By Kenneth LoweJuly 25, 2019
Column Why J. Jonah Jameson Is Spider-Man’s Most Dangerous Villain This story contains spoilers for Spider-Man: Far From Home, as well as many handsome images of J. Jonah Jameson. Spider-Man has one of ... By Henry WerhaneJuly 19, 2019
Column Tragic Realism Is the True Hallmark of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare When people think of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare franchise, the thing that most often comes up is “No Russian.” The fourth ... By Sean KellyJuly 11, 2019
Column Knights of the Old Republic Forged a New Path for Star Wars The latest news out of the galaxy far, far away has confirmed that a script for a Star Wars movie based on the ... By Kenneth LoweJune 28, 2019