List: JOTT 2016 | Curated by Fergus Halliday

May 28, 2022
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A Tale Of Two Thrillers: Hannibal vs Bates MotelWhen NBC’s Hannibal was first announced, skepticism was the first thing on the minds of many potential viewers. Remaking Thomas Harris’s…
Dec 10, 2016
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Dragon Age: Inquisition tears Thedas apart and sets the stage for series’ next actIt’s easy to lose yourself in the scale of Dragon Age: Inquisition. The third game in the series realises Bioware’s fantasy setting in a…
Jul 21, 2016
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Dragon Age 2 isn’t perfect, but it breaks the fantasy RPG mold in ways that matterWith the weight of the franchise’s first step upon its shoulders, Dragon Age: Origins is a game defined by its ambitions. In comparison…
Jun 11, 2016
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Bioware’s Dragon Age: Origins is as ambitious as it is inconsistentThere’s something to be said for the ever-shifting parameters of Bioware’s Dragon Age games.
Apr 28, 2016
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Scott Pilgrim and Game of Thrones chart the tensions of adaptationThe tension around adapting George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire into HBO’s Game of Thrones is often one of the most fascinating…
Apr 21, 2016
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Today’s Tragedies are Broken FairytalesThough the term itself sometimes feels entrenched in the classical realm of theater dramas and fairytales, the popularity of tragedies…
Apr 5, 2016
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Chi-Raq vs Shameless: Poverty and Absurdism in ChicagoSpike Lee’s musical-satire film Chi-Raq shares more with HBO’s Shameless than just the backdrop of an imperfect Chicago. Both stories…
Mar 21, 2016
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Spotlight, Serial and the Fetishization of Investigation NarrativesThere’s a cynical perception that pops up a lot these days which proclaims the era of ‘proper’ journalism is behind us. It’s a perception…
Mar 15, 2016
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The Storytelling in Legacy of the Void Sees Blizzard At Their Most-FlawedWith 2015 quickly disappearing behind us, it’s clear that Legacy of the Void, the final installment of Blizzard’s Starcraft 2 trilogy…
Jan 28, 2016
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LOST, The Walking Dead and Community-Building in the Post-ApocalypseI fell off The Walking Dead pretty hard during its second season but, after diving back into it over the holidays, I’ll admit I was maybe…
Jan 17, 2016
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With The Reframing of Endor, The Political Climate Of Star Wars Has ShiftedThere are lots of cool little things Chuck Wendig’s Star Wars: Aftermath does. Set in the immediate aftermath of Return of the Jedi, it…
Jan 5, 2016
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As eSports Hurtle Towards The Mainstream, It’s All About The MoneyIt feels like any nuanced discussion of eSports has to examine the scene’s tendency to romanticize mainstream acceptance. For all that…
Jan 5, 2016
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We Still Don’t Know How To Write About PodcastsJust over ten years ago, I got my first iPod. From then, it only took a matter of days before my ears were opened to the world of podcasts…
Jan 5, 2016
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Needs to S.T.O.P.There’s this perpetual struggle faced by fans still tuning in for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. For three seasons now, skeptics have…
Jan 5, 2016
Jan 5, 2016