ERIC MCADAMS
Eric McAdams Sep 8, 2020. 6 minute read
You Should Get Into Sumo — Here’s Why (and How)
Getting someone into a new sport is a daunting proposition. Unlike video games or other hobbies, there’s an underlying perception that sports fans are born, not made. Baseball fans are baseball fans because their parents forced them to play it as kids, not because some weirdo on the internet (hi)…
READ MORE >Eric McAdams Apr 3, 2020. 2 minute read
‘Good Job’ Review: A Jorb Well Done
Games that play with physics are often much funnier than games that have actual written jokes. I don’t mean to downplay character-driven, witty writing in games, but the fact of the matter is that a mechanic that makes things explode for no reason will nearly always be funnier than anything…
READ MORE >Eric McAdams Mar 31, 2020. 3 minute read
My Hero Academia and the Problem of the Supercop
Izuku Midoriya is a classically “good” protagonist. The main character of My Hero Academia is characterized by an earnest desire to help as many people as possible and an unshakeable ambition to live up to the example of his mentor, All Might, by becoming a hero himself. He is smart,…
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Eric McAdams Mar 17, 2020. 3 minute read
In Netflix’s Castlevania, Vampires Are Scary Because They’re Smart
What makes a vampire scary? Is it that they’re immortal? Is it that they can shapeshift, physically overpower you, and drain your blood with their teeth? Is it that their undead nature might be tied to Satan himself? Well, in Netflix’s Castlevania, vampires are scary because they’re smarter than you.…
READ MORE >Eric McAdams Mar 11, 2020. 2 minute read
The Devilish Delight of ‘Diablero’
A woman dies in Mexico City, killed by some kind of demon. With her dying breaths, she calls for a priest, but instead of asking for last rites, she tells him her daughter has been kidnapped, and that he is the father. This is the inciting incident of Diablero, Netflix’s…
READ MORE >Eric McAdams Dec 16, 2019. 2 minute read
The Half-Death of the Black Widow
There are a lot of very obvious reasons why Marvel Studios should have made the upcoming Black Widow solo film three years ago, but perhaps the biggest one is that in the current MCU, Black Widow — as played by Scarlett Johansson — is dead. Spoilers for Avengers: Endgame, I…
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