Dead Men Don’t Dream: Ruminations on “True Detective” Season 2 Thus Far

by Corey Plante

By the end of episode two of “True Detective” season two — perhaps even by the end of the first episode — I realized that I had to stop. The story analyst in… Continue reading →

The Point of Fiction, Wish Fulfillment, and HIMYM Reflections

by Corey Plante

What’s the point of fiction stories anyway? In J. R. R. Tolkien’s On Fairy-Stories — an essay that predates anything to do with Hobbits — he intimately discusses the “fairy story” as a literary form, which… Continue reading →

The Fun Madness of “Bloodborne”

by Corey Plante

At its very core, “Bloodborne” is a game about madness.   We’ve all heard that cliche, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” It’s… Continue reading →