On the last “Mind Tricks” discussion, we talked about false memories, where a characters' true nature is hidden from them because of memory loss or artificial memories.

The Phantom Life is similar, certainly in the two examples that I thought of initially…but the stories play out
in a different ...

Photo: Life is Strange 3, bonus episode “Wavelengths”. Square Enix, Deck Nine.

The studios at Square Enix and Deck Nine have delivered a third installment to their Life is Strange series, titled True Colors due to the protagonist’s ability to see auras, that is both sobering and surprisingly critical ...

Photo: “Rhino and Zebra Playing Chess”. Illustration from The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base. (1988)

My uncle could see nine moves ahead in chess. Nine moves. I could never understand how one could predict the future moves of an opponent by sheer chance. A predictable opponent makes predictable moves, yet ...

Welcome to…
The DD Fashion Spotlight!
Number 15.


Hel and Belladonna are our two webcomic fashionistas this week! Two gorgeous supernatural ladies with excellent taste in clothes, drawn with inestimable skill by our very own Damehelsing. I really don't know why these two haven't shown up in the ...

A teacher once told me a story about an in-law who worked in the animation studio for a very popular children’s cartoon. The studio used hand-drawn animation for the first season and transitioned to more computer animation for season two and season three. The job entailed drawing the main ...

Many things in this world are overrated, and even more are underrated. The problem is that often the things that are underrated are the ones that are vital for survival or quality of living while the ones that are overrated are superficial or even problematic for the same things (i ...

“Get Back”, the new documentary about the Beatles has been released - I haven't seen the whole thing yet, and I'm a fairly casual fan of the Beatles, but I've seen the shorter version of these recording sessions that was released way back when. And I've seen ...

Originating in the countryside of Ontario province is a simple tale of a most beloved ice sport, Hockey. The Ferda Boys consist of Newton, Uehara, Furtado, Araujo, Amond, and Cera among other teammates drafted to the underdog Junior C Team. Lugging a heavy bag home after practicing for three hours ...

I'm happy to say that lately there has been an effort to revive Greek cinema. More new scripts are getting attention and thematology diversifies into thrillers, historical fiction, suspense and even horror as opposed to the age-old sitcom moat that was Greek TV.

One such movie that I had ...

So, ladies and gents, friends and furries, yes, 13 Ghosts is the movie that haunted me as a child and to a point, still haunts me. I’ll never look at bathtubs the same.

BUT BEFORE I GET INTO THE MOVIE REVIEW, if you are reading this, and I kind ...