I have recently been spending my spare time sitting on my couch, waiting in anticipation for the new “Resident Evil” survival-horror video game to release. I played the demo of the game last week, and it was great! I was tense for many hours after, but it was worth it. I love a good scare, and in video games there is the sweet feeling of starting over again even after failure, so there is usually a feeling of relief. After playing it though, I started thinking about video game characters throughout time, and how they kind of always typically find a way to make everything look good. Continue reading
Author: Alex M.
What do I look like? Superhero vs. Monster
My mind was wandering the other day, as it usually does, about what the difference is between why a hero is accepted for their differences and why a freak/monster/alien/other is not. It came from reading a research article by Susan Stryker titled “My Words to Victor Frankenstein Above The Village of Chamounix.” Stryker raises points about the negative social implications expressed toward people who have a different gender identity that is not their assigned-at-birth identity. Stryker likens society’s feelings about it to how the Frankenstein “monster” was treated. Continue reading
Am I real or am I a…computer?
I remember when I first saw the movie Her in 2014. It does not seem like that was too long ago, but times are different now. Back then, I wondered if having a relationship with artificial intelligence would ever be possible. Nowadays with things like Amazon Echo, Google Assistant, and even Siri, it feels like that possibility will soon become a reality. Continue reading
Unruly Bodies 