Colton Royle – Medium

Aug 22

Games as Contingent Decisions — Valheim, Hannah Arendt, and the Human Condition

Part One — Decisions Games are about making decisions. These decisions can be as small as whether to go up or down, in the case of Pong (1972), or as large as the future of an entire alien race of Krogans and the manufactured disease of the genophage in Mass Effect 3 (2012). These…

Valheim

43 min read

Valheim

43 min read

Mar 24

The Boston Strangler (2023) — Movie Review

The Boston Strangler is an investigative mystery thriller starring Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon, and was inspired by the true story of the periodical series covering the murders from the Boston Record American. …

Review

7 min read

Review

7 min read

Mar 22

Sense and Sensibility (1995) — Movie Review

I write reviews based on four categories: Coherence, Intensity of Effect, Complexity, and Originality, each based on a score of 1 to 5. The total score is averaged out of these parts. Sense and Sensibility was an historical drama based on the first major work of Jane Austen, and was…

Sense And Sensibility

9 min read

Sense And Sensibility

9 min read

Mar 21

Emma (2020) — Movie Review

I write reviews based on four categories: Coherence, Intensity of Effect, Complexity, and Originality, each based on a score of 1 to 5. The total score is averaged out of these parts. The 2020 adaptation of Emma was directed by Autumn de Wilde, and represents her first film. It starred…

Review

7 min read

Review

7 min read

Mar 21

Metropolitan (1990) — Movie Review

I write reviews based on four categories: Coherence, Intensity of Effect, Complexity, and Originality, each based on a score of 1 to 5. The total score is averaged out of these parts. Metropolitan is a 1990 film written and directed by Whit Stillman. Over the course of several evenings, New…

Review

9 min read

Review

9 min read

Mar 21

Tár (2022) — Movie Review

I write reviews based on four categories: Coherence, Intensity of Effect, Complexity, and Originality, each based on a score of 1 to 5. The total score is averaged out of these parts. Tar is a 2022 drama film directed by Todd Field. Having seen Tar just a few days ago…

Review

9 min read

Review

9 min read

Mar 21

The Great Gatsby (2013) — Movie Review

I write reviews based on four categories: Coherence, Intensity of Effect, Complexity, and Originality, each based on a score of 1 to 5. The total score is averaged out of these parts. I think it is easy for fans of Fitzgerald’s novel to lambast Baz Luhrman’s interpretation as ruining what…

Review

8 min read

Review

8 min read

Mar 21

Last and First Men (2020) — Movie Review

I write reviews based on four categories: Coherence, Intensity of Effect, Complexity, and Originality, each based on a score of 1 to 5. The total score is averaged out of these parts. Last and First Men is a 2020 science fiction film directed by Jóhann Jóhannsson and starring Tilda Swinton…

Review

6 min read

Review

6 min read

Mar 21

Blade Runner (1982) — Final Cut Movie Review

I write reviews based on four categories: Coherence, Intensity of Effect, Complexity, and Originality, each based on a score of 1 to 5. The total score is averaged out of these parts. Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Blade Runner is one of the most influential science fiction…

Film

6 min read

Blade Runner (1982) — Final Cut Movie Review

Film

6 min read

Mar 21

See How They Run (2022) — Movie Review

I write reviews based on four categories: Coherence, Intensity of Effect, Complexity, and Originality, each based on a score of 1 to 5. The total score is averaged out of these parts. As I was watching See How They Run, the 2022 film directed by Tom George and starring Sam…

Review

6 min read

Review

6 min read