Tag Archives: Aesthetics

A new report in Marketing Brew inspires my commentary against poorly-defined “creators” and “influencers” and against passive “content consumption.”

I go back in time to review what I consider to be the best TV anime depiction of summer, a mature take on the classic age-swap story, Living for the Day After Tomorrow.

Having already written about aesthetics and hair color in Days With My Stepsister, I figured that I may as well review the whole season.

In a two-part article, I first discuss how the superlative aesthetics in Days with My Stepsister elevate an otherwise mediocre anime before examining how the show handles the topic of anime character hair color in its world.

I consult original English sources to get to the bottom of the meaning and history of Japan’s ai ai gasa (“love umbrella”).

A pigeon’s visit to a Brooklyn statue of Christopher Columbus inspires a piece on the history of the depiction of the brave explorer.

I say what the reports left implicit about the fact that two fraudsters created 25 convincing Basquiat forgeries with nothing more than cardboard and a few minutes of painting.

I wade into a spirited debate about GoHands’ animation techniques in episode 1 of The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses.

We review a very pretty gray-scale visual novel set on a nearly empty train.

Reviewing a Pikachu-themed Pokémon-inspired cursor set for Linux. Not only are the colors right, but the shapes invoke the classic late-90s Pokémon aesthetic.

Avenging the old Penn Station.

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life, is a wonderful game. A 2004 review suggests an ideal for game design.