Sidekicks: Watson
To kick off our mini-series on sidekicks, we look at the most iconic and long-standing sidekick in pop culture: Doctor Watson. For 130 years, Watson has always found a place next to Sherlock Holmes. B...
1 Maj 201930min
Rod Serling's Key of Imagination
Witness if you will a writer: Rod Serling. This is the story of a man with a vision -- a vision of what television could be if only men ceased to operate out of fear and greed. But Rod Serling has a p...
17 Apr 201935min
The Hero's Journey Endgame
Ever since George Lucas cited Joseph Campbell’s 1949 book, “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” as the inspiration for Star Wars, Hollywood screenwriters have used Campbell’s theory of The Hero’s Journey ...
3 Apr 201933min
Slaughterhouse at Fifty
50 years ago this month, Kurt Vonnegut introduced Billy Pilgrim and the aliens who gave him time traveling powers in his novel Slaughterhouse Five. Many critics were baffled as to why Vonnegut used sc...
20 Mars 201931min
Tales of Margaret Brundage
In the 1930s Margaret Brundage was the hottest pulp fiction magazine illustrator. She primarily painted covers for Weird Tales magazine, which published the works of Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft a...
7 Mars 201928min
The Man Behind the Sword
Conan the Barbarian is generally thought of as a muscle-bound brute who fights his way through a made-up ancient world. But the character actually has a deep, rich history. I talk with experts Rusty B...
21 Feb 201931min
The Power of the Makeover Mage
In some video games, you can choose which character you want to play, and you can customize the look of those characters. For many transgender players, that option played a significant role in their l...
7 Feb 201929min
Choose Your Own Adventure
One of the unique aspects of video games is that you can control the characters. But game developers are often torn between wanting to give the players as much freedom as possible, and wanting to guid...
24 Jan 201931min
