From my fan art blog, Play American. Click to go there.
This will probably seem way out of left field for some of you, but I recorded a reaction video with my friend Angela (of Wasted Talent webcomic fame [UPDATE! I apparently appear in her latest strip]) to my first time playing Five Nights at Freddy’s — the most popular game in the world.
I edited in such a way that it will hopefully be a good introduction to the game if you’ve never heard of it before, but still want to be culturally literate of major tween trends. I was at the Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle a few weeks ago and it was crazy how much Freddy stuff was everywhere. The TV Tropes people call this sort of thing “opinion myopia” or “critical dissonance” wherein something is insanely popular, yet because “leading tastemakers” don’t write long essays about it in The Atlantic, it’s easy for a certain class of people to ignore.
On that note, I’ve been thinking a lot about life and whatnot lately, and I’ve reached the conclusion that I want to start spending a lot less time on political commentary, which is so often depressing, unpleasant, and provocative, and a lot more time producing cartoons and websites and vlogs about stuff I actually enjoy.
This is a big change of direction for me, and I’ve got some interesting stuff in the works. I’m keen to hear your feedback, though. What kind of topics would you like to see me engage with more, if not politics?