No Canadian Knighthoods!
I am predictably opposed to the idea of bringing back titles of nobility for Canadian citizens.
View ArticleThe Alberta election explained
Yesterday the NDP was elected to power in Alberta, of all places. I made a video explaining how and why it happened.
View ArticleBritish politics
Apologies for the site being down. Not sure what caused that. Anyway, this is a bit late now, but here’s a video I made about the UK election, and British politics in general.
View ArticleMRE
Here’s my 10th video, all about MREs, which is a mysterious food type thing. Check it out:
View ArticleAre video games too sexist and racist?
This is basically a video adaptation of a popular essay I wrote a few years ago about how what is often presented as a video game bigotry problem is really more of a Japanese insensitivity problem.
View ArticleDebate rules
In this video, I attempt to engage with the sticky topic of who should or shouldn’t be allowed to participate in political debates. In both Canada and America, the rules seem to be evolving by the day.
View ArticleChong’s Reform Act simply shifts power from one tiny clique to another
Originally published in the Huffington Post, December 2, 2013 In our last federal election, a grand total of 5,835,270 Canadians elected the prime minister. A new bill before parliament will give a...
View ArticleSubliminal pictures
In this video, we look at subliminal messages in movies and TV shows. They’re real, but not terribly effective.
View ArticleA new project: 1 Up and At Them!
I’m really excited to post this video. My pal Maxwell and I have been working on a video game YouTube chat show for a while now, and today we released the very first episode. The production values are...
View ArticleFood in video games
In this video, I look at some interesting trivia about the depiction of food in video games over the years.
View ArticleBlasts from the past
Gilles Duceppe, the longtime boss of the separatist Bloc Quebecois who resigned in 2011 following a landslide defeat for his party in that year’s federal election, emerged from the grave this week to...
View ArticleHow to get smarter
I made a new video offering some personal advice on how to learn things better. Do you have any good tips?
View ArticleThe era before Pokemon
Published a new episode of 1 Up and At ‘Em, a retro gaming show made by me and my pal Max. This one is all about the games made by the Pokemon people before they were the Pokemon people.
View ArticleRigged Reform
When it comes to reforming our decrepit political institutions, many Canadians are desperate enough to endorse any proposal slid under their nose. As usual, it pays to read the fine print. Justin...
View ArticleWeird Emojis
In which I explain the meanings behind some strange emoji. As usual, Japan is involved.
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New site! American biographies
Really excited about this new project, I’ve been working on it for years and finally decided to launch it this July 4th. It’s called Americans That Matter and features condensed biographies of dozens...
View ArticleGreece explained
Everyone is scrambling to dumb down the Greece situation, so why not me too?
View ArticleThe last time things happened
As I continue to make videos, sometimes the themes become a bit less clear. This one is about the broad concept of historical eras ending, and how certain relics survive much longer than we might...
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