By Steven Petite A film splicer is a device that connects physical lengths of film into one. Obviously, the lengths that are normally connected are ones that will form a cohesive unit when matched. Maybe the film canister ran out, and two reels need to be reformed, or maybe an addition to a project was…
By Steven Petite Sometimes I feel as if I’m living a lie. At the age of five, I fell in love with video games (blame it on that fictional Italian plumber). My parents didn’t discourage this love, but they did encourage another seemingly more beneficial pastime. Literature. My mother read books to me as a…
In which the author learns much and hears the sage words, “Fuck the internet. I swear to God.” by Jill Scharr It’s one thing to write about videogames. It’s quite another thing to write for them. That’s why I attended NYU’s weekend long “Games Writing Master Class” a few weeks ago. The class was taught…
It woke me up. In the distance, the evacuation horn was sounding that dull, forlorn foghorn sound of danger. Stumbling around in the morning darkness, I noted that the power was still out. I threw on my one good raincoat and a fishing hat. Outside, the rain was pouring like it had taken a fistful…