Stares at the World

Category: Fiction

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Fiction

The Broken Road (Poem)

William Manning, who writes at Modern Maleficarum, was inspired to write a poem by my novel As I Walk These Broken Roads; I figured I’d share it with you. The Broken Road A thousand leagues I’ve wandered I’ve seen near everything From unrelenting wastelands To cold, refreshing springs A land of rakes and scoundrels A field of toiling saints No place for me to rest my eyes As I walk these broken roads The gears that keep us moving The tomes of sages past A million years of history This magic makes us last My eyes have seen no aged...

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Fiction

There Will Never Be another True Metroid Game

I’m afraid I have some bad news for you: there will never be another Metroid game that lives up to the original. You’ll never have a sequel that does it justice. No matter how much you protest, no matter how hard Nintendo tries to meet your expectations, you’ll be disappointed with whatever shallow imitation comes out and tries to reinvent the series with next-gen graphics.

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Fiction / Video

Sunday Funday: Tumblr Degenerates.

What is it with Tumblr and all the broken-degenerates being attracted there?  Is it because of the way the “+1, Community Comments Only” structure feeds into their desires for a preternatural family? Regadless: check out this excellent video which a fellow from /v/ put together for your amusement. For your Enrichment: The French Revolution; the Beginning of the End.  Just the standard narrative, but extremely well done.  A great starting point – this is a Triple-A history lecture.

Grand Theft Auto V and Misogyny 3

Fiction / Society

Grand Theft Auto V and Misogyny

By now I’m sure you’ve heard the complaints coming from the usual quarters: GTA V contains “disturbing” attitudes towards women.  It more-or-less started with a GameSpot Transexual praising the game, aside from this one “issue,” and since then it keeps popping up all over. Quite frankly, I’m sick of it. And yet, GTA V is a game that does merit conversation; it’s a game that contains theft, murder, and torture, over and above the alleged misogyny – surely this is worthy of discussion; by what grounds to we deliver a resounding “Shut your fool mouth, woman!” to the feminists that...

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Fiction

“Life During Peacetime” and “Boris the Shitting Buffalo”

Life During Peacetime by Matt Forney Let me tell you about good writing. Good writing is about a lot of things: honesty, first and foremost.  It needs to be so brutally, scathingly honest that it induces symptoms of narcissism in the author.  This is why authors drink: it’s the only thing that kills the shame of exposing your inner core.  Next, it needs to be perceptive: not just of the self, but of those other characters who share in the story.  You need to truly understand and empathize with humanity if you’re going to be a good writer.  And finally...

The Predominance of Male Protagonists 4

Fiction / Video

The Predominance of Male Protagonists

A quick shout-out to Return of Kings, Viva La Manosphere, and Less Wrong; thanks for the recent traffic! To read something stupid on this topic, go here. ͼ-Ѻ-ͽ My novel My Twitter

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Fiction / Philosophy

Sunday Sermon

The following post is fictious.  According to Snopes: In March 2013, shortly after Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina (now Pope Francis) was selected to succeed the retiring Pope Benedict XVI as Pope of the Catholic Church, a transcript purporting to document an unaired interview between then-Cardinal Bergoglio and an American journalist was circulated on the Internet. The transcript was originally posted to the web site of the UK’s Diocese of Salford, Nonetheless it is a beautifully written piece of fiction.  You don’t need to be a Catholic to appreciate this, you just need to be a real Man.  It’s...

Why Do People Love Star Trek? 9

Fiction / Society

Why Do People Love Star Trek?

There’s actually quite a bit to this question. ͼ-Ѻ-ͽ And now a word from our sponsor, Glorious Hat by Karl! Voice work by Aaron Clarey. Spring? It’s been snowing up here lately – Obama Hat’s been keeping me warm! ͼ-Ѻ-ͽ My novel My Twitter