Building Roshar: How Sanderson Bungled Culture The world of The Way of Kings has intriguing storms and bizarre gender roles. January 22, 2022January 20, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Five Ways Arcane Could Be Better Even a show that blows us out of the water has room to improve. January 15, 2022January 13, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Way of Kings Shows Us the Damage Meta Mysteries Can Do Don't make readers puzzle out what the protagonist already knows. January 8, 2022January 10, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Five Unnecessary World Additions in Popular Stories It would have been so easy to take these out, and yet here we are. January 1, 2022January 2, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Five Movies Audiences Loved but Critics Hated Snobby film nerds versus uneducated rabble, round two! December 25, 2021December 23, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Lessons From the Vague Writing of The Remnant Chronicles Marketing buzzwords vs the story: the battle begins. December 24, 2021April 6, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Writing
Building the Raksura: How Martha Wells Fell Into Toxic Tropes Good intent won't erase the harm of baking bigotry into your worldbuilding. December 18, 2021December 28, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Which Show Is Most Engaging: Voltron, The Dragon Prince, or She-Ra? Let's find out if these popular cartoons can get more ANTS than Marvel's big hits. December 11, 2021September 27, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Building Three Parts Dead: How Gladstone Writes Magic Law Anyone familiar with D&D’s Eberron setting will immediately recognize Alt Coulumb. December 4, 2021December 2, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Star Trek’s Best Movie Villains Just no clones or alternate timelines, that’s all we ask! November 27, 2021November 25, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Star Trek’s Worst Movie Villains “Hi, Christopher, I'm Nero.” November 20, 2021November 18, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Why Herbert’s Dune Fails as a Subversion Frank Herbert is not a guy I would go to for political commentary. November 6, 2021May 28, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Social Justice
Q&A: Could Kaiju Defeat the Military? Submitted by Dave, answered by Oren Ashkenazi November 1, 2021October 27, 2021 in Analysis
Building a Sea of Stars: How Paolini Undercooked His Setting What happens when you throw together tropes from popular worlds. October 30, 2021October 27, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Episode 349: Our Favorite Spells No critical analysis to be found here, just wholesome magic content. October 17, 2021July 30, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Avery
Six Magic Powers That Writers Had to Ignore Unused spells can distract the audience during important conflicts. October 16, 2021October 14, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Five Stories That Break Their World’s Theme Worlds that feel slapdash make suspension of disbelief harder to achieve. October 9, 2021October 7, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Five Movies Critics Loved but Audiences Hated Do audiences have no taste or are critics elitist snobs? October 2, 2021October 1, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
How WandaVision, Falcon, and Loki Score on Engagement Let's find out which of these three Disney+ hits has the most ANTS. September 18, 2021September 27, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Q&A: How Could Archer and T’Pol Have Been Better? Submitted by Xzenu, answered by Oren Ashkenazi September 13, 2021September 12, 2021 in Analysis
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