Category: Notes

Momotaro Kicks Up Against Mickey

By Guttersnipe on March 17, 2008 • ( Leave a comment )

Mickey Mouse attacks and Japanese characters fight back. But in this cartoon, Momotaro might be using the master’s tools to tear down the master’s house. (Thanks, Heather!)

“Violence without pretence, an endless hobgoblin holocaust”

By Guttersnipe on March 15, 2008 • ( 3 Comments )

Erik Sofge writes on roleplaying games and Gary Gygax’s legacy: “There is a way to wring real creativity, and possibly even artistic merit, from this bizarre medium—and it has nothing to do with Gygax and his tradition of sociopathic storytelling.” (Moira Redmond reports on the resulting fray).

Harlan Ellison’s a funny, weird old guy

By Guttersnipe on March 13, 2008 • ( Leave a comment )

“I look at it as a movie about this funny, weird old guy. And I think, ‘That’s a funny, weird old guy. I’d love to know him. He’s really funny.’Harlan Ellison talks about Dreams With Sharp Teeth, a new documentary about him. (Salon article, here)