Author: April Cushman
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Parcels @ The Financial Theatre 9/30
A few years ago, I got into Parcels, an Australian Indietronica band that, at the time, was just starting to gain popularity. So when I got the opportunity to see them live at the spacious Financial Theatre, I jumped on it, even if it had been some time since I avidly listened to them. I’m…
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LD-mc | The Best Video Game Ever
Hello everyone! This is the first companion article to KAMP’s own film/game review show, Ludo-Musicology. There will be a new article each week to go with my Saturday broadcasts, discussing aspects of the review’s subject that I wasn’t able to cover in the main show, or elaborating on aspects that had to be truncated to…
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Dark Souls: An Artificial Culture of Difficulty
This is less-so a review of Dark Souls 1 itself (a great game, play it) and more-so a review of the surrounding social conventions of playing the game. If there is anything the franchise – and, indeed, the rapidly growing genres of “soulslikes” which seek to imitate it – is known for, it is an…