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Will is decidedly not a fan of, or provider of, service with a smile. He can barely provide service with a bit of eye contact.
I forgot who posted the link I got to this from, so feel free to chime in if it was you. Some interesting points, and I'm delighted in general to discover there is an overthinkingit.com.Â
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Article linking Dexter and Burn Notice to Batman and Superman. It talks about the psychology behind being a vigilante. Must read for superhero fans.
"The inventory system is another way of communicating to the player. One of the first things you do, playing Interactive Fiction, is to check what the character is carrying. In our little imaginary game, Bilbo starts out with a pipe, tobacco, matches, and nothing else. This might as well be a road flare: after looking around a bit and maybe trying to take the doorknob, the door, and the Hill, most players will naturally try to smoke the pipe. They can’t expect it to summon the wizard (or more accurately, to trigger subroutine GANDALF|SMOKE), but they can fairly expect it to do something. After all, why else would it be possible to carry it? Note again the possibility for confusing the player, either unintentionally or sadistically. What if the player starts with a whole knapsack full of gewgaws, only one of which is useful? Or what if it is possible to take the doorknob? The poor sap will surely never put it down again. “There must be a use for this doorknob,” the player thinks, as they dodge Orcs beneath the Misty Mountains. “Any day now with the doorknob,” they think, as they stab spiders in Mirkwood. “Please oh please don’t let me drop my doorknob!” they moan, as they cling to the barrel on the River Running. And then — oh God, those poor fools — when they’re on the Lonely Mountain, and they run into a door for the first time since the start of the game, they will immediately fixate on the idea that they’ve finally figured out what the doorknob is good for, and obsessively try to figure out a way to attach it to the cliff face so that they can pull it open (not that that makes any sense), ignoring the thrush until it dies of old age."
Stokes, 'The Well-Made (Video Game) Plot'
Analyzing the power structures in Super Mario games. I love overthinkingit.com so much.
Really awesome article I stumbled on while looking for a quote, it's written pre-season two's finale (but predicts it) and kind of helps me remember why I love this fucking show. It's quote about the old guard and the new crashing together like tectonic plates gave me butterflies. Must. read.Â
The reason people have a hard time with Nucky Thompson and Jimmy Darmody (on whom more in a moment) as protagonists in Boardwalk Empire is that neither of them act like the gangsters we recognize. There are few threats, and even fewer cold-blooded killings. When Jimmy caps a man for a smart remark (S1E10, “Emerald City”), Nucky looks at him in disgust; Jimmy shrugs in a near apology. Every rule the jaded cineaste can recite from heart – nothing personal, strictly business; keep your friends close and your enemies closer; never get high off your own supply – these two knuckleheads break.
The confusion comes from our misinterpretation, though.
People who are dissatisfied with Nucky as a gangster are often looking for him to fill in the traditional rise-to-power narrative. But that’s not Nucky’s story. Nucky already has power. He’s the king of Atlantic City. This is the story of how Nucky loses power through Prohibition – how he and his pals in Trenton, D.C. and Chicago let a cheap intoxicant become a rich resource in the hands of America’s underclass. Signing the Volstead Act was signing the death warrant for the Gilded Age political machine. Now power lay in the hands of the Italian mobs, the Jewish syndicates and Irish laborers.
Emphasis mine because it totally reminds me of another King....
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A deeper look at Queen Bee politics.
I've read this article, like, three times.
