I do not get to play a lot of video games these days. I spend more time reading books than playing video games (and speaking of video games and books, I just read Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin). Unsurprisingly, I found the neo-noir game Disco Elysium really good. Part of the reason […]
Category: culture
Lesser known movies I like
When I wrote a post the other day with movie recommendations (my good friend Simon Straubinger made a list on IMDb with all 100 movies), I got interested in exploring the movies I like that are not universally known or liked by a majority of people. The Shawshank Redemption, for example, has an average rating […]
Gode film #2
For mere end et årti siden skrev jeg et indlæg med mine anbefalinger til 50 gode film. Dengang skrev jeg, at det, ‘sagtens [kan] være, at jeg om et år ser på denne liste igen, og vælger at lave et nyt indlæg med en revideret liste. Dette indlæg er blot tiltænkt som værende en liste, […]
Frasier, Seinfeld and Friends
Three of the most popular 90s sit-coms are Frasier, Seinfeld and Friends. I have previously written individual posts about the shows (see here, here, here, and here). In this post, I will consider some of the similarities and differences between the shows. All three shows are NBC sit-coms that were part of the original Thursday […]
The unit bias and culture
When people consume culture – being it news, books, podcasts, music, social media, movies, etc. – we care about the quality of culture. That is, we know that not all culture is created equal. We have high/”highbrow” culture (e.g., arthouse movies and poetry) and low/”lowbrow” culture (e.g., reality TV and Hollywood movies). It is better […]