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Video games seem the unlikeliest place to find intellectual commentary about humanity’s strain on both the environment and itself.But no matter what it seems, nuanced video game stories and experiences that ask moral and philosophical questions to harden their audience’s values are released to wider reception every year. Any piece of art that wants broad…

Comic book runs are one of the most interesting forms of writing there is from a purely outside perspective. Writers collaborate with artists, colorists, letterers, and editors to create a new take and continued story of well-established, sometimes legendary characters. Then, usually, they must leave the character and stories in a place where future teams…

When I first watched Neon Genesis Evangelion, I was struck by an uncanny sense that something about the show’s mid-apocalyptic setting was familiar. Specifically, the scenes at the high school: imagery of students leaning over their desks while heatwaves shimmer off the streets outside, and the unsettled energy permeating the group. At any time, alarms…