On the front cover, a light pink coffin is decorated with yellow and orange flowers. Flames lick at the coffin, which is set against a dark background. On the back…
Backbone is a detective game without deduction
Good detective games are few and far between. The deductive process of interrogating witnesses, gathering evidence and piecing together clues to arrive at a climactic whodunit conclusion is hard to…
All Light, Everywhere interrogates surveillance in the justice system
When utilized correctly, the documentary medium can not only be one of the strongest tools for changing a viewer’s beliefs, but also one of the fiercest weapons of truth. The…
Pride Pics 2021 presents the disappointing My First Summer
Portland’s annual queer documentary film festival QDoc was postponed for the second year in a row, due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of cancelling the festival altogether, the directors…
Positivity culture is a psyop
When The Ramones released their first trio of highly influential records in the late ‘70s—their self-titled debut in 1976 and Leave Home and Rocket to Russia in 1977—the consensus was…
Events Calendar June 1-4
TUES., JUNE 1 UNMUTED: PCC STUDENT ART EXHIBIT PCC Sylvania Campus Free Ongoing through June 4 “Over one year ago, Portland Community College moved to remote operations to…
20 years later, Shrek is definitely still a movie
I’ll never forget the first time I saw Shrek. Not because it’s my favorite movie of all time or whatever, but because for children born in the early-to-mid 1990s it’s…
What’s going on with Lloyd Center?
Back in late 2019—when a global pandemic still seemed like a remote possibility—Lloyd Center, Portland’s oldest and arguably most iconic shopping center, was already in its death throes, at least…
Events Calendar May 25th-29th
TUES., MAY 25 UNMUTED: PCC STUDENT ART EXHIBIT PCC Sylvania Campus Free Ongoing through June 4 “Over one year ago, Portland Community College moved to remote operations to…
Events Calendar May 18-25
TUES., MAY 18 UNMUTED: PCC STUDENT ART EXHIBIT PCC Sylvania Campus Free Ongoing through June 4 “Over one year ago, Portland Community College moved to remote operations to…
Resident Evil 8 is a lesser Resident Evil
Resident Evil is one of the most unpredictable video game franchises ever. For every masterpiece in the series there is a game that is proportionally terrible; for every regressive misstep,…