New and returning shows for your escapist pleasure
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff There’s been a lot to absorb in the real world over the past few weeks, and many of us may be looking for some escape. There are lots of healthy...
Tagged: Game of Thrones
Mad about Science: Knightly weapons
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist Imagining a medieval knight conjures the image of a gallant plate-armored nobleman holding aloft a glimmering sword. It’s true that in medieval Europe, the sword became an image of prestige,...
Proselytizing despair
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Pop culture started down a dark path in the early 2010s with the rise of shows like Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead, which have dominated the TV...
What’s on?
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As of the start of the weekend, Star Wars: The Acolyte, House of the Dragon and The Boys were the most popular topics on Rotten Tomatoes, with average critics’...
Mother, daughter, temptress, victim
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff A writer, essayist, poet and professor at the University of Puget Sound, where I earned my English degree, gave an insightful lecture on representation and the nature of good...
Top TV of 2023
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff More than a few cultural observers have opined that we’re living in a “Golden Age of TV,” and that may be true, but those same observers have been saying...
Mad about Science: Weird volcanism
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist We learned about funky volcano behavior last year while exploring fumaroles, mud pots and cryovolcanoes. Surely that was all the weirdness that exists in the world of volcanism, right?...
Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon debuts with more ice than fire
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A little more than three years after Daenerys Targaryen firebombed King’s Landing atop her dragon, got shanked by her erstwhile lover-nephew John Snow and opened the way for King...
Mad About Science: Game of Thrones, Science and You
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Winter has come. The much-anticipated final season of “Game of Thrones” will soon be upon us. As we fly our house banners of nachos and march for a long...
Emily Articulated: My Two Census
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist This week, I’ve decided to write about two things, both of which (unless you’ve been living under a rock) you’ve at least heard of. The first is something you...
