Chris Morgan

Games and Gaming Culture: Play to Pay: The Machinations of Microtransactions & the Lure of Loot Boxes

November 14, 2018 Chris Morgan Video Games 00:08:32

TLS have been very busy boys recently, but a few of us found some moments to spare this year to attend, and one of us to actually present again at the 29th Mid-Atlantic Pop & American Culture Association (MAPACA).

Always a great time put on by a fantastic and important organization. Hopefully next year more of the crew will make it, but for now, enjoy this talk given by our very own Scott Thurlow.

Full length written version can be found over at Scott’s blog section of the site here.

 

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MOTS-O-Ween 2018: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

October 31, 2018 Chris Morgan Film & TV Reviews (2018), MOTS-O-Ween 2018 00:46:33

MOTS-O-Ween 2018 concludes with The Return of Another Hollywood Halloween cash-grab. All trick, no treat! [Aggregate score 2.75]

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MOTS-O-Ween 2018: Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)

October 30, 2018 Chris Morgan Film & TV Reviews (2018), MOTS-O-Ween 2018 00:46:18

In the Amazon jungle, a lonely merman’s paradise is permanently polluted and his courtship curtailed by colonialists with spears, nets, and too many outfits in 1954’s “Creature from the Black Lagoon.” [Aggregate score 5.25]

 

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MOTS-O-Ween 2018: The Invisible Man (1933)

October 29, 2018 Chris Morgan Film & TV Reviews (2018), MOTS-O-Ween 2018 00:47:23

Chaos, madness, train wrecks and unhealthy relationships are all topics of discussion in our review of “The Invisible Man,” starring the voice of Claude Rains. [Aggregate score 8.33]

 

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MOTS-O-Ween 2018: The Mummy (1932)

October 26, 2018 Chris Morgan Film & TV Reviews (2018), MOTS-O-Ween 2018 0:39:32

TLS unearths some recurring themes, a couple fine performances and a creepy love triangle from the sarcophagus of 1932’s “The Mummy.” [Aggregate score 6.75]

 

 

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MOTS-O-Ween 2018: Frankenstein (1931)

October 25, 2018 Chris Morgan Film & TV Reviews (2018), MOTS-O-Ween 2018 00:35:21

Angry mobs with torches, the titular doctor’s madness and a nameless monster in love, bring discussions of creators and creations in 1931’s “Frankenstein.” [Aggregate score 7.6]

 

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MOTS-O-Ween 2018: The Wolf Man (1941)

October 24, 2018 Chris Morgan Film & TV Reviews (2018), MOTS-O-Ween 2018 0:44:20

A new moon, wolfsbane in bloom and a voyeur’s intent is thwarted by a band of gypsies, a wolf and a discussion on the duplicity of the human condition in our review of 1941’s “The Wolf Man.”  [Aggregate score 7.75]

 

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MOTS-O-Ween 2018: Dracula (1931)

October 23, 2018 Chris Morgan Film & TV Reviews (2018), MOTS-O-Ween 2018 0:25:52

TLS scare up Universal’s oeuvre of monsters for this year’s MOTS-O-Ween, starting with a discussion of vampires, stalkers and European economics in 1931’s “Dracula” starring Bela Lugosi. Leave the bugs, bring the garlic.  [Aggregate score 8]

 

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Literature: Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell

October 3, 2018 Chris Morgan Literature 0:37:12

The Lost Signals try to discern who is real and who is not in their analysis of John W. Campbell’s (writing as Don A. Stuart) classic tale, “Who Goes There?” [Aggregate score: 8]

 

 

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Film & TV: Interview with Michelle Iannantuono of Octopunk Media

September 26, 2018 Chris Morgan Film & TV Reviews (2018), Interviews 0:53:53

Steve and Scott interview filmmaker Michelle Iannantuono about her upcoming feature, “Livescream,” as well as her company, Octopunk Media, and all of the various projects under its tentacles.

On Facebook:
Octopunk Media
Livescream

Crowdfunded projects Michelle is promoting:
Flesher
Killer Assistant

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