The Tax Collector ManThe False Revival of AAA Horror GamesA scattered examination of AAA horror game history, loosely examining an industry’s continual inability to find or fund new nightmares.16 min read·Apr 10, 2024----
The Tax Collector ManPurgatorial TormentA loose remembrance of P.T. The horror in repetition, Silent Hills, and what wails from the graveyard of lost and haunting futures.24 min read·Apr 1, 2024----
The Tax Collector ManThe Thing About The Thing (1982)The Thing ends with an iconic question, but is the compulsion to answer it healthy?20 min read·Mar 1, 2024--12--12
The Tax Collector ManFor All Mankind (1989) & Artificial DistortionFor All Mankind is a film about what it felt like to go to the Moon. Ascending into a blackness beyond conception, we find something more.15 min read·Jan 13, 2024----
The Tax Collector ManThe Game Awards Sucks 2023 Edition, or Geoff Keighley in: The Warlock of WimbledonMy last thoughts on The Game Awards, which is an advertising revenue farm that gives out trophies it pretends to care about. Free…20 min read·Dec 9, 2023--2--2
The Tax Collector Man“VR Game of the Year” Reads a Fading Neon Sign Outside of a Dying MallA look at the current state of virtual reality, a once-burgeoning art razed by corporate malpractice, and how it might one day be…29 min read·Nov 25, 2023--2--2
The Tax Collector ManAppreciating Alan Wake’s Adverb ApocalypseAlan Wake wears the veil of pulp horror with all the silliness it entails, hiding a valuable message about art under its surface.16 min read·Nov 20, 2023--3--3
The Tax Collector ManTen Seconds to MidnightSome virtual worlds become abandoned, but others abandon themselves. What happens when an Animal Crossing town drifts away from reality?8 min read·Jul 11, 2023--1--1
The Tax Collector ManThere’s This Moment in Silent Hill 2Dissecting a specific moment from Silent Hill 2 and providing the framework for a more disquieting kind of scare.7 min read·May 8, 2023--2--2
The Tax Collector ManDiscord’s New “AI” Chatbot Is a Useless, Miserable NightmareAn examination of Discord’s “Clyde” chatbot and who it’s for, and what compels the existence of such ridiculous bloatware.8 min read·Apr 18, 2023--1--1
