“Despite any collateral damage, Nintendo and their peers will keep squeezing maximum profit from the biggest, most proselytized audiences they can assemble for however long they can. In practice, this is what ‘convergence culture’ looks like. Playing games that cite other games that can be frictionlessly purchased on devices you can take everywhere, and then […]
Fandom
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
What I Did for (Strange) Love
As a teen, Laura Bond went all out to meet Depeche Mode — and to hang onto her best friend.
Posted inNonfiction
Infatuation
Deena ElGenaidi considers the ways in which adoring Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine from afar in her teens and early 20s provided a safe outlet for expressing desire.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Great Star Wars Heist
In 2017, the theft of a rare toy, a Boba “Rocket” Fett prototype that was never released for sale, rocked the Star Wars collecting community.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Writing
Hanif Abdurraqib on Loving A Tribe Called Quest
“I wasn’t interested in writing the definitive book on A Tribe Called Quest. I was trying to write the definitive book on a single arc of fandom.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
For the Love of Phish: ‘The Art of Letting Go’
“This is the other thing about Phish: you can be just as earnest and dorky as you want to be.”
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Unpacking Forty Years of Fandom For a Losing Team
Kevin Sampsell examines his love of football — and a team that’s never won a Super Bowl.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
Possessed by Music
Unraveling the mystery of the shirtless hippie who danced at countless rock shows in the UK during the last quarter of the 20th century.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
Here at the End of All Things
On losing oneself in the geography of fantasy worlds, from Middle Earth to Westeros.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Sports
The Unnecessary Beauty of Ice Hockey
Kent Russell loves hockey. A lot. I don’t, but Russell’s writing about the game is utterly engrossing