by Ash Bishop My daughter and I both play Cyberpunk.  While the game has interesting things to say about the power of community, the rot of late-stage capitalism, and even

By Ash Bishop Joseph Campbell really had something with the Heroes’ Journey.  It was a small part of his larger discovery that many stories throughout time share the same plot

By Ash Bishop I’m just going to say it… this is all Generation X’s fault. We who grew up with a generational anthem refrain that went like this: “I feel

Or, The Difficult Task of Killing a Bad Idea. by Ash Bishop There’s a moment in Alan Moore and David Lloyd’s 1982 series V for Vendetta when the central character,

A short story spanning twenty-one years by Ash Bishop This isn’t really a short story, per se.  I’ll try to keep the details to a minimum whenever possible, assuming you

by Ash Bishop It’s hard to forget the image of Britney Spears shaving her head poolside.  There were various theories about why she did this, from avoiding DNA drug-testing to

by Ash Bishop “Pay attention!” Johnny Rico’s teacher tells him as the movie begins. Only History teacher Jean Rasczak isn’t actually talking to his students, he’s talking to you. Sitting