Monster Movie Update

Since my last post, I’ve tinkered around with my list of films to show this spring. I think the new viewing list will be more impactful for the class. The intersession mini-semester is independent study so there is more focus on original student research. With that in mind, and after watching/rewatching the list, I’ve made some updates that should encourage more student-led research. My hope is this is the last time I change the list. It’s a pretty good lineup though. So I’d be hard-pressed to move anything now.

Biollante battles Godzilla in all her mutated plant glory.

Massive Movie Monster Mayhem

I’ve been creating a special topics research class for a minute now. We can pitch class ideas for the May Intersession (a weird pseudo-semester outside our normal 3). Usually, it is an experimental time to try out a new class idea or concept. There have been Bridge playing classes, trips to far-off countries, Star Wars philosophy, and volunteer events with the Special Olympics. I decided to pitch ‘rubber suit monster movie appreciation’ and got it!

Now I just had to choose my film list…

Gorgo (1961)

Zenva Academy Thoughts

There are a lot of websites for learning new skills. Trying to keep them straight can be a hassle. What are the pros and cons of each one? I picked up a Humble Bundle for Zenva Academy and decided to try it out.

The Power of Bare Life in Gotham: Batman as Homo Sacer

Writing about the Suicide Squad reminded me about an academic paper I wrote back in college (counting on fingers and toes) a few years ago. The Dark Knight was still a newish movie and I had read Agamben’s Homo Sacer (which is super good). I’ve posted this before to my old blog but wanted to put it back up here. Hope you enjoy!

RPG Library

Hey! I finally posted a version of my incomplete thesis project on itch.io for anyone to check it out. I wanted to finish it but I had to keep moving on learning to code. This project got sidelined by my independent studies into Unity. The project is still buggy but you can try out the skeleton of it on my page here: https://gywair.itch.io/rpg-library

It was made using a Yoyo Games asset for GameMaker 1.4 (so I don’t know if it is for sale anymore). You can see I did a sweet job rebranding it in the demo: https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/143/yoyo-rpg