Author Archives: Samuel Feldhousen

We Are Not the Good Guys (But We Can Be)

BY SAMUEL FELDHOUSEN, CONTRIBUTOR “America First” is a popular slogan going around nowadays, popularized by the sentient, hilariously bigoted trashbag that somehow became our president. It’s a distinctive motto, implying that we should care about ourselves over the rest of…

Why Animation is an Asset

BY SAMUEL FELDHOUSEN, STAFF WRITER Animation is widely considered to be a medium oriented towards children, and it’s not hard to understand why that is. The bright colors and visually appealing sty le seen in many children’s media make them…

All Media is Political

BY SAMUEL FELDHOUSEN, STAFF WRITER “Stop making everything political.” You’ve probably heard that phrase somewhere on the social media provider of your choice, or the wild west that is YouTube. While the phrase seems to be part of an almost-valid…

War Is War, Hell Is Hell

BY SAMUEL FELDHOUSEN, CONTRIBUTOR A grand and terrible myth of the video gaming industry is that video games cause violence — and it isn’t hard to understand why.  Many mainstream games include hyperviolence and extreme gore as a major draw,…