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I've spent the better part of the last 12 years being told that Dark Souls II is this critically flawed, lesser game, only to see it be slowly redeemed. I was right when I reviewed it. I'm right now. For @aftermath.site: fuck the haters, Dark Souls II is (still) good. aftermath.site/dark-souls-i...

They Could Never Make Me Hate Dark Souls III have spent over a decade being told that Dark Souls II is bad. But history has vindicated the game, and I never let the haters win.aftermath.site

doing the most embrassing thing possible, writing about my own writing www.patreon.com/TheLitCritGu...

a short note on being seen and some (perhaps) overly harsh self criticism | TheLitCritGuyForgive me, but I'm going to do something profoundly embarrassing - write something about my own writing. For reasons I won't get into at thwww.patreon.com

My latest piece for @theatlantic.com is about animal narrators in fiction, with particular attention to Paul Yoon's extraordinary new novel, Etna, which Homer and/or Nolan heads will be happy to learn is another version of The Odyssey. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...

Why Animal Narrators Are All the RageA new novel helps explain why so many storytellers enlist animal narrators to explore humanity.www.theatlantic.com

"To demand education as a means of empowerment is not simply to demand it as a means of employment, but also to pursue and seize it as a defiant luxury which employment would deny us." A piece developed from recent AHRC panel "University of Excess" happyhourathippels.wordpress.com/2026/07/29/t...

The University of Excess: On Education and its EmploymentThe title of this piece originally came together from a conversation I had with Stevphen Shukaitis in the wake of the waves of redundancies at the University of Essex, from which he pitched the rat…happyhourathippels.wordpress.com

the red sacrament is a #1 new release in LGBTQ historical fiction. thanks Jeff Bezos now cmere for a sec I wanna show you something real quick

I'm in this >:)

I wrote about depictions of witches and what text and subtext can reveal about the cultural anxieties behind these iconic figures. The title is Emily's atrocity, which she foisted on me like a deadly disease and for which I will never forgive her.

Typebar continues to be worth checking out. They’re publishing pretty unique stuff and they’re paying writers. Very good addition to the ecosystem

I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated ManAs they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...www.lrb.co.uk

NEW, from me: Today, nearly 1000 workers at Mount Nittany Medical Center in central PA have walked off the job on a 5-day strike. The nearly wall-to-wall union (somewhat rare in healthcare these days) has been in the midst of negotiations for months. Their contract expired July 1.

Nearly 1,000 Mount Nittany Workers Launch 5-Day Strike for Quality Patient Care and Good JobsWorkers at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, PA hit the picket lines Monday in order to pressure management to get back to bargaining in good faith.www.wordsaboutwork.news

(In which I talk about medieval political theology, get mean about Ultramarines, and continue to be deeply sympathetic the angriest man in the galaxy)

NEW WRITING: "At their best, the books use violence, body horror and political intriguing as synecdoche for the challenges of trying to create narrative subjects from essentially nothing at all" www.patreon.com/TheLitCritGu...

Legitimacy, Sovereignty and The Emperor's Two Bodies | TheLitCritGuyWhisper it, but I have finally managed to make my way to the halfway point of The Horus Heresy novels. Finally, there are fewer novels aheadwww.patreon.com

Look, if you are an editor and this sounds interesting...hello 🤗

Part Three, or, "Kierkegaard on Calth" www.patreon.com/TheLitCritGu...

Kierkgaard on Calth: Continuing The Heresy | TheLitCritGuyI am at present, just about to start Book 26 in The Horus Heresy. At this point, still quite some distance from being halfway through, I’m hwww.patreon.com

Part Two, or, "Hegel contra the Primarchs:" www.patreon.com/TheLitCritGu...

Hegel Contra The Primarchs: On the Horus Tragedy | TheLitCritGuyI’m still making my way through The Horus Heresy books, even if, for various reasons, the pace at which I’m managing to go has dropped a litwww.patreon.com

I've made all my writing about the Horus Heresy accessible to everyone but if you'd like to support more weird philosophy writing about Warhammer 40K please think about becoming a subscriber for $1! Part One: www.patreon.com/TheLitCritGu...

On the Dialectic of Nature and the Warp: The Horus Heresy Thus Far | TheLitCritGuyIf you’ve been following my reading thread over on bluesky you will have noticed that over the last few weeks I’ve been spending a great deawww.patreon.com

Mean Green Hermeneutic Machine w/ Jay (@wildeatheart.bsky.social) Joined by our great friend Jay we dive into Arthuriana, Tolkien, and how adaptation can function well, talking about The Green Knight with Dev Patel! An excellent film, poem, and time! Enjoy! theleftpage.libsyn.com/mean-green-h...

My cursed book about a cursed movie is coming out in paperback for UK readers! Snag a discount by pre ordering!

So I handed in my notice at my current job this morning - long overdue, my company is becoming more toxic as it and its industry circle the drain. I'm going to be starting my own thing, but that could mean some lean months ahead. If anyone has any freelance writing work then DM me.