HeyJaredAshlander Analysis
Critical analysis of sci-fi, fantasy and horror. Stans Morrowind and Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
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- Jul 21, 2026
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Game Box Extras That Meant Something to Me (opens the original)
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The news that Playstation is going to stop selling physical games appears to have hit millions of people like a freight train.Now, maybe the reaction has been more heated than strictly warranted, given the many more pressing worries we all have in the world today. Here on Substack, had some sensible words on the subject, which help to put the change in perspective. He pointed out that such a change would hardly be a first for an industry that, in its early days, used to print hundred-page manual
Fallout Villains: Parables on Misanthropy (opens the original)
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IntroductionIn 1997, the Fallout series made its raucous debut, and got off to a flying start with its intro cinematic. The part that I’m interested in, for the purposes of this article, is actually only the first half of the whole three minute clip, and features not a word of spoken dialogue, but tells us everything we need to know about how things got so bad in the first place.The game opens with the Ink Spots’ song ‘Maybe,’ which plays to the midpoint. This wistful, nostalgic tune has a sharp
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