Work on my chapter about the Ring universe continues apace. It’s been fun to watch all of the films, even if some of them are of dubious quality and logic. 2000 words to go!

I’ve been playing Death Stranding (finally) ever since Xbox shadow-dropped the Director’s Cut at half-price. I have a lot of thoughts about issues of temporality and the Gothic transgression of boundaries between life and death, which also happens to form a large part of the above Ring chapter. Anyway, the sequel is in...