Scott Thurlow

Philosophy & Narrative: The Metaphysician’s Nightmare by Bertrand Russell

In Bertrand Russell’s brief work, he takes TLS on a tour of philosophical hell, exploring what it means to non-exist.

Literature: The Janitor in Space by Amber Sparks

The TLS crew cleans up their emotional refuse (and ponders re-evaluating their review scale) in Amber Sparks’ wonderfully bittersweet story, The Janitor in Space.
[Aggregate score: 6]
Published in American Short Fiction, 2014.

 

AFI Top 100 #008: Schindler’s List

TLS tackles one of the modern day masterpieces that showcases both real life horror and honest humanity in the face of it, in the AFI #8, Schindler’s List.
[Aggregate score: 10]

Games & Gaming Culture: Roguelikes/Roguelites

Delve into an ever-changing dungeon with us, as we breakdown and discuss the various facets of the roguelike and roguelite genres.

Film & TV: Four Lions

TLS follows along with a group of inept would-be “martyrs” in absurd British satire flick, Four Lions.
[Aggregate score: 8.3]

Literature: By His Bootstraps by Robert A. Heinlein

TLS plays all the parts– past, present, and future– in a review of trope-making Robert A. Heinlein classic, By His Bootstraps
[Aggregate score: 9.25]

Games & Gaming Culture: Parental Protagonists

TLS looks into the practice of having parents and/or parental figures featured prominently as central characters/themes in videogames.

Philosophy & Narrative: Micromegas by Voltaire

In the second of an improvised trilogy on the clash between narrative and academic works, The Lost Signals discusses Voltaire’s Micromegas.

 

AFI Top 100 #075: In the Heat of the Night

TLS heads to a small southern town riddled with racial tension to solve a murder (and enjoy some creampies) in this classic police procedural drama.

[Aggregate score: 10]

Film & TV: Sorry to Bother You

TLS enters into a mundane yet bizarre world, uncovering some uncomfortable aspects about corporate practices and themselves in the process, in a review of surrealist flick, Sorry to Bother You. [Aggregate score: 9.5]