ARTICLES

Meet George Essig, St. Louis’ Competitive Boomerang Superstar

A cover story for the St. Louis Riverfront Times, back before the paper was sold and all the genuinely-interesting content got replaced with AI-generated reviews of OnlyFans pages (seriously.) (Yuck.)

With Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Paramount+ Picks Up A 60-Year-Old Pilot

A quick explainer for the uninitiated on the latest entrant in the Star Trek franchise. Covering pop-cultural news is one of my favorites.

The 13th Warrior Created a New Viking Mythology We See Everywhere

For an anniversary, I broke down the criminally-underrated 13th Warrior and explained the lasting effect this movie has had on Hollywood, video games, and the public perception of vikings in general.

After 20 Years, Deep Space Nine Is Still Star Trek’s Final Frontier

It’s not gonna be any secret that I love Star Trek, sci-fi, and nerding out. This piece explores the venerable Trek series 20 years after going off the air.

Galaxy Quest At 20: By Grabthar’s Hammer, What A Movie

I know the focal point of this is supposed to be my own writing, but I’m still gonna take this moment to say that if you haven’t seen this movie you’re doing it wrong.

DS9’s Take on Homelessness is All Too Real

In 1995, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine aired an episode in which our futuristic heroes travel back to the tumultuous time of August 2024, where San Francisco has turned into a stratified hellscape divided up between lavish tech-billionaire mansions and homeless encampments. *cough-cough*

How ‘All Good Things…’ Changed The Future Of Star Trek

On the anniversary of the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” finale episode, I got into an in-depth analysis of the ways the episode predicted the future for those characters even as it made sure that future would never come to pass.