Thanks, everyone, for picking up The Wages of Sin! It’s doing wonderfully, and I’m glad people have an appetite for reading about important theological concerns and Christian living. It gives me some small hope for society. Also, thanks to Mark Fox for contributing a great article today!
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“Level-Five Transporter Accident” Is the Worst Episode Star Trek Has Ever Produced
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds aired its long-teased puppet episode on Paramount+ this week, and “Level-Five Transporter Accident” earns the title of the worst hour Star Trek has ever put on screen, including the notoriously bad Starfleet Academy. Written by Henry Alonso Myers and Dana Horgan, directed by Jordan Canning, and built in collaboration with t…
Jon Del Arroz Follows #1 Bestseller Churchianity With a Book Naming the Sin Modern Churches Won’t
Jon Del Arroz’s new book, The Wages of Sin, releases August 20, following up Churchianity, which hit #1 in Amazon’s religious philosophy category last year. Where Churchianity diagnosed the consumer-driven model reshaping American parishes, the new book turns to a word Del Arroz says most pulpits quietly retired: sin.
Kevin Smith Turns The Manosphere Into A Marvel Villain Team, Continuing A Career Pattern
Kevin Smith’s “Spider-Man/Hulk: Fire and Brimstone” #1 introduces a new all-male supervillain group called the Manosphere, led by Mole Man and stocked with C-listers including Stilt-Man and Sandman. Spider-Man narrates the issue as the team causes chaos across the Marvel Universe, with the loaded term doing exactly the work it’s designed to do: taking a…
J. Michael Straczynski’s AI Meltdown Proves He Doesn’t Understand The Technology He’s Attacking
J. Michael Straczynski, executor of the Harlan Ellison estate, spent a full essay this week defending a decision that never needed defending: running a ChatGPT-generated response to “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” in the new solo edition of the story. What he produced instead was a case study in how badly the “AI will never produce anything above mediocre” crowd misunderstands the actual argument.
Deus Ex Creator Warren Spector Announces Retirement After 44 Years In Game Development
Warren Spector, the designer behind Deus Ex, System Shock, Thief and Disney Epic Mickey, announced this week that he is retiring from game development. Spector posted the news to his LinkedIn page on Monday night, closing out a run that started in 1982 and put him behind the creation of one genre that studios are still building games around today.
From Olympus to Emptiness: A Comparison Of Clash Of The Titans Films
The 1981 Clash of the Titans is not a great film. Its acting is wooden, its script is thin, and its special effects, while charming, have aged like milk left in the Mediterranean sun. But it is an honest film. It presents its world with a straight face and a sense of wonder. The gods are capricious, but they are also generous. Perseus accepts their help…