"A hassle of wild Karens watch a 12-year old go rob a 6 year-old, then blame her when she throws him to a certain doom."
-->-- Diamanda Hagan, Zoom Academy for Superheroes review.
-->-- Diamanda Hagan, Zoom Academy for Superheroes review.
by The Logical Fallacy May 17, 2022
A subgenre of mockumentary that focus on exotic customs and particularly gruesome subject matters. Also referred to as "shockumentaries" and "exploitation pseudo-documentaries."
"Faces of Death" is an American mondo production that talks about and depicts various methods of death and violence. While panned critically, "Face of Death" has become a staple of the genre and can be considered a gateway film for those with a passing interest in mondo films.
by The Logical Fallacy June 03, 2017
The terror of their sudden appearance seemed to galvanize the hellish creatures, sharpening their appetites as the air chilled further and the day seemed to turn overcast in moments. Harry didn't even want to contemplate the amount of power needed to do that as more than a hundred starving psychovores bore down on a crowd of schoolchildren.
-- Chapter 39 of "Harry Potter and the Nightmares of Futures Past"
-- Chapter 39 of "Harry Potter and the Nightmares of Futures Past"
by The Logical Fallacy July 09, 2017
A political figure who is transparently performing praxis and political change for their own benefit, even if everyone else suffers for it.
A meritocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of the exceptional at the expense of the mediocre.
A kratocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of the strong at the expense of the weak.
A plutocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of the wealthy at the expense of the impoverished.
A theocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of their God and religion at the expense of secular democracy.
An egocrat passes laws and social changes for the benefit of themselves at the expense of everyone else's wants and needs.
A kratocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of the strong at the expense of the weak.
A plutocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of the wealthy at the expense of the impoverished.
A theocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of their God and religion at the expense of secular democracy.
An egocrat passes laws and social changes for the benefit of themselves at the expense of everyone else's wants and needs.
by The Logical Fallacy October 16, 2020
The method by which a text connects itself to another text.
Transtextuality takes on five different forms: Intertext, Metatext, Paratext, Hypertext and Architext.
Transtextuality takes on five different forms: Intertext, Metatext, Paratext, Hypertext and Architext.
According to Gérard Genette transtextuality is "all that sets the text in relationship, whether obvious or concealed, with other texts" and it "covers all aspects of a particular text".
by The Logical Fallacy September 01, 2017
A type of technological singularity where a person creates a replica of themself smart enough to become self-aware and able to create a replica of itself, but is unaware that they themselves are replicas. Those replicas themselves become self-aware and able to create a replica of itself, but is unaware that they themselves are replicas. Continue this trend to the point where who was the original creator becomes lost in the sheer number of replicas
Term coined in the Rick and Morty episode "Mortyplicity".
Term coined in the Rick and Morty episode "Mortyplicity".
"When squids started killing decoys, decoys started checkin their decoys and learning that they're making decoys. That's making them seek out and run into other decoys. Making them realize they're decoys, making them start to kill other decoys."
-- Rick Sanchez describing the Asimov Cascade.
-- Rick Sanchez describing the Asimov Cascade.
by The Logical Fallacy July 12, 2021
Rules used to create an immersive first-person video game.
1) make the protagonist silent
2) keep the cutscenes in first person
3) make sure the levels and maps flow seamlessly with one another.
1) make the protagonist silent
2) keep the cutscenes in first person
3) make sure the levels and maps flow seamlessly with one another.
"Valve's games pulled their players into their stories and worlds in amazing ways using a wide range of techniques, most of which we've boiled down into what we call The Three Gordon Rules!"
-- Hunt Down The Freeman - Just Bad Games
-- Hunt Down The Freeman - Just Bad Games
by The Logical Fallacy February 19, 2023