I’m just going to come out and say it - I unabashedly love this 2003 rendition of Peter Pan to bits. Everything from the casting and score, to the screenplay and special effects, comes together in a beautiful self-contained bundle of movie magic. Not a single frame or word is wasted, and yet is bursting at the seams with world-building and the hyper-detail of children’s imaginations. This adoration in itself was enough incentive to write this review, but my most recent viewing made me privy to entire layers of interpretation that I must’ve missed before. So let’s get into it!

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Nov 21 Finding the fable in WW84: seeing through the lies of wetiko

Naveen Srivatsav

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I assert that WW1984 is trying to tell an interesting postmodern fable: namely that the wisdom required to know oneself deeply, and the discipline to face the truth and the courage to follow through with the consequences, are all elements of the heroic path.

Oct 31
Oct 31 A review of The Outer Worlds - a memoir from my unlived life as an accidental terrorist

Naveen Srivatsav

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The Outer Worlds by Obsidian Entertainment brings back the best elements of the genre of deep immersive role-playing games (RPGs), and then goes a bit further. Let's be honest, The Outer Worlds is better marketed as an interactive novel - very much in the same vein of Choose Your Own Adventure books from decades past. That said, I personally love and heartily recommend this immersive dieselpunk sim. Try it, you won't be disappointed.

Mar 11
Mar 11 RYSE: Son of Rome - a fable for systems thinking

Naveen Srivatsav

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My review for RYSE in one sentence: come for the spectacle on the surface, stay a while to reveal the fable within. And what a strange surprising fable it is - a tale illustrating the necessity of systems thinking. How? Read on and find out.

Dec 14
Dec 14 The Good Neighbour

Naveen Srivatsav

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I recently watched a documentary called “Won’t You Be M y Neighbour?”, whose subject is a certain Fr ed Roge rs. What was surprising to me as a long-time fan of the man even though I’ve never seen the original programme myself, was the depth of the subject matter discussed in each episode and the philosophy that underpinned the core message. I’d like to explore these quietly radical aspects in this essay.

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Jan 2 Peter Pan: a Jungian exploration of the metamorphosis of a child into an adult

Nov 21
Nov 21 Finding the fable in WW84: seeing through the lies of wetiko

Oct 31
Oct 31 A review of The Outer Worlds - a memoir from my unlived life as an accidental terrorist

Mar 11
Mar 11 RYSE: Son of Rome - a fable for systems thinking

Dec 14
Dec 14 The Good Neighbour

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Jan 2 Jan 2 Peter Pan: a Jungian exploration of the metamorphosis of a child into an adult

Nov 21 Nov 21 Finding the fable in WW84: seeing through the lies of wetiko

Oct 31 Oct 31 A review of The Outer Worlds - a memoir from my unlived life as an accidental terrorist

Mar 11 Mar 11 RYSE: Son of Rome - a fable for systems thinking

Dec 14 Dec 14 The Good Neighbour

Jan 2
Jan 2 Peter Pan: a Jungian exploration of the metamorphosis of a child into an adult

Nov 21
Nov 21 Finding the fable in WW84: seeing through the lies of wetiko

Oct 31
Oct 31 A review of The Outer Worlds - a memoir from my unlived life as an accidental terrorist

Mar 11
Mar 11 RYSE: Son of Rome - a fable for systems thinking

Dec 14
Dec 14 The Good Neighbour