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  • Equals

    With a wealth of sci-fi movies about the future, the trope of a society which suppresses the emotions of its citizens has become so frequent…

  • The Sins of Professor X (Part Two)

    Hey, did you miss me? Well I missed you! Welcome back to: The Sins of Charles Xavier! (Part Two) Let us jump in right where…

  • The Sins of Professor X (Part One)

    Let me roll off some key features of a comic book character and see if you figure out who I’m talking about: Kindly father figure,…

  • Submissions are OPEN for Fall 2017!

    Are you interested in submitting to The Spectatorial? Well, you’re in the right place. We are accepting submissions until OCTOBER 30, 2017 for Volume VIII.…

  • Calling all Bloggers!

    It’s that time of the year again: summer is over, school has begun, and The Spectatorial Blog is looking for more writers! If you are…

  • VA-11 Hall-A: Through the Broken Glass

    Playing the bar-tending simulator VA-11 Hall-A was like looking into a shattered mirror. Every time I booted up the game I noticed the way its…

  • The Wrath of Khan

    “How do you feel, Jim?”   Did you ever read a book or watch a movie as a kid and think, “Hot diggity, that was…

  • 10 Strange Facts for Stranger Things

    I love Stranger Things. And apparently, so does everyone else. Despite its popularity, the rampant critical acclaim of Netflix’s Stranger Things was unprecedented upon its…

  • Speculative ASMR

    Speculative settings are known to enchant and exhilarate. Whether you’re flying through space and time, or surrounded by magicians and dragons, speculative works create an…

  • Surviving Humanity in Subnautica

    Like most survival video-games, Subnautica’s main premise is straightforward: you have crash-landed your spaceship on an alien planet. You have naught but your wits and…