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Ciaran lives in Belfast, where he programs professionally and writes compulsively. See more of his writing and blogging at www.dailyscribbling.com or follow him on Twitter as @shinyemptyhead.

Gaming

A Bridge To The Future: How Death Stranding Helped Me Cope With 2020

Ciaran Conliffe Mar 1, 2021 0
I don’t think anyone working on Death Stranding would have guessed that their game would be the perfect encapsulation of 2020. In fact, the game didn’t even initially release last year; the PS4 version came out in 2019. But it was the PC…
Film

Right Here, Right Now | Strange Days at 25

Ciaran Conliffe Oct 14, 2020 0
Realistic science fiction films, as a general rule, don’t age as well as fantastical space operas. When you set your film “fifteen minutes into the future” it’s hard for that to stay relevant when that becomes the past. Those that manage it…
Film Features

Darkman Turns 30 | The Genesis of Modern Superhero Movies

Ciaran Conliffe Aug 24, 2020 0
Nowadays, with Marvel’s cinematic juggernauts regularly blowing up the box office several times a year, it’s easy to forget that there was a time when “superhero movie” meant either kiddie fare or B-movie schlock. One series that elevated…
Film Features

40 Years In The Overlook Hotel | Looking Back At The Shining

Ciaran Conliffe May 23, 2020 0
There’s a joke I made about writing this article: “how do I make a film about people isolated together and one of them going mad topical today?” I thought about that joke while I was watching The Shining’s opening, with its amazing…
Film

The Future Of The Past | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow at 15

Ciaran Conliffe Sep 23, 2019 0
I still remember when I saw the trailer for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. I couldn’t tell you what film I was in the cinema to see, but I vividly recall watching a sepia-tinged airship crawl across the sky before New York City was…
Terrible People from History

Redmond O’Hanlon, Irish Outlaw

Ciaran Conliffe Aug 5, 2019 1
When you look at the witch-trial fever that swept over Europe in the 17th century, it’s noticeable how it largely left Ireland untouched. This wasn’t really because of greater tolerance on the part of the Irish people, but rather reflects…
Terrible People from History

Micajah and Wiley Harpe, Murderers of the Western Frontier

Ciaran Conliffe Jul 22, 2019 0
War creates monsters, and not all monsters go away when the war does. Some still fight for their lost cause, some fight for their own survival, and some fight because they’ve discovered they love nothing more than killing. This was the case…
Terrible People from History

Napoleon III, First President and Last Emperor of France

Ciaran Conliffe Jul 8, 2019 0
Modern western education has a lot of biases built into it, including a basic assumption that democracy is the most natural form of government. This fails to properly teach people how fragile democracy as a system can be, and how dependent…
Terrible People from History

James Aitken, aka “John the Painter”, saboteur and arsonist

Ciaran Conliffe Jun 24, 2019 0
There are always those who see opportunity in the chaos of revolution, a chance for personal glory and historical immortality. Sometimes these men succeed, and are remembered as great heroes. Sometimes they succeed and are remembered as…
Terrible People from History

Louis Aragon, Surrealist Poet and Communist

Ciaran Conliffe Jun 10, 2019 0
When Louis Aragon died, the New York Times obituary ended with the line: “Even those who disagreed with his politics admired his talents as a poet and as a novelist.” Separating an artist from their beliefs is difficult at best and woefully…
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