Frames, Episodes & Play

This channel holds a collection of storytelling media like movies, TV shows, documentaries and games.

You will find the following on the individual collection pages too.

None of the entries is formal critiques. I may describe something, or leave an entry or portions within it blank. Deal with it.

Almost all the entries will be titles I enjoyed or recommend or just want to list on my website. So, if you ever feel like watching something in a particular genre, you can hopefully find something in here. Inevitably, there would be things you don’t agree with or find faults in. Such is the thing with creative arts.

I don’t see myself writing lengthy posts commenting on technical details on a particular title of a particular medium. I originally built this space just as an experiment mixing web development, automation and AI. But I kept it because it is my personal website after all, and thinking I need to explain any section’s purpose at length seems unnecessary.

Overall, I choose to show this space because there’s a human commitment visible in such media. They are fundamentally optimistic acts. To make a film, write a television series, craft a documentary or design a game is to believe that art and storytelling from your perspective matter. You may not appreciate its bits or its whole immediately. You may be halfway into a game’s story before you begin to understand a character’s motivations or a game’s mechanics. You may like a movie only when rewatching it with an unburdened mind. You may care about a documentary’s subject only after absorbing opinions about it online. All this is fine. I don’t believe creative artists ask for an audience that is perfectly primed to be their product’s advocates. This space is simply about listing the titles I liked and reasoning through them as time permits.