Dec 27, 2021 Best of Opus Pop Culture My 2022 Pop Culture Outlook Just a few of the albums, movies, TV shows, and books that I hope to enjoy in 2022.
Nov 29, 2021 Best of Opus Video Games Halo’s Master Chief Campaigns Ranked, From Worst to Best In preparation for Halo Infinite, I played through the previous Halo games to see where they succeed — and fail.
Nov 15, 2021 Best of Opus Video Games Halo Mythology 101 The popular first-person shooter series is built atop some surprisingly deep and complex lore. Let’s break it down.
Nov 8, 2021 Best of Opus Music Exploring the Depths of The River of Appearance, vidnaObmana’s Ambient Masterpiece To celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of my favorite ambient albums, I wrote about each one of its beautiful songs.
Sep 1, 2021 Best of Opus Technology Did Facebook deplatform my church? Or, reflecting on my recent Facebook experience in light of the latest “Big Tech” controversy.
Aug 20, 2021 Anime Best of Opus Sayonara, Evangelion Hideaki Anno’s “Rebuild of Evangelion” ends the iconic anime series with one final apocalypse.
Apr 26, 2021 Best of Opus Web Development Updating From ExpressionEngine 2 to ExpressionEngine 6 The process went more smoothly than I’d anticipated, but it was not without some hassles.
Apr 14, 2021 Best of Opus Music 40 Years of Faith: The Cure’s Melancholy Masterpiece Still Rings True Even after four decades, The Cure’s third album remains one of their most powerful and poignant releases.
Feb 20, 2021 Best of Opus Music Politics Religion Making Sense of Carman’s Cultural Legacy The popular CCM singer’s music shaped the artistic and political imaginations of countless Christians, for good and ill.
Feb 9, 2021 Best of Opus Cornerstone Festival Cornerstone Festival Photos These photos are a tribute to both the Festival itself and the many bands that played its various stages.
Jan 1, 2021 Best of Opus Music My Favorite Songs of 2020: epic45, Fine China, Khruangbin, Makeup and Vanity Set, Spectres, Unleash the Archers & More 26 songs that provided me with moments of beauty, serenity, hope — and yes, maybe even a little fun.
Dec 22, 2020 Best of Opus Movies 25 Movies I Hope to See in 2021 (And Maybe Even in Theaters) 2021’s movies range from a clash between cinema’s greatest titans to Arthurian legend, from ambitious sci-fi to Nicolas Cage at his Nicolas Cage-iest.
Oct 11, 2020 Best of Opus Nerdery TV The Expanse Is the Best Sci-Fi Show on TV Right Now With its beloved characters, gripping storylines, and impressive world-building, The Expanse is sci-fi TV par excellence.
Sep 17, 2020 Best of Opus Music 30 Years in Heaven or Las Vegas 30 years after its release, the Cocteau Twins’ 1990 masterpiece has lost none of its beauty or magic.
Aug 27, 2020 Anime Best of Opus Macross Plus at 25: Revisiting & Reevaluating an Anime Classic Though parts of its story haven’t aged too well, Macross Plus’ animation, visuals, and music are still as stunning as ever.
Jul 27, 2020 Best of Opus Technology What happened to AllSocial? The slick-looking social network promised free speech, privacy, and better handling of user content. It’s been offline for over a month.
Feb 12, 2020 Best of Opus Nerdery TV The Silver Surfer Cartoon Brought Cosmic Weirdness to ’90s Saturday Mornings Trippy visuals, ambitious stories, and melodramatic dialog captured the spirit of one of Marvel’s greatest and noblest heroes.
Jan 11, 2020 Best of Opus Movies Staring Into the Sleepy Eyes of Death, An Unsung Samurai Cinema Classic Ichikawa Raizō stars as a cynical samurai in this film series that straddles the line between arthouse and exploitation filmmaking.
Jan 4, 2020 Best of Opus Video Games If video games are “art,” how should they be critiqued? If video games are ever to be considered “art,” then gamers need to let them take some hard knocks.
Jan 1, 2020 Best of Opus Music My Favorite Songs of 2019: American Football, City Girl, ISON, Pedro the Lion, Robert Rich, Starflyer 59 & more I listened to a lot of music this year; these 25 songs were the ones that stuck with me throughout the last 12 months.