Jan 1, 2014 Best of Opus Music My Favorite Songs of 2013, Part 1: Arcade Fire, Mary Onettes, My Bloody Valentine, Daft Punk & more Featuring gloriously mopey ’80s pop, robotic heartbreak, shimmering dreampop, late night ambience, and the return of a music legend.
May 15, 2013 Best of Opus TV How did the fourth season of Community get it all so wrong? When was the last time a show so effectively and thoroughly undermined so much of what made it great?
Feb 5, 2013 Best of Opus Music Religion Martin Luther Didn’t “Redeem” Secular Songs & Neither Should We
Jan 1, 2013 Best of Opus Music My Favorite Songs of 2012 This year’s list spans from apocalyptic post-rock to black metal to EBM to psych-pop to synthpop.
Jun 28, 2012 Best of Opus Music Technology What does it really mean to be a music lover? Can you really call yourself a music lover if you’re not supporting the artists responsible for the music you have?
Mar 2, 2012 Best of Opus Miscellany Ethicists Argue There’s No Difference Between Aborting Fetuses and Killing Newborns Killing an otherwise healthy baby would be acceptable were its neurological development somehow deemed less than desirable.
Feb 14, 2012 Best of Opus Miscellany Writing More Thoughtfully On writing in a more thoughtful manner, from a pair of articles by Alan Noble and MG Siegler.
Jan 18, 2012 Best of Opus Religion If I love Jesus, do I really need to hate religion? You may say that I’m simply quibbling over semantics here… and that’s precisely what I’m doing.
Dec 21, 2010 Best of Opus Movies The Failed World of Tron: Legacy As far as digital worlds go, Tron: Legacy’s is not nearly as fantastical as the movie would like you to believe it is.
Jun 29, 2010 Anime Best of Opus TV Hanging with Aang: The Miyazaki-esque Mythology of Avatar: The Last Airbender
May 26, 2010 Best of Opus Nerdery TV Beyond the Glowing Cave: Some Thoughts on Lost The finale revealed a complete and utter disregard for the show’s mythology.
Mar 1, 2010 Best of Opus Video Games Thoughts on Mass Effect 2 While Mass Effect 2 has topnotch graphics and voice acting, its biggest selling point remains the thorny, thought-provoking moral dilemmas that it places before the player.
Jan 1, 2010 Best of Opus Music My 2009 Mix, Feat. Aarktica, Animal Collective, Bat For Lashes, The Mary Onettes, meWithoutYou, Sufjan Stevens & more These are my favorite songs of 2009, the songs that stuck with me and continued to challenge, inspire, and entertain me throughout the months.
Jan 1, 2009 Best of Opus Music My 2008 Mix, Featuring Portishead, Sun Kil Moon, M83, Lansing-Dreiden, Pallers & more These are simply my favorite songs of the year, ones that never got old but continued to excite, challenge, and inspire.