Put Down the Ayn Rand

Put Down the Ayn Rand

Wherein author Alex Hellene speaks authoritatively on a subject that weighs heavily on my mind, as well: busting the Big Tech trusts. Get over your knee-jerk “Muh private businesses!” conditioning and realize these tech giants do not care about the Constitution, fair play, freedom of speech, competition, or any classical…
March 13, 20199 Comments
The Long Shadow

The Long Shadow

Lately I've been going back and watching movies from the 80s with an eye to overlooked gems that I'd somehow managed to miss all these years. A lot of Gen X and Gen Y folks look back on the 80s as a Silver Age--a George Lucas remake of the Golden…
March 12, 201933 Comments
Fear the Future

Fear the Future

Recently I was honored to appear on the 100th episode of the JimFear138 podcast. Listeners are always in for a good time when Jim and I get together, and this time may have been the best yet. On this very special episode, we delve into the lore behind Combat Frame…
March 11, 20192 Comments
Sci-Fidolatry

Sci-Fidolatry

Hollywood atheists spent the 70s, 80s, and 90s preaching a counter-gospel through movies and TV shows that went like this: "Religion has been holding humanity back. We'll usher in a bright, sexy utopia of pure reason once we free ourselves of bronze age superstition." You couldn't pick up a DAW…
March 8, 20196 Comments
An Open Air Debtors’ Prison

An Open Air Debtors’ Prison

The crushing student debt crisis, compounded by several states' practice of revoking the professional licenses of debtors who fall behind on their student loan payments, is creating an underclass of economic exiles in their own country. Student loan debt is one of the biggest burdens to young Americans, recently ballooning…
March 7, 20195 Comments
We Can’t Have Nice Things

We Can’t Have Nice Things

After Ethan Ralph, host of popular news and humor show The #Killstream, had his account purged by YouTube, he and other dissenters migrated to streaming startup Stream.me. Now, mere months later, Stream.me has suddenly shut down their site. Ralph waded into the tide of wild speculation following Stream.me's closure to…
March 6, 201915 Comments
The Unholy Tribunal

The Unholy Tribunal

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you've seen me chronicle how Conservatives forfeited the entertainment industry to the Left while putting up only token resistance. Now the chickens have come home to roost. Creators who dissent from the rabid death cult the Left has curdled into find…
March 5, 20197 Comments
The Amazon Age

The Amazon Age

Pulp Archivist takes to Twitter to ask: Oldpub is dead. The Amazon age is truly upon us. How do publishers make money? You might say, "by selling books," and you'd be wrong. Books aren't commodities like TVs and toothpaste. They're pure information. Nobody buys just one book, and eBooks have…
March 4, 201916 Comments
Hope Is Not a Strategy

Hope Is Not a Strategy

It's a special pleasure to announce the launch of Hope Is Not a Strategy, the latest anthology in Chris Kennedy and Mark Wandrey's best selling Four Horsemen Universe! Why am I especially pleased? Because my own psychological cyberpunk adventure story "The Problem of the Qualis" appears in this very collection!…
March 1, 201916 Comments
Combat Frame Data: XCD-104

Combat Frame Data: XCD-104

Editor's note: Stick around for the big announcement immediately following the CF data sheet. XCD-104 Eschaton Technical Data Model number: XCD-104 Code name: Eschaton Nickname: N/A Classification: close quarters stealth attack combat frame Manufacturer: Browning Engineering Corporation Operator: HALO First deployment: CY 40 Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest Height: 18 meters Weight: 95 metric tons Armor type: “1D” carbyne…
February 28, 201911 Comments