Why Someone Would Crash a Plane

You know about this. On Tuesday, the Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 crashed into the French alps. The co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, locked the pilot out of the flight-deck and drove the plane down into the mountains killing 150 people including himself. Andreas Lubitz had depression. 

Why are People Afraid of Contractions?

And by ‘contractions,’ I mean the contraction of “is not” to “isn’t,” “I have” to “I’ve” and so on. Not the ‘contraction’ you get in pregnancy. I feel sick just thinking about that…

Harry Potter Is A Bloody Idiot

You probably think, since this is the second post I’ve written that criticises Harry Potter, that I don’t like it.  And to you, I say: "Put a mandrake (or mantagora) root in it! Of course I like Harry Potter!"

The Slytherin Problem

Yay! I’m writing about Harry Potter! That means my view-count's going to shoot up this week…

Show, Don’t Tell

No, I don’t mean “weave exposition into the narrative.” I mean “insert academia into your art.”

Let me explain. You’ve heard of Freud, right? The man who wrote hundreds of influential essays regarding the study of psychoanalysis – but who is known in popular culture as the guy who talked about sex a lot and presumably ruined the mood at a lot of social gatherings?

Is It So Bad To Plagiarise?

If you don’t know, I also run a gaming blog. In that, I reviewed a really bad game called Unturned. I promptly realised that the game was made by a 16 year old and then felt awful because I’d crushed the dreams of a promising young individual.

Being Boring

The question I get asked all the time: “Max, why have you never written a gay protagonist?”

Well…I don’t know.