For this, the forth post in the series of posts that I have written about Mafia III and Luke Cage, I wanna play around with the notion of freedom and the ways that freedom gets enacted or enacted upon in the narrative we play. While my previous posts have used as […]
Luke Cage
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This might sound blasphemous, but the women in Mafia III and Luke Cage fascinate me most. These women are simultaneously complex and maddeningly shallow. I say this to mean there is centuries of tears, laughter, abuse, and love tied up in each and every one of them, but at the same […]
One child grows up to be Somebody that just loves to learn And another child grows up to be Somebody you’d just love to burn -“Family Affair,” Sly and the Family Stone (1971) Family. It’s a big deal for me. I live and die for mine. I am a fierce […]
You know how much I need you To have you, really feel you You don’t have to change a thing No one knows the love you bring Be real black for me – “Be Real Black For Me,” Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway (1972) Over the course of the last week […]