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Articles by Jesse Porch

Jesse Porch is a software developer who dabbles in media and cultural analysis, especially of videogames. He is particularly interested in studying how we're shaped by stories we experience through play, ritual, and liturgy.
Feb 5, 2018

Sheathing the Sword: Akira Kurosawa and the Virtue of Meekness

Though our society is not built atop a system of knights and warlords, the theme of “might makes right” permeates entertainment and politics, and painfully shapes the stories we hear on the nightly news.

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