Evan Narcisse

The Milestone Forever author discusses his influences, his career, what he's reading, and what's coming next More »

I started off the week talking about allegory and Ralph Ellison, so it's only right that I spend a little time talking about a work that got pegged as a successor to Invisible Man. More »

Like Adam, I'm going to squeeze in some more posts before Our Lord and Master Ta-Nehisi returns to his kingdom. More »

Guys, thanks for the robust comments on the previous Mass Effect post. I have to confess that I'm not yet done with ME2, but I'll offer up what insight I can given my progress up until this point. More »

As I sat through James Cameron's 3D ode to nativism, I kept waiting for Jake Sully to get his Pandora Pass so the credits could roll and I get back to playing Mass Effect. More »

I mentioned Rock Band in passing in yesterday's post, but I wanted to return to it for a quick second to make a point: Video games have become the primary way I discover new music. More »

[Evan Narcisse]Sorry for the late chime-in today, folks, but Mardi Gras is turning to be a busier day that first anticipated... That said, I told myself I wasn't going to write about Flower this week. Honest. But, commenter Juaquin's thoughts got me thinking about Games Where You Don't Hurt Anything, which, in turn, reminded me of the only game-aside from Rock Band-my girlfriend's ever played for longer than five minutes. Flower's beautiful in a way that… More »

My name's Evan Narcisse and I'm here to make sure things stay nice and nerdy while Mr. Coates is away. I'm lucky enough to get to write about video games and comic books for a few places, like here and here. (I did a gang of writing for this place but that's all over now. RIP Crispy Gamer.) As a result of all that geeking out, I spend a lot of time thinking about what makes a fictional construct resonate. I've found myself fixated on a weird thought, lately:… More »