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Month: May 2023

CIPC #325: Luniz, I got 5 on it

Posted on May 31, 2023May 31, 2023

In the nineties, you could make a music video to an international top ten hit with a cheap video camera, some randomly assorted friends, and…

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CIPC #324: The Sweeney S1 E4, Queen’s pawn

Posted on May 24, 2023December 28, 2023

The Sweeney is an old police drama series from the UK. That’s not so remarkable, especially not for a subject of this blog. But what’s…

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CIPC #323: Bewitched S5 E27, Daddy does his thing

Posted on May 17, 2023December 28, 2023

Why is it that American television series tend to have billions of episodes? Take an iconic British series, say, Fawlty Towers: two seasons of six…

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CIPC #322: Coffeecompany ad

Posted on May 9, 2023May 9, 2023

Not that long ago, I wrote about an advert for a Colombian delivery company. The position depicted there was quite believable, even though it was…

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CIPC #321: Chess in literature: the D-quel.

Posted on May 2, 2023May 2, 2023

Yes, after the sequel, there is now finally also the d-quel. Yes, I realise how awful that pun is. No, I’m not sorry about it.1…

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Chess in popular culture

With this blog, I will critique chess as it appears in all sorts of popular media. I will honour the good and, probably much more frequently, castigate the bad.

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