I haven’t kept statistics about this,1 but I suspect that over ninety percent of the things I discuss on this blog have been anglophonic. That’s…
CIPC #327: Fighting mad
In the age-old tradition of Chess in popular culture, we’re going to talk about a franchise which was once huge but has now been relegated…
CIPC #326: SKY ad
SKY is a broadcasting company from New Zealand. They must have been incredibly popular, because in 2009 they decided to scare some away: they published…
CIPC #325: Luniz, I got 5 on it
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…
CIPC #324: The Sweeney S1 E4, Queen’s pawn
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…
CIPC #323: Bewitched S5 E27, Daddy does his thing
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…
CIPC #322: Coffeecompany ad
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…
CIPC #321: Chess in literature: the D-quel.
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…
CIPC #320: Shadow hearts: covenant
Throughout the years, I have discussed quite a few video games son this blog. I have talked about adventure games, strategy games, shooters — but…
CIPC #319: Deprisa ad
Once in a blue moon,1 someone at an advertising agency actually comes up with a decent idea. But the moon has to be a very…