Suppose for a moment that by some strange twist of fate you end up in Bremen for a day or two. Maybe the Deutsche Bahn…
CIPC #42: Aladdin
Received opinion has it that chess originated in India, slowly evolving as it spread westwards from the original chaturaṅga into the modern version that is…
CIPC #41: House of Cards, S1 E10
Netflix original is one of those phrases which a mere twenty years ago would have been nonsensical, but which is now as common as the…
CIPC #40: MST3K S4 E11, The magic sword
The faithful readers of this blog might remember how enthusiastic I was about Mystery science theater 3000. Aforesaid readers will, then, not be surprised to…
CIPC #39: Alfred J. Kwak S1 E12, Alfred’s chess adventure
Alfred J. Kwak is an invention of multitalented Dutchman Herman van Veen.1 It is a show about an orphaned duck who was brought up by…
CIPC #38: Mafalda
Which countries do you associate with comics? Perhaps you will immediately think of the American tradition, with superhero comics and Peanuts-style newspaper comics. Maybe the…
CIPC #37: Chloë Howl, Rumour
Long, long time ago, when October was but a sparkle in the eye of winter, I wrote a blog post about the music video for…
CIPC #36: New Scientist No.3144
In der Beschränkung zeigt sich der Meister. In our days of niche studies and absurdly specific website, Goethe’s quote is more poignant than ever. Still,…
CIPC #35: Age of Empires II
Age of Empires II was in its heydays the most popular real-time strategy game in the world and this popularity has lasted. The original game…
CIPC #34: The Simpsons S28 E14 The cad and the hat
Thirty-three episode long have I managed to avoid it, eight months have I put it off, but today I finally give in. Today I accept…