Westworld Review: Not the Next Game of Thrones, and It Doesn’t Need to Be.
Not only is Westworld HBO’s latest hit, it may well be on track to become its biggest hit. That might seem like a tall order, but the show has already pulled off the most successful first season in the network’s…
5 Lessons That Helped Me Grow as a Person in 2016
Growing up sucks. It doesn’t matter if you ask a 10-year-old or a 40-year-old- most will agree when you ask them about it. It’s a never ending process that involves confronting your limitations. I can’t think of a more fitting…
Why Bojack Horseman is TV’s Funniest Show About Depression
Let’s talk about depression. Depression isn’t like the common cold. It’s not something that hits you, annoys you for a couple of days and then goes away. It’s more akin to a parasite: once it finds you, it tends to…
Why you Need to Get Ready for Augmented and Virtual Reality
If you are a tech geek, you are probably familiar with the terms augmented reality and virtual reality. If you are Joe Public, though, you probably haven’t heard much about either of them. Until Pokemon Go, that is. When Pokemon…
Yes, Wrestling is Fake. And it’s Better that Way.
Most wrestling fans have heard this one time or the other. “How can you watch it when you know it’s fake?” It’s a statement that devalues simultaneously the audience and the medium. It’s a statement that comes mainly from two…
Why The Witcher 3 is Great Literature
It’s hard to say goodbyes. Especially to things, people and places you have spent a lot of time with. I was near the end of my two hundred-something hours long journey with Witcher 3. Geralt ,the protagonist, turned towards the screen…
Why Some People Are Always Late, For Everything
Since this is actually the first article I am writing for UpThrust, now would be a good time to talk a little bit about how this all got started. I started working on UpThrust last October. It originally started out…
