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Closing off our exploration of the use of plagues and the like within the pop cultural zeitgeist, TLS looks at three articles from various sources and applies them to a general discussion of past, present, and possible future depictions of the subject at hand.

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For the premiere episode for his blog extension, Chris has a remote discussion with composer/musician Amanda Bocchi featuring a live performance.

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Taking a quick detour from traditional reviews, two TLS members discuss a few of the key elements and ideas from Camus’ classic tale of the human spirit in the face of a titular plague.

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TLS combines the original story and the latter film version of vampire-virus related tale, I am Legend, for a double feature compare/contrast session in lieu of separate MOTS reviews for each.
[Aggregate scores– Novella: 8.5 Film: 5.25]

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TLS puts up with only so much Intolerance.
[Aggregate score: 4]

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TLS fosters a healthy paranoia during a review of tense pandemic psych-horror, It Comes at Night. [Aggregate score: 9]

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TLS takes the opportunity (in these uncertain times) to discuss and highlight some of the games that feature plagues, pandemics, and viruses as narrative focus points and/or core mechanics as well as conjecture on how the current climate might affect future development of such titles.

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TLS questions reality to stop a plague while reviewing time-travel/virus related flick, 12 Monkeys.
[Aggregate score: 9.75]

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One of the so-called greatest games of all time’s long-awaited remake released recently, and TLS equips the critic materia to discuss it.

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18 years later, TLS reviews 28 Days Later (in these uncertain times.)
[Aggregate score: 8]

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