(1) Kingdom Hearts is Disney at its strangest, darkest—and most moving (The A.V. Club)

“What is adulthood for Kingdom Hearts? It’s a bullet—or maybe a magic sword—barreling toward you, that you can’t stop. Those things you loved as a kid—those movies, those heroes, those lessons about friendship and love and hope? They’ll be there, when tragedy hits, and maybe they’ll help you. But just as likely, they won’t.”

“…and let’s not even get started with Ready Player One or the fervent online fan-theory culture claiming everything ever is connected.”