The Old West is an invention, as fake as a ride at Disneyland. It’s a desert filled with paradoxes.
Clement Obropta
CLEMENT TYLER OBROPTA is a Culture editor at MAYDAY. He studied film and English at Ithaca College, and his work can also be found with Film Inquiry, The Slice, and Gen Z Critics. He also serves as photo editor with Wanderlust Journal.
Nothing New in the West
Firewatch as Dating Sim + Whether It Can Heal Broken Hearts
by Clement Obropta
There’s something regenerative about a wildfire; many ecosystems have grown to depend on them, and they’re good at clearing out the moldy, dead stuff at the bottom of the forest.