Unreal Movie Review – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
You may notice that the byline for this review is wrong. Being the big boss man means Paul gets to rock the reviews for the happening new things himself, but it also means he’s a…
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Rant Time: The Tyranny of Overlong Credits!
You know what REALLY grinds my gears these days? You guessed it; that thing I put as the title of this article. I’ve been going to movies and playing video games for a good long…
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Six More One Season Wonders Taken From Us Before Their Times
At some point I figure somebody held or will hold a contest for who could come up with the most unoriginal article idea and I intend on winning that sucker in spirit this week. If…
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Why I’m Sitting The Console Wars Out for Now
Hi, everyone. I like to play video games. Like, a lot. Like, in my mid-thirties and have played video games almost every day of my life for about as far back as I can remember…
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Is “Geek” Culture Really Any Different from “Real” Culture?
You know we love our geek culture here. We wear it on our sleeves and everywhere else. Video games and cartoons and comic books full of sci-fi, fantasy, and all of the stuff that the…
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A Pair of Dream Projects for When I Become a Billionaire
One of these days, I’m going to strike internet gold or something and fall ass backwards into more money than any one person should possess. I mean like fictional character billionaire money; the kind…
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The End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine): Five Apocalypse Scenarios I Kind of Want to See Happen
You know what they say about all good things. Children grow old and die, empires rise and fall, stars are born and extinguished all across the infinite galaxy, and Sara Clemens doesn’t write for Unreality…
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Mandatory Reading: The Greatest Vampire Stories of All Time
Once again, welcome to my column. Come freely, go safely, and leave something of the happiness you bring. I’ve spent October exploring some of the more unexplored facets of the immortal undead in popular culture,…
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A Reason to Kill: J-Horror Gets Its Groove Back with Shiki
So my big vampire-related surprise this year came from an unusual place. A co-worker of mine off-handedly asked if I’d seen this anime, Shiki, about vampires. As usual, my response was along the lines of…