Is There No Truth In Beauty?
One of the most basic – and pervasive – tropes around is that “beauty equals goodness.” The heroes are attractive, handsome men and beautiful women, the villains are have scars or other physical deformities. It’s…
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5 (Unsettling) Things Skyrim Taught Me About Myself
On the one hand, I’m really happy that video games are a part of my life again. And it’s just icing on the cake that I get to share some of my wildly positive experiences…
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Great Moments in Comic History: The Terra Within
Welcome to the belated part two of my series chronicling some of the most memorable comic book storylines. Like I said before, out of the countless tales spread across the medium over decades past some…
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8 Movies and Shows to Watch with Dad
I’m a little late (or early) for Father’s Day, but I’m pretty excited to have my dad visiting this week. We’ll be doing some Christmassy and possibly touristy things in London, but it’s each of…
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The 5 Most Entertaining Christmas Horror Films
One thing that I never really understood was why Hollywood is so obsessed with making Christmas scary. Don’t get me wrong; I love Christmas almost as much as I love horror movies. I love it when…
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Mind Blowingly Awesome Pieces of Game of Thrones Fan Art
We’re huge fans of fan art. We’re even bigger fans of Game of Thrones. And given it’s still the most pirated show on television, we don’t think the steam behind this show is running out…
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Five Lesser Known but Incredible Lines from Die Hard
I had the pleasure of seeing Die Hard on the big screen a couple of weeks ago. There’s this special theater in Brooklyn that shows 80s movies on weekends and needless to say it was…
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Eight Video Game Kills that Made Me Feel Guilty in Freestyle Unrhymed Poetry
Video games may not desensitize us to killing the real world, but the virtual one? Absolutely. When 90% of games have you killing things at all times, it’s bound to happen.But we don’t mourn for…
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A Gallery of the Geekiest Dresses in Existence
Cosplay is one thing, but a good, geeky dress is another. These aren’t costumes per se, rather they’re dress designs using bits of nerdery from sci-fi to superheroes. I hunted all across the internet to…