Help Me Get Back Into Video Games After A Decade Off
I love video games. My parents were pretty dubious about the whole idea, but I do remember that convincing them to get me a Nintendo 64 for Christmas was a huge victory. When I got…
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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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I’m Weirdly Excited for the Need for Speed Movie
I just finished playing Need for Speed: Rivals, and I have to say, I’m kind of pumped for the upcoming Need for Speed movie. Why? Well, I love the Fast and the Furious series, but…
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The Console Warriors
What happens when the console wars turn into a literal monstrous affair? We get the likes of these creatures, “console warriors” who wear their controllers like skulls as they do battle to the death. The…
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Poison Ivy Triumphant
I can’t quite figure out why, but I pretty much chose to feature this piece of art by PapaNinja solely for the look on Poison Ivy’s face. It’s a perfect blend of stupidity and triumph…
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The Sesame Street Does The Hunger Games, Wait What?
Alright Sesame Street, I’ll bite. How DO you take The Hunger Games, the story of a dystopian future where kids kill each other for sport, into something suitable for your audience? With cookies, of course….
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Why Haven’t You Seen It: The Virgin Suicides
I feel the need to start out this week’s column with a disclaimer. Suicide is not romantic. Suicide is not Shakespearean. Suicide is not a cool or epic way to let everyone know how you…
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Searching for The Next Breaking Bad: Candidate #2 – Boardwalk Empire
Continuing the series I started last week, I’m attempting to identify shows that have the potential to take over the throne left vacant by Breaking Bad, to try and prove that the golden age of…
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Why the Super Nintendo CD Would Have Been the Greatest Console Ever
by Jarrod S. Lipshy Let me start out by confessing a slight bias: I love the Super Nintendo to death. My XBox 360 crapped out on me nigh on four years ago, and while I…