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I’m not here to pass judgment on what gets you off, friends; let’s get that straight. My job, when I’m wearing my ”critic” hat, is to look at the things…
The art of film involves many collaborators, the most important of whom — as I’ve written before — is the audience. We are more than passive receivers. It is we,…
I talk about a lot of different iterations of pop culture in these columns — film, literature, music, comics — but even the casual reader will notice that there’s a…
A super-sized fun-pak to round out Disc 3! #16 Bertie Higgins, ”Key Largo” (1982) Billboard Top Ten; #1 adult contemporary. [youtube id=”Ru2tsT32pHA” width=”600″ height=”350″] Jon Cummings — My secret shame:…
Five video games for the Atari 2600 that never should have existed.
So I’ve read a lot of articles over the last three years or so about the exciting, brave new world of e-book publishing, almost all of which used the term…
Many moons ago (by which we mean until the mid-90s), there existed mystical Shangri-La’s in shopping malls all across Americas, where quarters flowed, laughter resounded, and countless beefs were settled by joysticks and four buttons. Where …
Video games are signs and symbols of information technology as a whole
Dw. Dunphy has returned with a new column — and as it turns out, he’s all fired up about these damn kids, with their Rock Band, and their fancy knobs and buttons and whatnot.
Stuck Genie (Warner Bros., 2009) purchase this iPod app (iTunes) There’s a seemingly limitless number of them, but the rules for most iPod game apps are essentially the same: they…
Rich DeWester set out to write up the new Dynasty Warriors game, Strikeforce, but something funny happened on the way to his review. Do the words “fuck this game” mean anything to you?
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 (Koei, 2009) Purchase from Amazon: Playstation 3 | Xbox 360 Koei’s powerhouse, Omega Force, returns with its second installment of the Dynasty Warriors Gundam franchise, adding…
The Godfather II (Electronic Arts, 2009) purchase from Amazon: PS3 | X360 | Windows Ah, The Godfather II. I know what you’re thinking: EA plus movie franchise equals suckfest. No…
Suikoden Tierkreis (Nintendo DS, Konami, 2009) purchase this game (Amazon) I’ve been playing the Suikoden series since it first came stateside in 1996. Each story typically would touch on a…
I’m a big believer in simplicity where simplicity is called for. As cosmopolitan adult audiences, we’re supposed to sneer at simple stories in favor of works that are more conceptually…
Test of the Boomerang – Top Ten of 2008 I will dispense with the usual bullshit “Let’s take a look back…” year-end review. USA Today will have that shit in…
Kerli – Love Is Dead (2008) purchase this album (Amazon) As I’ve often stated in my reviews on my home site, there are many times when the best things you…