The Greatest Story in the History of Video Games
It is a fighting game that provides us with the boldest and strangest narrative in the history of video gaming. I’m talking, of course, about Super Smash Brothers for the N64.
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Charlton Heston — an appreciation
If you’ve seen Soylent Green, this carousel image is hilarious.
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Who listens to the Watchmen? Thoughts on Watchmen’s Score and Songs
For the most part, filming Watchmen was simply a game of not ruining the source material, but the sound track was one place where Snyder’s team had the opportunity to do something good, original, and artistic. They did not let us down.
The Political Message of Watchmen
Getting a jump on this weekends pontificate-a-thon by looking for Watchmen’s moral.
Dollhouse: Freaking Doomed
Okay, I’m calling it right now. Dollhouse will turn out to be a huge disappointment for everyone involved.
Unpacking Christian Bale’s Armband: The Resistance Logo from “Terminator: Salvation”
Worth a thousand words. Or in this case, one thousand seven hundred and twenty four.
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The Musical Coding of Pasta Sauce
In which we explore the bizarre underbelly of a recent Bertolli ad, and the strange persistence of an “exotic” melody.
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“You built a time machine out of a DeLorean?” [BTTF Week]
“You built a time machine… out of a DeLorean?” Okay, now stop. If it wasn’t for Back to the Future, would the word DeLorean mean anything to you?
Of course, their webspiders are probably gathering evidence against us even as I type.
What the RIAA has in common with the death of a thousand cuts.
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The Raddest Public Art I’ve Seen In a Long While
If you’re in New York, you have GOT to ride the Q train into Manhattan sometime soon. After you pull out of the Dekalb Avenue station, look right. Keep looking. *Through* the window, nimrod.
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