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King Kong Sings Songs, Jack Black Acts

December 19, 2005 by Dave

This weekend I saw Peter Jackson’s Epic, err, his STAND-ALONE epic, King Kong. If you’ve seen the original, or even The Simpsons parody, you’re not really going to be surprised by any part of the story (and so I’m going to go ahead and say there be spoilers ahead) but it’s well worth watching nonetheless.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

Support Mash-Ups and your right to remix: American Edit

December 13, 2005 by Dave

As reported on previously, a great online “mash-up” (what we used to call more generally as a “remix”) of Green Day’s American Idiot album was released for free, but then Warners decided that for whatever reason this was bad to help promote an album (or albums, if you count the stuff it is mashed up […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Music

Chronicles of Narnia

December 12, 2005 by Bartoneus

It is an unfortunate circumstance that the new movie ‘ The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe’ was immediately taken in by many people as very much the same type of movie as the Lord of the Rings trilogy. This comparison went perhaps as deep for most people as the fact that it was released […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

Critical Hit Gift Guide 2005

December 5, 2005 by Dave

Want to score a “Critical Hit” this Holiday season? (Ha, it works on so many levels! What a whimsical site title!) Here’s a holiday gift guide made by the staff. To the writers: post as a comment to this what you would recommend as a good holiday gift, price range, and where to get it. […]

Filed Under: Anime, Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Comics, Movies, Music, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television, Video Games

X-Man-aganza!

December 5, 2005 by Bartoneus

The first, or at least what I believe to be the first, images of X-Men 3 have been released to the public. There is a short article written about it on USA Today that, if you’re anything like me, you will only skim and quickly jump to the pictures and stare curiously at lies within.

Filed Under: Movies, News

Your Source for the Latest Boardgame News…

November 29, 2005 by Dave

…isn’t here. Suckers. However, there have been a few sites that have opened up recently that are invaluable for board game lovers. Check these out if you’re interested in them, or if a certain gamer in your life needs a new board game for the holidays (or has a birthday 6 days before Christmas and […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, News

Do Not Go 360 degrees of X-Box Crazy

November 28, 2005 by drscotto

My good friends over at IGN have published an article that is worth reading before you spend your money on a Microsoft X-Box 360. While it is true that Sony has many problems that do not complement a company that needs a strong consumer base, their saving grace will still be the Playstation game system. […]

Filed Under: Editorial, News, Video Games

Windows Vista Overcooked

November 28, 2005 by DarthCthulhu

I just read an interesting article about Windows Vista and why it’s ultimately doomed to failure. For those who don’t know, Windows Vista is Microsoft’s new GUI subsystem in Longhorn. Wheras most GUI systems in operation today utilize old 2D methods for composition and display, Vista will instead use the 3D hardware to shove things […]

Filed Under: Editorial

Mindstorms Requiem

November 28, 2005 by DarthCthulhu

I discovered an interesting analysis of why Lego was pulling back on its Mindstorms line. For those who don’t know, the Mindstorms line is a neat set of tools designed with the idea to create real working programmable robotics systems using Legos. The sets have proven wildly popular, but in recent years Lego has pulled […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, News

Super Mario Tributes

November 23, 2005 by Dave

As sort of a followup to my Nerd Songs post, there’s a lot of musical tributes to those powerful plumbers, Super Mario Brothers. Most of them are videos of tribute medleys.

Filed Under: Music, Video Games

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