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YouTube of the Week: In Soviet Russia, Go Passes You! Edition

May 22, 2007 by Dave

Communist Monopoly. Enjoy.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, YouTube Tuesday

2007 Spiel Des Jahres Nominations

May 21, 2007 by Dave

All of the above titles are being brought to the US by Rio Grande. I’ve played both Yspahan and Zooloreto, but neither particularly blew me away. Arkadia was described as “stock market tetris” to me, and Jenseits von Theben sounds a bit more “gamery.” And nobody seems to be gung-ho about Thief of Baghdad. There’s […]

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

Comic Characters Brought to Life

May 20, 2007 by Dave

Just a collection of images from upcoming comic book movies: Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent (and maybe Two-Face)

Filed Under: Comics, Movies

CH Exclusive Info: Blizzard's Big Announcement

May 18, 2007 by Dave

Despite rampant speculation otherwise, Critical Hits has obtained a screenshot of tomorrow’s update of Blizzard’s homepage which confirms that the big announcement will be a new property: Cowboycraft.

Filed Under: News, Video Games

The Metaphor

May 18, 2007 by Dave

I’m not talking about the kind you find in a short story- no, this is the metaphor in games. Almost every game has a metaphor of some sort, except the super driest theme-less games. Chess, for example, has a pretty good metaphor, as does Go. However, something like Blokus, with its abstract play and strange […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Threats

Comic Snap Reviews 5-18-07

May 17, 2007 by Dave

You know the drill: some spoilers ahead.

Filed Under: Comics, Reviews

Review: They Might Be Giants, "The Else"

May 15, 2007 by Dave

Those of you who know me well know that I’m a diehard They Might Be Giants fan. I’ve been to more than 10 of their concerts. I own all their albums, plus whatever EPs I could get my hands on, plus all their DVDs, and a few assorted t-shirts and a hat. (I also used […]

Filed Under: Music, Reviews

Use Your Wii to Play With Lara Croft and Xianghua

May 15, 2007 by Dave

No, I’m not tired of Wii puns yet. Two interesting video game announcements for Wii owners this week: Eidos has announced that they are doing a “Tomb Raider Anniversary Edition” for Wii that will take advantage  of the Wii’s control system.  TRAE is a remake of the very first Tomb Raider game, but in an […]

Filed Under: News, Video Games

YouTube of the Week: Mario + Drama Edition

May 15, 2007 by Dave

Poor Mario has many problems. Who knew being big was so addictive? Found via Boingboing.

Filed Under: Video Games, YouTube Tuesday

Inq. of the Week: Third in a Trilogy

May 14, 2007 by Dave

Last week, we asked what should happen in Spiderman 4. Most of you picked for Carnage (or Maximum Carnage) to happen to the big screen, possibly because the third movie didn’t satisfy your symbiote satisfaction. Coming in second, a possible plotline for those of you who seem to hate Spiderman, was for everybody to die. […]

Filed Under: Inquisition of the Week, Movies

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