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San Diego Comic-Con 2010 Thursday and w00tstock 2.4

July 24, 2010 by Logan Bonner

“Spark of Imagination” panel, The Red vs. Blue Infiltration, Robert Kirkman, and a guest-filled wootstock.

Filed Under: Comics, Minor Quests, Movies, Music, News, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Web Meme Tagged With: comic con, SDCC, W00tstock

San Diego Comic-Con 2010 Preview Night

July 23, 2010 by Logan Bonner

Here’s a quick post to cover the tiny bit of Comic-Con that’s happened so far. After a mistake that put me on the wrong shuttle and a nearly hour-long drive around downtown, I arrived at the house Chris Tulach and I have rented a room in. Then after a 30-minute walk back down to the convention center, I snagged my professional badge and headed toward the exhibit hall that was just opening up.

Filed Under: Comics, Minor Quests, Movies, News, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: comic con, conventions, SDCC

Movie Review: “Inception”

July 16, 2010 by Bartoneus

Inception is a wildly entertaining summer blockbuster wrapped in the packaging of a sleeper hit science fiction thriller/heist film. All of the comparisons of this movie to films such as The Matrix and Blade Runner are well deserved but fall short of the deeply involving experience that Inception provides the viewer. The film excels due to the stunning combination of well executed directing, inspired writing, spot on acting, and seamless production.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: christopher nolan, inception, joseph gordon-levitt, leonadro dicaprio, movie, Movies, Reviews

Dear Roger Ebert

July 13, 2010 by Vanir

I’ve always admired Roger Ebert. Though I disagree with his assertion that videogames can’t be art, I still deeply respect his opinion. As long as he finds out for sure, that is.

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television, Video Games Tagged With: agro, art, braid, colossus, ebert, flower, gene siskel, heavy rain, roger ebert, shadow of the colossus, siskel, sotc, videogames

Inq. of the Week: Summer Movies ’10

April 6, 2010 by Bartoneus

As it is the first week of April, and luck has it that Dave is out of town and I am writing the Inquisition, I can happily continue my yearly trend of posting an inquisition around this time asking about everyone’s favorite summer movies!

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Movies Tagged With: Inquisition of the Week, iron man 2, kick-ass, Movies, prince of persia, spring, summer, the last airbender, the losers

Cheeseburger, Plain

March 30, 2010 by Vanir

Back in my day, you had to turn in government stamps just to play a game of pong! We used to have to steal ram chips just to remember where we lived! My daddy worked on the parallel port, and worked 256 shifts manufacturing computer metaphors! And all you damn kids want is more explosions. I’ll have none of it!

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Dire Flailings, Humor, Movies, Roleplaying Games, Video Games Tagged With: belmont family album, castlevania, explosions, getting old, glow effects, heavy rain, kotor, kotor 2, lightsabers, neon, oldcore, soul calibur, when i was your age

My Love Affair With Tron

March 24, 2010 by Bartoneus

I grew up with the movie Tron. Okay, I’ll admit that I grew up with a lot of movies, but there is a shorter list of movies that I watched at least once a year for my entire life up to the age of 18. Tron is most certainly on that list, along with Aliens, […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Humor, Movies, The Architect DM Tagged With: Editorial, Humor, legacy, Movies, trailer, tron

Uncle Vanir’s Jedi Jamboree

January 26, 2010 by Vanir

I personally would like to see every last one of the Presidents of the United States in a fighting game, their legacy distilled into a couple of special attacks.

Filed Under: Comics, Dire Flailings, Humor, Movies, Television, Video Games Tagged With: ghostbusters, legend of zelda, POTUS Powerups, power girl, presidential fighting game, star wars, super smash bros. brawl, Transformers, wonder woman

Why “District 9” is Better Than “Avatar”

January 22, 2010 by joshx0rfz

I realized that District 9 shared quite a few ideas with Avatar and was curious as to why I favored one over the other. I decided to try and break it down. This article isn’t really meant to be a review but more of an analysis of the differences between these two very important movies.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: avatar, district 9

Comic Books, Franchises & Reboots Oh My!

January 13, 2010 by Bartoneus

Allow me to take you on a small adventure through my life of the last few months. With more spare time than I’ve had in the last six years and a cornucopia of neglected hobbies crying out for attention, trying to choose what to do next can be rather difficult.

Filed Under: Comics, Editorial, Featured, Movies, The Architect DM Tagged With: batman, comic books, Comics, franchise, Movies, reboot, sequel, spider-man, superman

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