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Launch Veritech Fighters!

September 7, 2007 by Dave

With Transformers already out and Voltron being fast-tracked, is that the end of movie remakes of 80’s tv shows about giant robots? No, of course not: not while Robotech lies untapped. In a few years, we’ll see a Hollywood version of the classic anime turned American tv show turned book series turned RPG (or whatever […]

Filed Under: Anime, Critical Bits, Music, News, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television

Touching is Good

September 5, 2007 by Bartoneus

Today Apple let loose a barrage of news, possibly most exciting of which for the masses is the new i-Pod Touchwhich is essentially an i-Phone – phone + more music. Not content to leave the day at that, the company also unveiled a new i-Pod Nano now as a squat device with a small screen […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Music, News

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

YouTube of the Week: Help! (I Need Somebody) Edition

April 10, 2007 by Dave

Another trailer mashup with a funny concept.

Filed Under: Music, YouTube Tuesday

YouTube of the Week: Go Go Mario Edition

April 3, 2007 by Dave

A version of the Mario theme played at a “Big Band Live” event that includes lyrics to the classic theme. You can see the translated lyrics on Destructoid, which is where this video hails from. Previous Mario coverage: Super Black Mamba Bros. Edition, The Game Is Never Over, For Mario Edition, and Super Mario Live.

Filed Under: Music, Video Games, YouTube Tuesday

Review: Spamalot

March 24, 2007 by Dave

What’s this? A review of musical theater on Critical Hits? Yes, it’s true, but this is a show that nerds everywhere owe it to themselves to see. Before there was The Gamers, before there was Fensler Films, the most quoted movie during D&D sessions was Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Years and years later, […]

Filed Under: Movies, Music, Reviews

Inq. of the Week: Happy New Year!

January 1, 2007 by Bartoneus

Welcome to 2007, I certainly hope the holidays and 2006 were kind to everyone and that the new year will bring many more good things to everyone!  We’re jumping right in with our Inquisition of the week: What new technology do you predict for 2007? On October 23rd, 2001 the world was introduced to Apple’s […]

Filed Under: Inquisition of the Week, Movies, Music, Television, Video Games

Around the Survivors a Perimeter Create!

November 15, 2006 by Bartoneus

While preparing for last week’s comic, I went to an obvious source for cartoon-yoda images, which was of course the fantastic Clone Wars cartoons.  Pictured to the right is a quick drawing I did from one of the images, just to get a feel for the style and see what I could learn from it.  […]

Filed Under: Movies, Music, The Architect DM, Video Games

YouTube of the Week: Pink Floyd's Frickin' Laser Edition

October 17, 2006 by Dave

(Awesome animation of famous album covers battling it out. Truly some Critical Hits in there. Let’s hope that we can keep doing this feature, even though it’s about to become GooTube)

Filed Under: Music, YouTube Tuesday

How White and Nerdy Are You?

October 12, 2006 by Dave

How White and Nerdy Are You? And can anyone beat my 56% (without cheating) ? (and if you need a refresher, check out Weird Al’s video)

Filed Under: Music, Web Meme

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