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Stephen Colbert and The Rats of iCrap

February 2, 2010 by Vanir

Take a stroll down memory lane. Remember what it was like to spend all your Mom’s money 50c at a time on Dragon’s Lair. Weep at the loss of Commodore and the Amiga. Find out Apple’s place in the universe, and if any of this seemingly random information relates to each other!

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Television, Video Games Tagged With: amiga, apple, arcade games, Bill Murray, cartoons, cinematronics, classic gaming, don bluth, dragon's lair, easter eggs, ghostbusters, il, iPad, jeff minter, lion-o, lorenzo music, mega man, pekin, peter venkman, retrogaming, roberta williams, thundercats, voice acting, yuukichan's papa

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

Critical Hits Gift Guide 2009

December 21, 2009 by Dave

It’s the Monday before Xmas, and you’re still looking for a gift for the gamer in your life. Or you’ve got some Xmas money coming that you want to spend. Either way, here are some games (and a book) that we recommend you buy.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television, Video Games Tagged With: 4e, christmas, civilization: revolution, dominion, dragon age origins, drop7, dungeon master's guide 2, fits, gift guide, gift guide 2009, left 4 dead 2, memories of the future, PHB1, PHB2, wil wheaton, winter holiday

YouTube Tuesday: Let Me Throw! Edition

November 24, 2009 by Dave

Not especially related to games, but I just can’t stop watching The Muppets do Bohemian Rhapsody, and thus needed to share.

Filed Under: Humor, Music, Television, YouTube Tuesday Tagged With: bohemian rhapsody, muppets, music video, queen

Inq. of the Week: Video Formats?

November 16, 2009 by Bartoneus

We seem to be at an interesting crossroads when it comes to movies and video formats, with Blu-ray beating out HD DVD I assumed everything would transition over pretty quickly but it still seems that regular DVDs are the primary format for people watching movies at home.

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Movies, Television Tagged With: blu-ray, dvds, format, Inquisition of the Week, Movies, video

Are You Watching Venture Brothers Yet?

November 11, 2009 by Bartoneus

About three weeks after the 3rd season of The Venture Brothers started, I wrote about it to make sure that anyone who hadn’t heard of it by then knew to check it out. Now it is three weeks into the 4th season and I’m following up. Seriously, are you watching it yet?

Filed Under: Featured, Humor, Television Tagged With: cartoon, Reviews, season 4, Television, TV, venture brothers

YouTube Tuesday: Auto Tune Cosmos Edition

September 29, 2009 by Dave

By popular request, and in the spirit of some old favorites, there’s this.

Filed Under: Music, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television, YouTube Tuesday Tagged With: carl sagan, music video, stephen hawking

Inq. of the Week: Quinto vs. Quinto

June 22, 2009 by Bartoneus

A while back, over two years ago it seems, we had an epic showdown Inquisition between Ian McKellen and Ian McKellen…errr, I mean between Gandalf the White and Magneto! The mysterious White Wizard ending up kicking considerable ass in the poll, but it generated some interesting debate about who would actually win in a fight.

Filed Under: Featured, Humor, Inquisition of the Week, Movies, Television Tagged With: fight, gabriel gray, heroes, Inquisition of the Week, star trek, sylar, young spock, zachary quinto

YouTube Tuesday: In Brightest Day, and Blackest Pony Edition

May 26, 2009 by Dave

Two fake trailers for existing properties: above, the My Little Pony movie trailer that takes a different tact than you might expect, and below, a Green Lantern trailer thatputs the emerald ring on the capable hands of Nathan Fillon.

Filed Under: Comics, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television, YouTube Tuesday

Inq. of the Week: The Stars Are Trekkin’

May 11, 2009 by Dave

Over the weekend, I caught the newest entry in the battle between Star Wars and Star Trek, as the Federation Strikes Back with the new update, featuring a rebooted franchise and cast (with one exception). I was not alone in this, as many showings were sold out as everyone and their mother (literally) sought out the new adventures of Kirk and Spock. Thus, for all you new and old Trek fans alike, to balance the scales of last week, I present to you the following query…

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television Tagged With: star trek

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