Donkey Kong’s Last Supper by Misha. Roger Ebert is an asshole. His self-aggrandizing appearances at the University of Colorado’s Conference on World Affairs every year cemented this in my mind during my stint there. He’s also, to his credit, a brilliant film reviewer who grasps all the technical qualities of a film in addition to [...] Read more »
The Sunday New York Times never fails to deliver fascinating writing. Rather than an in depth article on the latest outbreak of war or an insider’s guide to to the latest trend, the most interesting piece of the April 5, 2009 edition was the two paragraph conclusion tucked at the tail of A.O. Scott’s “In [...] Read more »
The flashing neon reflects on the street as we pull up. It always does when it’s this cold and every crevice in the road is iced over. I have no worries about that, though. I’ve got media on my mind. — On Wednesday, I stumbled into a strange little event called Ignite Boulder, my never-worn [...] Read more »
The city of Singapore looms above the bay, as seen from the Singapore Flyer. For more economically successful photos of Singapore, click here. Her hand dangled, for all intensive purposes, like a mossy stone, her lightly clenched fist enveloped in the soft caress of the young gentleman at her side. Their fingers didn’t intertwine, but [...] Read more »
There’s few things I dread more than having things I remember fondly dragged through the gutter for another iteration. Despite a wonderful day jaunting around Guam, my mind is drunk with sadness at what’s happened to one of my favorite games. When the Xbox first launched, a good friend of mine bought one. For the [...] Read more »
“Have you seen the god damn ratings?” he screamed, his red power tie flailing as we cowered in our executive chairs. “The fucking Teletubbies are beating us! I don’t even know what a Boobah is!” Mack Herbovitz slammed his fist on the table, the small glasses of ice water rippling with the force of the [...] Read more »
So there I was, sitting around with nothing to do at work. Again. Since I’ve gotten in trouble twice in the last month for reading comic books on the job, I figured there was nothing left to do but grab that copy of Entertainment Weekly that sits so alluringly on our counter enticing the star-struck [...] Read more »
I’m sure most of you are aware of the Hollywood writer’s strike currently going on. Just about everyone seems to be on the writer’s side right now, but the public hasn’t been very vocal on the issue. If aren’t familiar with the issue, view the following videos: On What the Writer’s Strike is About. Sarah [...] Read more »
Tonight I watched the documentary Jesus Camp. By ten minutes in, I was disgusted and scared for the future of humanity. It’s not because of the fervor these kids show, but rather the fervor the adults guiding them show. Before I get into the meat of the film, I’d like to comment about it as [...] Read more »
“I hope you can see this. Because I am doing it as hard as I can.” – Ignignokt As most of you have heard, several days ago Boston was brought to a standstill by an apparent terrorist plot involving those lovable Mooninites from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. When LED signs appeared under overpasses and in [...] Read more »