Grim(m)!
(This is a guest post from our very own Jonathan McLeod!) The other day, the wife and I were watching television when an ad for Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters came on. Darlene remarked that we don’t really see the… Continue Reading
Month: January 2013
Context!
For those that don’t recognize it, the video (but not song, which is “Ken” by Ex-Cops) above is a “cover” of a(n) (in)famous music video – “Bastards of Young”, by The Replacements. Perhaps apocryphally, the story goes that Warner Bros.… Continue Reading
Ni No Kuni Kind of Owns, You Guys
(This is a guest post from our very own Ryan Noonan!) What do you get when you combine the semi-real-time combat of the Tales or Star Ocean series, the manic completionist obsession of Pokémon, and the art style of Spirited… Continue Reading
Bookclub!
Okay! This week, our assignment was to watch the episode “Immortality” from Season Three of Fringe. (You can read the Television Without Pity Recap here, while the AV Club has their recap of the episode here. The post dedicated to… Continue Reading
Dead Space 3 Demo Impressions
(This is a guest post from our very own Pyre!) Issac Clarke has head texturing that goes back to Tekken 4. Especially the ears. I hope he keeps his helmet on a lot. So, the necromorphs now start off in… Continue Reading
Synchronicity!
You might recall my post about the older Italian ballplayers, one of whom was Dolph Camilli. Perfectly nice guy, I’m sure; I’ve never read a bad world about him. And back in 1907 there was no reason not to name your kid “Adolph”. But it’s… Continue Reading
Fostering!
To my mind, the Harry Potter books began with two huge missteps. First, the game of Quidditch, whose scoring makes no sense except as a vehicle for You Know Who to be the hero of every single match. Second, the Dursleys, who… Continue Reading
Sunday!
We’ve just finished up the wake and Shadow is hungover. One of the things I like about American Gods is that Mr. Wednesday shows up, says “hey, I’m driving, you’re not going to be good for anything for at least… Continue Reading
That Was Easy
So I had my first dream/nightmare about the baby’s birth. I tend not to remember my dreams and, when I do, it tends to just be the middle and maybe the end; they always seem to start in medias res. Anyway,… Continue Reading
Somniloquy!
Hello, Sand-fans. I talked with JB, and he was OK with me spreading these two issues over a little bit more time. I think Chapter 4 is worth its own discussion. If I went into too much detail, it’s because… Continue Reading