Xbox One Impressions

Xbox One Impressions

So, the announcement is over: the Xbox One is here to make you rush out to GameStop and empty your wallets on a pre-order. Since you’re reading this, you’re probably wondering what I think about the whole thing. 1.) The tech is impressive Being able to control live TV from the Xbox One is pretty awesome, and I love voice [...]

Getting Ready for the Big 50

Getting Ready for the Big 50

Series 7 of Doctor Who wrapped up for us Americanos on Saturday. I’m not going to do a recap (because you should bloody well watch it yourself), but I do want to mention that it ended on somewhat of a cliff-hanger, introducing a “new” character. (Like the quotes? Oh, yeah…you know what I mean.) There are a lot of rumors [...]

Tips for Running a Game at a Convention

Tips for Running a Game at a Convention

While I’ve been playing Roleplaying Games for a long time, it’s only been this year that I’ve started to run games at various conventions. I first got my feet wet last weekend at Ratha Con, a new convention in Athens, OH. My next experience will be running a game for Kobold Press at Gen Con. So, with my vast wealth [...]

Gatsby 2.0

Gatsby 2.0

The newest interpretation of The Great Gatsby is the cinematic equivalent of a peanut butter and pickle sandwich. Disgusting to some, intriguing to others. Only a select few have the palate for it, and even for those few it’s an acquired taste. The first half is stylistically masturbatory on Baz Luhrmann‘s part. The special effects are distracting and superfluous. On [...]

H. Jon Benjamin is Everywhere

H. Jon Benjamin is Everywhere

Seth Macfarlane is the undisputed king of network television animated comedy. The guy has three animated sitcoms on the air–on Fox. If that weren’t enough, the success of Ted has led to two more film projects. He voices multiple characters on each of his shows and even hosted the Oscars this year. I am so completely bored of Seth MacFarlane [...]

Agents of SHIELD

Agents of SHIELD

I’m cautiously optimistic about the upcoming Agents of SHIELD. Recently picked up by ABC, the show looks promising and features everybody’s favorite dead SHIELD agent, Phil Coulson. (Is he dead? Sure we saw him die, BUT we didn’t see the body afterwards! I’m just saying that this is the comics world, people. He’s totally coming back. You’ve heard the rumors… [...]

Movie Talkers are the Worst of Humanity (A Reasonable Rant)

Movie Talkers are the Worst of Humanity (A Reasonable Rant)

Thursday night I saw Iron Man Three. It was pretty good. Except for those dreaded movie talkers. Now, in my review I only devoted a paragraph to the dregs of humanity who found their own dialogue more interesting than Tony Stark’s. But that was only a fraction of what I really wanted to say. Let the rant begin. There are [...]