Try as I might, I do not always keep up with the times. I missed the Pokémon and Tamagotchi craze. I never had a MySpace account. I still make mix CDs. It’s no surprise that my discovery of Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace happened about six years after the show ended. For those of you who are still in the dark (heh) about [...]

“We Klingons don’t have gods. We killed them all. They were . . . inconvenient.” — Lt. Commander Whorf In her recent article, Clara Corday writes about a problem she sees. Although, to be honest, it’s been going on so long, it’s not so much a problem of human life as a feature. She focuses on Christianity and American Conservatism, [...]

Do you love Star Wars? Have you ever imagined what it’d be like to be a Jedi? What about what it’d be like to have a light saber? Well, I have. Yes I know it’s lame, but who cares? It’s STAR WARS. Now you can be a part of it. On April 3rd, Kinect: Star Wars is going to take [...]

Transformers: Dark of the Moon was probably the closest thing the powers that be could have done in making a Transformers movie. It actually focused on the Autobots fighting the Decepticons and not Sam Witwicky. In fact he was not the actual factor that led to the Autobot victory. Sure, he helped in a minute way, but it wasn’t like [...]

I’m human, and that makes me selfish by nature. I’ve been thinking lately what I would want to have for the next generation of the Xbox. Let me reiterate: these are things that I want. They may not be the best thing for the masses. Whatever. I don’t care about the masses. I care about me. Here is my wishlist [...]

The literary world is abuzz over Lionel Shriver’s new novel The New Republic, a satire about international terrorism and oppression. If that wasn’t controversial enough, the polemic author concludes with a prickly handling of the 9/11 attacks. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is abuzz over another tale of terrorism and oppression, The Hunger Games, which concludes with the prickly fiasco of children [...]

From 16-21 I worked in a movie theater selling tickets. While the uniform was a pure polyester nightmare of maroon and ill-fitting vests, the perks ruled. Free movies for myself and a few friends with me. Yeah, any popularity I had during those years can almost be directly attributed to free moves (I say almost because, as you probably already [...]

Last week I wrote about Mass Effect 3′s ending. The week before that I wrote about the death of socialism. That’s great and all, but I’ve contained this long enough. I have been geeking out about Community since it got back and last week’s episode is making me freak out all over the place. I have been flipping out all [...]

On Tuesday, Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian government agreed to abide by the peace plan put forward by Kofi Annan, envoy to the conflict for the UN and the Arab League. The plan calls for, at minimum, daily breaks in the fighting for humanitarian workers to provide assistance to the wounded, and also goes further, requiring the Syrian government to respect free assembly [...]

“Have you heard of the new Game of Thrones video game?” “Oh my god, I love that show! I need to get that game; it is going to be so amazing.” WRONG! A Game of Thrones Genesis takes the amazing world of Westeros and turns it into a boring droll world of monotony and blandness.  It is difficult to figure [...]

Previously on Being Human… (Last Week) In this week’s episode, we find Sally (Meaghan Rath) still dealing with her reaper (Dusan Dukic) problem. Granted, now he’s more like an annoying house guest than a menacing, possessive force but time will tell if that will change at all. She also dealing with the guilt of driving Janet Hines (Amber Goldfarb) from [...]

Tuesday! Tuesday! Tuesday! Empty you wallets, readers! Another Tuesday is here and there’s more stuff for you to buy and enjoy. DVD/Blu-ray New Releases for March 27th, 2012 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. Featuring the voices of Justin Long and Matthew Gray Gubler. Trailer Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock. Trailer A Dangerous Method. Starring Michael Fassbender, [...]

Six Writers. Six Opinions. The Cool Ship is here to give you a straight shot of our impressions of The Hunger Games. Do you agree with us? Sound off in the comments. Rob Allyn – I wasn’t sure what to expect with this film–whether it was going to be ridiculous like Twilight or not. I had never read the book [...]

The number 7s have hit the shelves, and with them comes something called the Seven Families, a grouping of sets of comics that are all centered around one story line. Over the years, it has been next to impossible to figure out what books to read if you wanted to get the full scope of a story. You never knew [...]

It took me a few years, but I think I’ve outgrown the feeling that I was “too old” for Pokemon. When Pokemon started hitting Game Boys everywhere, I snidely insulted anyone I knew who played it. If you were one of those people, I am sorry. I have now played and watched a lot of media intended for children, and [...]

I don’t want to rock anybody’s worldview (yes I do) but… I maintain that one can’t be a Christian and a conservative and have one coherent worldview. The two are opposites. Stay with me: American Conservatism. America was founded on the idea that people (well, white men) should be able to go do their own thing with minimal government intervention. [...]

Aren’t you supposed to be embarrassed to admit you’re a virgin? Meh. I’m not, really. I mean, you should know that I’m married, so I’m not THAT kind of virgin. But, I am a Hunger Games virgin. Shocked? Let me explain. But first, let me say that I intend to see the movie this afternoon. I’m going to be part [...]

This has been an auspicious week for horrifying news. There are a lot of tragic stories in play that have taken a turn for the odd. Let’s get right into it. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales is about to be charged with 17 counts of murder and 6 counts of assault for allegedly gunning down 16 people.  That’s pretty awful, and [...]

“The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.” -Oscar Wilde Everyone’s a critic, and with the Internet, everyone can voice their opinion to everyone else.  Film periodicals have been predicting the slow death of the professional reviewer for years, but even within this massive free-speech, democratic, anarchic webspace, you’ll find that when so many [...]

Have you ever read (or seen, I suppose) Waiting for Godot? It’s a play by Samuel Beckett about two dudes waiting for a third dude who never shows up. That’s the simplest of interpretations, of course. But, for someone who doesn’t care to take a big leap into the innermost, that’s what the play is about. I find myself in [...]