“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we here at The Cool Ship thought it would be nice to say what we’re thankful for. So here it goes… TJ Johnston (Editor-in-Chief, Writer) I’m thankful [...]

The latest and last installment of The Twilight Saga was released on Thursday night, and droves went to see it, waiting in lines, crying, and other such tomfoolery. Several The Cool Ship crew members braved the excitable crowds to see Breaking Dawn: Part 2. (They did it for Part 1, too.) Here’s what we thought (SPOILER ALERT!): Gabrielle Johnston – [...]

By: Danielle Peterson I have not taken many bold or unpopular stances in my life, and rarely have I shared them with strangers, but step back because I am about to toss down one mighty unpopular opinion-I think that the ending to Mass Effect 3 was good. Admittedly, I had a different exposure to it. I played Mass Effect 2 [...]

By: Lauren Mathues I saw Snow White and the Huntsman for the second time this past weekend. If the first viewing sent a soft, summer wind of ideas blowing around in my mind, the second viewing brought on a tornado. So, I’ve decided to do three posts about Beauty as I see it in Snow White and the Huntsman. And [...]

By: Lauren Mathues It has taken me a long time to venture outside of the genre of romantic comedy and into the wonderful wide world of action flicks, but the time I’ve spent embracing action films has changed me. Now, I love good fight scenes, and I love complicated, intricately designed explosive scenes. I love watching the classic tale of Good, after coming [...]

By: Tim Odom I went into E3 this year with high hopes. With Nintendo on the verge of releasing a new console, that must mean Sony and Microsoft would do something, right? We would see new games, and new hardware, and have a whole bunch of surprises! It was going to be awesome! Then E3 happened. And it, most assuredly, [...]

By: Joel Mangin The deep questions that Prometheus tried to address regarding humanity, its origins, and the purpose of man were undercut by the irrational behavior of a supposedly scientific team. Prometheus felt hollow in part because the scientists never actually used the scientific method. Allow me to explain. We’ve got our test group, the intrepid band of explorers made [...]

I am tired of hearing about SOPA/PIPA. I’m almost as sick of reading about it as I am of it  trying to destroy the internet where I read about it. However, today is kind of a big deal since parts of the internet have decided to black out or otherwise state their dissatisfaction with the legislation in question. And the [...]

In this installment of The Bad Room, Clara and William debate religion. This is in response to William’s article What is Wrong With Religion.   Clara Corday I’d like to start out my critique of this argument by saying that it’s well thought out and articulately rendered. When I read something thought-provoking, my thoughts are provoked. One of the joys [...]

Special credit to Emily Bacha and John Calhoun for putting this list together. Music is a completely subjective experience, except for these ten songs that definitively make up the holiday season… or maybe a hipster Christmas mix. Whatever the case, if you prefer others songs you’re probably wrong. Do Christmas a little justice this year. These aren’t the songs Christmas [...]

Who here enjoys freedom? Let me see a show of hands. Just about everyone, then? Good. Let me tell you something that will be disheartening then. This morning, the National Defense Authorization Act was signed into law by President Obama. “Defense authorization,” you say, ” that sounds like a great thing!” Sure it does, but names can be misleading. The [...]

Today, we are introducing a new segment, The Bad Room. In The Bad Room, two of our contributors will go head to head about a certain issue for the entertainment of all of you. This week, Rob Allyn and TJ Johnston face off to answer the question, “What is the better Christmas movie, Die Hard or Batman Returns?” Something both [...]

Over the weekend, the crew of The Cool Ship sailed into treacherous waters: Twilight. Here are our impressions of Breaking Dawn: Part 1. John Calhoun – Breaking Dawn 4.1 is the kind of movie that makes you immediately aware that something is wrong. Two minutes in I knew that something was off. Upon consideration, I realized it was a combination [...]

Last night (and part of this morning), we were part of the sleep-deprived, semi-mob outside of the local GameStop. We were on a gallant quest to defeat dragons! To slay bad guys! To get Skyrim! Needless to say, we accomplished our mission and brought home the game. And now, the tale of our journey: (There are probably SPOILERS AHEAD. Also, [...]

The I-mockery team has put together perhaps the greatest tribute to 8-bit video game characters ever, Abobo’s Big Adventure. A flash game that doesn’t yet have a release date beyond “coming soon,” the game finds Double Dragon bad guy Abobo fighting his way through eight awesome NES-era inspired levels in order to save his son. Watch the trailer. Be amazed [...]

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