There’s a lot of hullabaloo on the internet presently about some spurious claims made by famed thumb-haver Roger Ebert, in which he claims that “video games can never be art.” Everyone is attempting to argue with him by giving examples of games that have exceptional cinematics, sound, storytelling, voice acting, etc etc. This is the [...]
I don’t want to step on the toes of the (excellent) Avoid This Job blog, but I saw this ad in my college’s newspaper, The Royal Purple, and thought it seemed ripe for an Avoid This Job style takedown. First of all, consider the ad’s target market. It’s in a college paper, so it is [...]
I re-watched The Last Waltz not too long ago, and the thing that stuck in my mind was how awesome Van Morrison is, so much more than “the Brown Eyed Girl guy,” which is how most people know him. Anyway, I’ve been listening to his records a bunch lately, and I got the bug to [...]
My band is going to be playing it’s first show on New Years Eve at the Brass Rail here in Whitewater! I’m super excited! Here’s the cool poster Joe (the lead guitarist) made (click it to view the full size version): So if you’re going to be in the area over the break you should [...]
Last month, my girlfriend decided to have a rummage sale in order to help finance our trip to Florida. I decided that it seemed like a good opportunity to get rid of some clutter, so I donated about a third of my DVD collection (the least desirable third, of course) hoping to make some gas [...]