Monday Movie Review – The Lorax (2012)
I remember really loving Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax when I was a kid. My sister even had a little stuffed Lorax toy that I can’t help but think of as […]
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Politics of Gaming – House of Rules: When to Change Things Up
It’s probably safe to say that anyone that has played any standard games has encountered some house rules, where the play of the game is changed in some way to […]
Monday Movie Review – Grabbers (2012)
I’ll just got ahead and copy the synopsis given by Netflix for this movie. “Residents of an Irish island must get very drunk to survive attacks by alien monsters who […]
Monday Movie Review – Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
As soon as you see that this movie was written and directed by Kevin Smith, you pretty much know how it’s going to play out. It follows the standard Kevin […]
Politics of Gaming – Calling It Quits
Since we covered the various problems and obstacles that come with trying to get into a new gaming group last week, this week we are going to look at the […]
Monday Movie Review – Good Burger (1997)
Growing up when I did, I was pretty much right at the target audience age for the show All That on Nickelodeon. If you never watched it, All That was […]
Politics of Gaming – Getting a Group Together
So far we’ve talked about how people game and the various reasons for why they are playing. However, none of that is going to matter if you don’t actually have […]
Monday Movie Review – Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
As some of you may recall, I actually reviewed a Hansel and Gretel based movie for Horrortoberfest a few months ago. It was a goofy, modern day horror take on […]
Politics of Gaming – Know Your Player Type: Final Thoughts
Now that we’ve looked at the various types of players that you are likely to see, I figured it would be good to explain a bit in the more general […]
Monday Movie Review – The Host (2013)
My experience when originally hearing about this movie was like an M. Night Shyamalan plot. It’s a modern day version of the classic Body Snatchers story but in this one […]
Politics of Gaming – Know Your Player Type: The Casual Gamer
This week we are wrapping up the Know Your Player Type series with the oft maligned category of the Casual Gamer. The term “Casual Gamer” gets thrown around a lot […]
Politics of Gaming – Know Your Player Type: The Controller
To be honest, I wasn’t entirely certain I was going to include this in the list at all. Part of me feels like you can roll the Controller into a […]
Decemberpalooza Day 6 – Jack Frost (1998) Podcast Edition!
Look, if you build a snowman with eyebrows like that, he’s obviously going to come to life and immediately announce he’s Batman to his first girlfriend on their second date. […]
Decemberpalooza Day 5 – Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
Full disclosure: I am breaking my theme tonight because I just do not want to watch two Christmas movies. We watching a Rifftrax Live presentation of Santa Claus Conquers the […]
Decemberpalooza Day 4 – Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (2009)
Jenny McCarthy plays the daughter of Santa Claus, who is played by Paul Sorvino. There’s a mailman and a misguided elf that wants to be Santa and Santa is doing […]
Politics of Gaming – Know Your Player Type: The Mechanics Gamer
This week we talk about the player that plays the game just for the joy of playing the game. This might seem a bit strange if I had led the […]
Decemberpalooza Day 3 – White Christmas (1954)
Day three and I’m already losing steam. Let’s forge ahead though as I watch “White Christmas” the 1954 Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye classic. As with all of these films, […]
Decemberpalooza Day 2 – I’ll Be Home For Christmas (1998)
Christmas movies are more or less eternal. 90s Christmas movies, not so much. Today I watched “I’ll Be Home For Christmas,” a Jonathan Taylor Thomas vehicle, which contains so many […]
Decemberpalooza Day 1 – Jingle All The Way (1996)
Today commences the month of Decemberpalooza, my soul-crushing attempt to watch 31 Christmas movies in 31 days (plus a hannukah movie or two). I will endeavor to stick to films […]
Politics of Gaming – Know Your Player Type: The Immersion Gamer
Know Your Player Type continues on during the holiday season as we look at the opposite end of the spectrum from the Power Gamer, The Immersion Gamer. This is the […]
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