By Tom Tancredi
In 1988 Mega Man 2 was released to NESites everywhere, and changed my life twice. I stumbled on it when I was a young man of nine years, and then again recently (yeah, about a month ago, thank you Wii for bringing the classics back!)
So, I want to talk about fear in the awesome game of… Read More
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
Matt Ellsworth and I met while making Second Skin, a documentary I directed on virtual worlds. He’s one of the boys from Indiana who loves to game. Our conversations over the years have led to a few things, one of them was finding a common love for Johnnie Walker Black Label, and the second was a penchant… Read More
By Chris Wyant
About 50 years ago, the British Invasion introduced us to acts like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who: bands that have been time-tested as some of the most influential of the 20th century. But few people know or remember The Kinks. Sure, the Fab Four moved the world with their evolving style and prolific songwriting;… Read More
Written by Tanya Peacock
Anime, or Japanese animation originated way back in 1917, but it’s only really caught on in the west within the last 20-30 years. The term itself is an abbreviated pronunciation in Japanese of “animation.” Anime, like its book form counterpart manga (Japanese Comics), has a large audience in Japan with an ever increasing… Read More
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
This is how I will always remember Michael best. I think he’ll be remembered similarly to Elvis ~ Sure he changed a lot and became something else over time, but in my memory Michael at his peak never faded. I know everyone is going to be writing about Michael Jackson. I know it’s going to… Read More
At E3 2009, Microsoft unleashed a demon.
A week has gone by, and for people like me (gamers) the words Project Natal already mean something. If they don’t mean something to you (or if you missed Vic’s earlier post), let me try to sum it up: it’s a game platform where you don’t need a controller.… Read More
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
Nintendo, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Nin-ten-do: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Nin. Ten. Do.
In my lifetime, if there were a nostalgic image that could sum up pretty much all the good feelings… Read More
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
As the credits roll to ‘State of Play’ we get to see the last dance of the old paper company. The plates are put on these big rollers, sheaves of paper are pulled up into the air with fresh ink plastered upon them, and they are thrown into big vans for distribution. It’s one of the most… Read More
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
There are job losses – we’re diving into a depression – as I wrote this days ago wall street was opening to a 400 point drop. Markets were crashing all around the world.
Just yesterday I came back home to see my Super installing a security system. His only words were, “You know – things are going… Read More
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
The first presidential debate is tonight. If you aren’t seeing it with people, you are missing out on rowdy crowds in the great democratic state of New York. If you want somewhere to go click here.
Or go to this url: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/09/get_your_debate_on.html
Personally, I will be at the Tank tonight on 87 Lafayette street at… Read More
Tomorrow marks 100 days since the BP oil spill in the gulf. I know they “successfully” capped it, but as long as that sucker is still leaking, I’m saying there is still an oil spill. But this disaster got me thinking a lot about the good old days of folk – when popular music regularly included anthems… Read More
When I was in my formative high school days, going to the Warped Tour was a highlight of the summer. Just old enough to drive, we’d pile about 9 bros and skateboards into mom-duke’s Ford Exploder and drive at high speed to Fitchburg or some other pseudo-municipality in middle Massachusetts, blasting Rage Against The Machine and… Read More
