Media Consumes Me

Naturally with October coming to an end, and Halloween only a few days away, my desire to consume some frightening and eerie media has ripened like an old mushy pumpkin. I was lucky enough to see “Paranormal Activity” (read about this horror show here), and force my sister to sit through “Quarantine” (not only to see her squirm, but also to see Deborah Morgan (Jennifer Carpenter) in horrible despair). [...]

Podcast for the week of 10-09-2009. Our first podcast! Watch us all fail miserably!

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Why do some bands have so much trouble finding an audience in the U.S.? This can be puzzling , especially when the band in question is Billy Talent. This Toronto based foursome already has a Triple Platinum record (Billy Talent II) in Canada. They have played huge festivals in Europe. Still, the band is little more than a blip on the radar here in the states.

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Becca Fitzpatrick’s debut novel, Hush, Hush, just came out last week, so I don’t want to give out any spoilers. But it was an interesting enough read that I managed to read this 400-page novel in about seven hours, including breaks to play with, read to and feed my daughter. So make of that what you will.

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Did you know that Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a trading card company? [...]

As we inch closer and closer to Halloween and the New Year on its tail, ever improving hindsight makes one fact abundantly clear: 2009 has been an interesting year.

Creative budget adjustments have paved new, broken-stone ways to stretch and contort every dollar we make. The unemployment rate, as of September, was at a 26-year high and still moving towards darker depths. The Hubble has been repaired, Billy Mayes died and Shatner did Palin.

Bah, humbug Deez

But none of this really matters. They pale in comparison, as a matter of fact, to the subject which these words are inching towards. [...]

I really don’t think there was anyone more skeptical than I when it came to the first glance at a trailer for Zombieland. ANOTHER zombie-apocalypse survival movie? When Zombieland was released, I was certain that, at best, it would be a shitty attempt at recreating Shaun of the Dead. However, at the insistence of a coworker and fellow Shaun addict, I hesitantly bought a movie ticket and sat through the flick.

Generally, I’d give a movie a few days to sink in before writing a review. But I was so blown away by Zombieland that I felt its awesomeness needed to be shared immediately before losing its luster.
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I’ll be honest.

I didn’t write this article sooner because, quite frankly, the thought of doing so was too frightening. In fact, the thought of giving too much of my thought to Paranormal Activity is still cause for hesitation. Not because it was a bad movie – quite the opposite, in fact. The documentary-style film sets out to do one thing – scare the living daylights out of you – and does it extraordinarily well.

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Year of the Living Dead

Do you have an old game you wish you could play again? Is there a specific title you want to see live again, with today’s High Definition graphics and audio? What if The Dig or Quest For Glory was redone with motion capture animations and a 1440×900 resolution? Imagine if X-Com UFO Defense had Mass Effect graphics. The wind blows gently at the crop of the farm, smoke billowing over the battlefield from the downed alien UFO.  A dream, right? [...]

Much can be said about the opening episodes of Dexter’s fourth season. We can discuss the usual Pros and Cons, throw around predictions of what might or might not happen… even share theories on just what the show’s creators think they’re doing adding more silly Deb drama into the mix. But we all know what the hot topic is.

Our boy Dexter has got himself a new nemesis. [...]

Media Consumes Me’s History and Review of the Fallout series, from it’s origins in the late 80’s to the popular Bethesda bonanza of today. This is Part 1 of 2 in a trip through the post apocalyptic wastelands. [...]