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Archive for January, 2010

The Apple iPad.

The Apple iPad.

Meet the Kindle killer. The iPad, the oft rumored Apple tablet/e-book reader, was finally revealed yesterday. It’s pretty neat and all but this is relevant to me and to what I do because of what it might do to digital comics distribution. There hasn’t been a truly viable device with which comic publishers can deliver [...]

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Guilty Pleasures: Shinobi for the PS2

Guilty Pleasures: Shinobi for the PS2

With all the God of Wars and Devil May Crys and Ninja Gaidens out there, it’s hard to recommend Sega’s Shinobi for the PS2 to action game aficionados. This is a game with simple graphics and repetitive combat that is very difficult and oftentimes cheap. It’s a game with a score of 71 one at [...]

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R.I.P. The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien

R.I.P. The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

The end of an (extremely short) era. Love ya, Conan. Looking forward to whatever you do next.

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Mario vs. Sonic

Mario vs. Sonic

Fresh from the oven. The reasoning behind me doing this picture is very simple: Step 1: Draw Mario brutally fighting Sonic. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit. If that’s not clear enough, click below to read more (and for progress animation).

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Team Fortress 2 Killcam Extravaganza.

Team Fortress 2 Killcam Extravaganza.

Let’s do this. Click on any of the pictures to enlarge. More Team Fortress 2 mayhem after the break.

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The Maxx is finally out on DVD.

The Maxx is finally out on DVD.

The Maxx is an MTV cartoon from the 90′s which is based on Sam Keith’s comic of the same name. This was back when MTV was actually about music instead of nonsense reality shows and The Maxx was part of their animation line-up alongside Aeon Flux and Beavis and Butthead among others. The series had [...]

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My Top 10 Comic Books of the Decade – Part 2 of 2

My Top 10 Comic Books of the Decade - Part 2 of 2

The hardest part about making a top ten list of comics from over ten years is that you have no choice but to leave out a ton of fantastic stuff. So, before moving ahead, I want to make a special note of all the books not on this list that have blown my mind over [...]

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Site Stats for 2009.

WordPress.com Stats is a nifty little WordPress plugin that keeps track of how many hits your site gets. I’m always fascinated by this stuff and I want to throw some of last year’s stats here. These were my top 10 posts last year: 1) Drunk Obese Pikachu. (397 hits) 2) Mario vs. Bowser: Redux (350 [...]

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An “Avatar” review.

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Well over a decade in the making, Avatar is James Cameron’s first feature film since Titanic back in 1997. In my mind, Cameron’s Terminator 2 is the best action movie ever made so this movie had some pretty big shoes to fill. I tried to stay away from details of the movie for as long [...]

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Entertainment Highs and Lows of 2009

Entertainment Highs and Lows of 2009

I think its appropriate to start the new year with a quick look back at the things I liked and disliked in 2009. I had trouble remembering last year’s disappointments and I could go on and on about the highlights which can only mean one thing: I’ve become quite the discerning fellow and that’s a [...]

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