Joystick Nation reviewed by Patrick Wong
It would seem video games are marketed primarily to males and whenever a female shows interest, every guy should stand, take notice and wonder, “What’s this girl thinking about?” In Joystick Nation, J.C. Herz describes how video games played an important part in...
The Lion King
Earlier this year, Disney released their CGI remake of The Lion King. This fall, they will re-release their 1994 Sega Genesis adaptation of the film. It will be part of a package which also includes the Aladdin video game (as mentioned in last week’s post). For those...
The Cabinet of Curiosities: Takeshi’s Challenge
It’s a popular trope to associate alcohol with brilliant writing. Writers like Ernest Hemingway, Dylan Thomas, and F. Scott Fitzgerald are examples of talented authors who seemed to find inspiration at the bottom of a bottle. However, in the interest of equal...
RETROSPECTIVE: Playing the Sega Genesis Mini
Genesis Does What Nintendid In the event that you’ve been living under a rock, retro mini consoles are a hot commodity right now. Nintendo got the ball rolling with the NES Classic Edition (then again with the SNES), Sony did their best to compete with the poorly...
The Cabinet of Curiosities: Moondust
In 1978, Brian Eno released the album Ambient 1: Music for Airports. It remains a landmark in the world of ambient music, a genre which said was, “as ignorable as it was interesting” and which was intended to “induce calm and a space to think.” The music was quiet,...Latest Magazine For Paid Subscribers
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