I know that "everything is a remix", but the "mad science laBORatory" elements 1931's Frankenstein are particularly well-worn terrain. The highlight of the 1984 Frankenweenie was the creation sequence, but it's also the segment that owes the greatest debt to James Whale. Don't get me wrong, it was kind of charming to…

I'm surprised the discriminating audiophiles at the av club haven't given a write-up to Musaic Box. It starts off with a fairly rote hidden image search, but the meat of the game is ingenious puzzles that require you to put together pieces of a song from different instruments playing different parts. Beyond the gaming…

Okay, am I the only one who thinks that Mr. Bevis might be a gay guy? He's an oddball who doesn't fit in the "straight" world, and he sticks to his quirky lifestyle despite the toll it takes on his career. The writers probably didn't think of him as gay, but they may have patterned him after the "confirmed bachelors"…

I have no problem with folks who really liked this show, but I've got to say that I'm not too sad about seeing it go. I watched most of the season 1&2 episodes but found myself getting bored with it. The show seemed like it needed to constantly do something completely new each week -new team-ups, new villains, new…

I, for one, welcome our tripped-out overlords.

I admit that I laughed at the gallows humor here, but traumatizing someone on a holiday IS worse. It means that every year for the rest of their life that "special time of year" could trigger memories of the worst night of their life.

Am I the only one who immediately thought of the Melissa Ferrick song?

tetsuo?
*small humble whisper*

Nitpick: Dyson actually got the idea from the 1945 novel "Star Maker" by Olaf Stapledon.

Yeah, you get swept up by the emotional power of the episode while you're watching it, but when your brain kicks in you realize there's a lot of unanswered question. My best guess to explain the probe is that the real Kamin and/or his daughter were brilliant scientists and figured out a way to build the probe and zap…

*ahem*
The last Joker episode was "Joker's Favor."

So, is anyone going to offer me some HAM?
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Strangely enough, I once had to dispose of an exotic animal in Ohio
A friend was jumping rent at her old place, and I let her crash at my place; stupid, I know, but I knew she'd had a hard life. She brought along her 6-foot python (in a tank) and left it at my place when she found another place to stay; I didn't know…

Neon Genesis Evangelion on VHS
13 tapes covering the series and a couple more for the movies and extended scenes. I rewatched it countless time in college despite a self-imposed rule that each rewatching had to be with someone who never had seen it before. I don't have a VHS player anymore, but the tapes still are…

How about Orson Welles as The Shadow, or even Batman?

Eh, does it really need to be longer than 1/2 hour? It's kind of like a Twilight Zone episode: a fairly simple premise with a nice final twist.

I won't deny it deserves a C- but…
There's a lot of fun to be had in this game. Yes, the multiplayer is pretty much a downside throughout. Yes, the quests are often tedious. Yes, you never feel like a "real" hero or villain. Yes, there have been long load times and occasional world crashes. But…

I haven't formally studied Canadian Law, but the change largely seems cosmetic. Paragraph 515(10) of the Canadian Criminal Code previously stated that bail could be denied in three situations:

"Instanced Zone"
I had to look that one up. Are most non-MMRPG gamers familiar with that term?

That's some weird font in the title
Is it a particular type or just a uniquely ugly 70s creation?