Amadeus was probably the best lesson middle school taught me. My music teacher was a disheveled, though talented, layabout and would play movies for us more often then anything else. Amadeus, despite being a questionable choice for Catholic junior high kids (not that anyone, myself included, gave a shit) was amazing.…

Its pacing is so strange.

I'd like to recognize Giant Bomb's first podcast after the death of Ryan Davis being an especially poignant tribute to the man. It's easy to forget Giant Bomb's singular cult of personality — when it comes to tech coverage, nobody does it quite like them or has created their kind of fanbase. Needless to say, the…

That's just it. I look at technologies like this and 3D printing as means to liberate the poor and working-class — all people, really — from the suffering menial labor perpetuates. But we're going to have to own that future and all the inconceivable new normals it will bring. This must change the very nature of power…

My local Alamo Drafthouse is screening this and Citizen Kane on the same day. No wonder why the other cinemas on the strip closed. You can't top that shit.

No need to apologize. Fozzie jokes only make life better.

My twelve-year-old brother honestly thought the Muppets were chanting "Penis!" on network television. His bewildered yet measurably nonchalant reaction to that was even more surprising.

I have slight memories of the music, save for their version of the 12 Days of Christmas. I rediscovered John Denver when I was older and forgot he was even on this record. Judging my the track list, I should listen with new ears.

Recently, I think Nintendo's biggest handheld games have been designed to survive in a world driven by apps and tablets. What seemed insubstantial about 3D Land at first was that its earlier stages were designed as quasi-tutorials and kept short so you could play it piecemeal and really progress in any given sitting,…

Say what you want about the recent spate of "New Super Mario Bros." games, but anything made by the Galaxy team (including 3D Land) is great.

It's those goddamned keese bats you really gotta watch out for. From what I can tell there aren't many changes beyond that, though having to actually worry about world traversal adds a nice new tactical element to the whole game. Supposedly there's a hidden secret in the game regarding the future of the franchise or…

Ha, thanks. I'm nowhere near the word count minimum, but I figure I can play hardcore catch-up (something that I still, for some unthinkable reason, believe is in me) throughout December. At the very least, I intend on working on this thing as I go, regardless of whether it's ready for Nano or not. I don't know if…

Moosh the flying blue bear was a pretty great mount though.

I'm always a little sad when you unlock the hookshot in a new Zelda game and it isn't the switch hook.

Wow, I almost totally forgot about that part. I need to play Link's Awakening again, ASAP.

I had an epiphany earlier this year regarding the handheld entries of the series: they really do stand toe-to-toe with their home console siblings. My original reluctance to admit as much came from my childhood: how could any kid in his right mind think a Game Boy Zelda holds a candle to Ocarina of Time? I think it's…

Hero Mode is currently kicking my ass.

The real innovation regarding items is that they're all tethered to a regenerative stamina bar. Fuck looking for bombs and arrows, I've got dungeons to plunder (something that is still rewarding because of how they integrated new sorts of loot in the dungeons).

A whole lot of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds went down as I pitifully chipped away at my NaNoWriMo story.

Yeah, while the exterior was a bit of a bulky mess, I actually preferred the PS3's UI to whatever the 360's ultimately became. At the very least, I'm going to miss the symphonic boot.