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Feb 10, 2012, 11:00 am
I'm a sucker for puns, so I figured I'd share this link with you. Courtesy of random.access, the website of fellow GameCola staff writer Jeff Day and "resident female visionary" Beverly Anger, comes the...
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Feb 9, 2012, 11:00 am
I've been playing more of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, and I came across what I thought was the most exciting glitch I could have hoped for.
On a pilgrimage to various holy sites across a vast continent, my hero came across an altar at which I needed to sacrifice that which was most precious to... Comment - Like
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Feb 8, 2012, 11:40 am
As I inch ever closer towards getting my act together and finally compiling my picks for our 2011 Year in Review post (yeah, I know, shameful on my part), I've managed to become distracted by something (else).
I'm currently reading Ray Bradbury's book of essays, Zen in the Art of Writing, featuring... Comment - Like
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Feb 7, 2012, 11:00 am
I think...I just need some time to recover.
Extensive apartment cleaning. A Harry Potter marathon this weekend. More thought-intensive or generally draining comments here and on the YouTube channel than usual. More footage than I've ever had for a YouTube video, and more footage than I've ever neede... Comment - Like
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Feb 6, 2012, 10:04 am
So, fine, maybe my prognostication skills need some improvement. Despite my predictions to the contrary, the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots last night to claim their second title of the Tom Coughlin-Eli Manning era.
Both those Super Bowl victories have come against the Patriots and th... Comment - Like
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Feb 4, 2012, 11:56 am
So...there's a game on today. As excited as I am for the actual day and all its food and things, I really don't care about the game itself. See, I'm a Dallas Cowboys fan, so, naturally, I hate the Giants.
And, being a New York Yankees fan, I'm not allowed to root for any team located in Massa... Comment - Like
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Feb 4, 2012, 11:50 am
Since Nathaniel is busy um, Harry Pottering this weekend, I'll be in charge of the ol' blog. Good for me, not so good for clear-thinking individuals the world over.
Today's topic of conversation? What else? Before Watchmen.
DC's announcement this week that they will be publishing brand new prequels ... Comment - Like
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Feb 3, 2012, 11:00 am
It's here. Well, it's almost here. Or it is here. Or it's already done.
That Harry Potter marathon I promised.
Expect a full write-up in a few days. I'm sure I'll need some time to recover--that's 19 hours and 38 minutes of continuous wizarding! Comment - Like
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Feb 2, 2012, 11:00 am
Despite my best efforts, I'm back down to just two contributions to videogame humor website GameCola.net this past month. One of which barely counts. The other of which...also barely counts. It's more like a cameo, really. OK, so not my most prolific month. Still, I think it's pretty fun material to... Comment - Like
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Feb 1, 2012, 9:40 am
We interrupt this regularly scheduled Waiting for Wednesday to bring you the following.
DC Comics is officially publishing Watchmen prequels, all under the name, "Before Watchmen."
Who says there are no new ideas in comics today, right?
Snarky comments aside, this is pretty big news--it's all over... Comment - Like
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Jan 31, 2012, 11:00 am
With more free time for creative pursuits than I've had in nearly a year, and with Alex's time and focus going almost exclusively toward his new job, January was simultaneously one of the strongest and one of the most concise months we've ever had on this blog.
Let's take a look at how we kicked off... Comment - Like
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Jan 30, 2012, 11:00 am
The ComixTribe press release describes it as "X-Men meets Oceans 11"; while a description like that usually means something to the effect of, "we're trying to piggyback off of the popularity of these two things by blending our favorite elements from them," I can't think of any other comparison that ... Comment - Like
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Jan 29, 2012, 11:00 am
Thanks to a really cool slide show featured on Yahoo News the other day, I became aware of an incredible photography blog called yowayowa camera woman diary.
The idea behind the blog is simple, but the execution of the idea, I'd imagine, is anything but.
Each post on the blog is labeled, "Today's Le... Comment - Like
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Jan 28, 2012, 11:00 am
Remember my cryptic Waiting for this past Wednesday, where I hinted at (read: blatantly beat you all over the heads with) the fact that I had interviewed my favorite wrestler of all time?
Sure you do. It was exceedingly well written, witty, and blah blah blah. Right.
Anyway, since my article has now... Comment - Like
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Jan 27, 2012, 11:00 am
My Backloggery is calling to me again...it's time to make a decision about where to focus my free time next.
Where I've Been:
Last week I completed Kirby & the Amazing Mirror with 100% item completion. Easily my least favorite Kirby game of the few I've played thanks to the mostly unnecessary gimmic... Comment - Like
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Jan 26, 2012, 11:00 am
Today's post comes from Joseph, author of the blog Paragoomba Shift, and creator of amusing voiceover videos.
Most everyone who is interested in gaming will be able to tell you what their first home system was. For those from the start of household gaming, they may tell you that they first owned an ... Comment - Like
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Jan 25, 2012, 11:00 am
I'm coming off a pretty cool Tuesday, I have to say, so ... on the list for today, but the book I'm most looking forward to picking up is the ... .
I use that confusing description not because I'm a bad writer (that's only part of ... recent years due to the excessively depressing situations Mat... Comment - Like
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Jan 24, 2012, 11:00 am
Sometimes you need to step out of the box a bit and read something completely different. So last night I decided to pop open my pocket-size compendium edition of Richard Moore’s excellent Antarctic Press series, Chip.
Richard Moore is the writer/artist of Boneyard, one of my favorite comics series... Comment - Like
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Jan 23, 2012, 11:00 am
When I wrote my first few posts for Exfanding Your Horizons back in late 2008, I had grand plans of introducing at least one new fandom per week. Over time, those grand plans mellowed into a goal of one new fandom per month--given the time and effort required to write a satisfactorily thorough intro... Comment - Like
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Jan 17, 2012, 11:00 am
... , I've been starting to formulate my next Dungeons & Dragons adventure in my head.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind has begun to break my mind out of the rut of "hobbits in huts" with surprising locations such as a city comprised of organic shell-looking buildings, rocky stretches of land plagu... Comment - Like
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Jan 16, 2012, 11:00 am
Because I'm in a cliche-y kind of mood this morning, I'd like to start this post out with the following, staggeringly insightful statement: Life is funny sometimes.
Told you it'd be cliche-y.
But tired old cliches are both tired and old precisely because they're usually quite true. And, despite the ... Comment - Like
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Jan 15, 2012, 11:00 am
Over the course of the last few months, I have effectively doubled the number of ongoing entertainment projects I have. Normally I keep the numbers in check--two books, two hour-long TV shows, a handful of half-hour TV shows, two or three video games, and the occasional movie or trade paperback. I'v... Comment - Like
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Jan 14, 2012, 11:00 am
I receive a good many requests on my YouTube channel for suggestions on how to produce quality content, increase viewer traffic, and generally be better at playing Mega Man. Over the years, I've been happy to oblige--I may not necessarily be the foremost expert in any of the aforementioned matters, ... Comment - Like
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Jan 13, 2012, 9:35 am
Let's talk toys.
A strange (fragmented) sentence, coming from my keyboard? Perhaps. But just yesterday it dawned on me that, at my new job, I was actually encouraged to bring in toys--sorry, action figures--to make my desk look more "presentable."
It didn't sink in at the time how...awesome...that ... Comment - Like
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Jan 12, 2012, 11:00 am
Yesterday, this is what my computer's desktop background looked like:
Today, after leaving my wife alone with Microsoft Paint for a while, this is what my computer's desktop background looks like:
Click to enlarge. Can you spot the difference? Comment - Like
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Jan 11, 2012, 11:45 am
Hey! We made it to the second week of 2012!
I knew those Mayans didn't know what they were talking about. Wait--what's that? The Mayan calendar doesn't actually end until sometime in December of this year?
Oh, well, that's still terrifying, then.
You know what else is terrifying? Not being able to ... Comment - Like
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Jan 10, 2012, 11:00 am
Ya know, I’m just realizing that I haven’t written much about comics in a good long while.
I guess I’ve just been pretty wrapped up in the new job and as a result, I’ve been enmeshed in the world of professional wrestling. Which is okay, since Exfanding is a pop culture blog.
Also, Nathani... Comment - Like
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Jan 9, 2012, 11:00 am
I've already written about my resistance to modern technology, but it's worth reiterating that it generally takes me anywhere from a few months to nearly a decade before The Next Big Thing seems safe, desirable, reasonably priced, and/or at all necessary. Such was the case with Netflix, which up unt... Comment - Like
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Jan 8, 2012, 11:00 am
And just like that, it's Sunday morning again.
This past week--this past month, actually--has gone by in a flash, but today I've come to a place where I can just...sit. Just sit, have a cup of coffee, watch some brainless morning show tell me for the hundredth time that the weather's going to be nic... Comment - Like
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Nov 1, 2011, 11:00 am
Amidst a sea of October fluff posts float some real contenders for our highly selective (and self-serving) Year in Review...and hey, we think we're getting pretty good at the fluff posts, too. Stories of conventions, Konami games, and Alex's favorite time of year dominated the discussions, but we ma... Comment - Like
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Oct 31, 2011, 11:00 am
Hallowe'en in a Suburb
By HP Lovecraft
The steeples are white in the wild moonlight,
And the trees have a silver glare;
Past the chimneys high see the vampires fly,
And the harpies of upper air,
That flutter and laugh and stare.
For the village dead to the moon outspread
Never shone in t... Comment - Like
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Oct 30, 2011, 11:00 am
I tell ya. If I had the talent, the time, the patience, the talent, the vision, and/or the talent to do something like this? I still probably wouldn't do it because of how...ridiculously difficult it must have been to accomplish.
Take a look at this video of a Halloween lights display synched up to ... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2011, 11:00 am
Every once in a while I'll see articles on taste tests evaluating new fast food concoctions and comparing various brands of ketchup, and I'll stop to read through them. Though I don't write about it as often as I could, I'm a fan of food, and I'm often curious to hear someone's objective analysis (o... Comment - Like
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Oct 28, 2011, 8:55 am
I still don't have a pumpkin.
It was the one thing on my Halloween 2011 must-do list that I figured would be easiest. And yet here we are on October 28, and I still don't have a pumpkin. With my schedule, I usually have a hard time keeping up with personal Halloween traditions that I've developed t... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2011, 11:00 am
Welcome to a bit of an awkward Waiting for this week. Let me explain what I mean.
Maybe you've noticed that, lately, I haven't really recommended many Marvel titles. For good reason, I think. I'm just not enjoying much of their line right now, which is fine. Comics are cyclical, and from my experien... Comment - Like
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Oct 25, 2011, 11:00 am
I started my personal YouTube channel at the end of February 2009, with the intent to give a dedicated home to the Mega Man videos that first appeared on GCDotNet, the official YouTube channel of GameCola.net. Once you've waded through all the hyperlinks, join me in the next paragraph.
As I've discu... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2011, 9:04 am
As has become an October tradition, last night was spent watching the latest episode of AMC's excellent adaptation of Rober Kirkman's wildly popular comic series, The Walking Dead. A new fall staple on Sunday nights, the TV version of Kirkman's post-zombie apocalypse epic is a must-watch for fans of... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2011, 11:00 am
If you've been following the blog for the past month or two, you know I've been writing excessively about Konami games. Well, yesterday marked the finale of our two weeks of Comic-Con buzz, so it's only fitting that I take today to wrap up my two months of playing almost nothing but Castlevania and ... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2011, 11:00 am
... up over a month before the first day of the con. On the other side of that particular coin, Marvel artist Ryan Stegman opened his commission list the weekend before the show started. And, I ... I combed the entire Artist Alley for comics, the entire Artist Alley for anime, every corner of t... Comment - Like
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Oct 21, 2011, 11:00 am
As we've been talking about for over a week, the Exfanding Crew once again made the Great Geek Pilgrimage to New York City for Comic-Con, the pop culture convention that tries reaaaallly hard to convince you it's actually a comics convention. As has become an Exfanding tradition, Alex and I have col... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2011, 11:00 am
Okay, so it's official. I officially have the Official Con Plague. Officially. Just to be clear, I'm talking about the New York Comic Con Exclusive Con Plague here. Not very limited in production, and not at all sought after by collectors.
It took a couple of days to foment--the Plague, I mean--but ... Comment - Like
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Oct 18, 2011, 11:00 am
It's inevitable that two busy bloggers such as Alex and myself will get caught up with filler posts for the first few days following a convention weekend, but as I'm looking back at previous posts about conventions, I'm seeing a lot of striking contrasts and alarming comparisons to what transpired a... Comment - Like
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Oct 17, 2011, 11:00 am
Bear with us a few more days as we recover from Comic-Con 2011; once we sort through all the swag and catch up on (some of the) sleep, we'll be back in full swing with the same nonsense you've come to expect from us. In the meantime, it might be worthwhile to take a peek back at last year's jointly ... Comment - Like
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Oct 16, 2011, 12:08 pm
You're gonna have to excuse us for today, folks. I'm busy recovering from the madness that was New York Comic Con and Nathaniel is busy experiencing more of said madness as the show wraps up Day Three this afternoon.
Obviously, there's plenty to talk about in regards to this show and we'll be sure t... Comment - Like
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Oct 15, 2011, 11:00 am
So, yeah. New York Comic Con. Kind of a big deal. Yesterday (that's Friday, I think), while not sold out, still managed to pack quite a punch of people. Today? Well, today is sold out. Not a ticket remains. No room at the inn. People in every direction.
I can't even imagine.
There were times yesterd... Comment - Like
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Oct 14, 2011, 11:00 am
A: Alex buys lots of comics art.
The New York Comic-Con is on, and already my blogging compadre has...well, I don't actually know how much art buying he's done yet, but he's definitely taken some pictures:
Somewhere, Bruce Wayne is naked.
Cool. Creepy. Doesn't look like anybody's wearing this Batsu... Comment - Like
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Oct 13, 2011, 11:00 am
After writing yet again about Gradius (and other games I cheat to beat) on Tuesday, I did a dangerous little bit of research--I looked up whether any other sequels or spinoffs were available for systems I owned. I had exhausted the options available for the Wii Virtual Console and still wanted just ... Comment - Like
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Oct 12, 2011, 12:00 pm
Wow. I can't believe New York Comic Con starts tomorrow. Where in the world did the entire summer (and a good chunk of fall, for that matter) go? Heck, before you know it, one of your favorite Exfanders will be getting married.
Jeez. Talk about time flying.
Anyway, since NYCC is fast approaching an... Comment - Like
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