Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 30, 2009, 10:00 am
In the past, Alex has asserted that comics fans have been stereotyped as smelly folk; fortunately, it seems as though someone is finally doing their part to save comics fans who like Star Trek from an...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 28, 2009, 11:00 am
When I look at the backlog of comics, video games, movies, books, TV shows, etc. I have yet to experience, it seems wasteful to go back and reread/replay/rewatch anything at all, unless I'm introd...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 27, 2009, 10:00 am
... their careers. They come onto their first crime scene since getting back to find a bunch of dead mobsters, and four severed thumbs. Pretty formulaic ... , crackling dialogue, and enough detect...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 26, 2009, 6:00 am
Nathaniel and I are busy stuffing our faces with, among other things, stuffing, so there won't be a typical, rambling post about who-knows-what today. Instead, we thought it'd be a good time ...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 25, 2009, 10:00 am
It's a yearly tradition--that day before Thanksgiving gathering at the comics shop. Typically, the store's always a bit more crowded than usual, as many are taking half days from work, or just...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 24, 2009, 10:00 am
On Sunday, for the first time in a while, I had nothing planned for after lunch. No D&D session; no overdue movies to watch; no video game I had to beat before I could play a more fun one. Nothing. ...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 23, 2009, 10:00 am
In an effort to fall back in love with comics, Alex has decided to go back and read all of the old books that made him fall in love with the medium in the first place. Today, Alex reviews Hellblazer, ...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 21, 2009, 10:00 am
In an effort to fall back in love with comics, Alex has decided to go back and read all of the old books that made him fall in love with the medium in the first place. Today, Alex reviews The Complete...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 20, 2009, 10:00 am
This past Wednesday, Nathaniel and I continued the plunge into our brand new fandom: the films of Akira Kurosawa. For our second foray into the work of the internationally famous Japanese filmmaker, w...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 19, 2009, 10:00 am
The original Final Fantasy for the NES is an RPG classic. Don't try to argue with me on this one; it introduced ideas that were rarely or never seen in video games of its day, it spawned an outrag...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 18, 2009, 10:00 am
Gotta be honest here, this is not going to be the easiest Waiting for I've ever written. Actually, it'll likely be quite the opposite. After Monday's depressing little post about my growin...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 17, 2009, 10:00 am
Psycho. King Kong. Casino Royale. Planet of the Apes. Hollywood has a penchant for remaking movies, for good or for ill, but I can't say I blame them for trying. I imagine the temptation to remake...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 16, 2009, 8:35 am
This past weekend I sat down with Batman: The Long Halloween, and its follow-up, Batman: Dark Victory, and I realized something. Those two stories combine to make up my favorite Batman comic ever writ...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 14, 2009, 12:00 pm
It's been a long time since I last released a run of a full Mega Man game on my YouTube channel, but that's because I've been filling in the gaps with bonus videos for all the runs I'v...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 13, 2009, 10:00 am
... George Lucas where he talked about how Kurosawa's films, and The Hidden Fortress in particular, impacted him--and he stated that the biggest influence was how the story was told from the ... ...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 12, 2009, 10:00 am
Well. Here's something all-new and all-different. This week's Waiting for is coming at you live, from my car. From a parking lot. Where I'm waiting for (Ha! Get it?) someone to run some er...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 11, 2009, 10:00 am
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 10, 2009, 10:00 am
I like Dungeons & Dragons. I like Jones Soda. Naturally, I should like Jones' Dungeons & Dragons Limited Edition Spellcasting Soda. One look at the labels, and I knew I had to buy a case. Potion ...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 9, 2009, 10:00 am
We've got a busy week planned here at Exfanding Headquarters, with various personal projects and adventures lined up and ready to go. In addition, Wednesday is the big Exfanding Introduction to th...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 7, 2009, 12:00 pm
Largely due to all the Halloween hubub that splashed over into November, our Month in Review for October was nearly lost and forgotten. This would have been most unfortunate, for October was a very bi...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 6, 2009, 10:00 am
I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that I have finally finished Final Fantasy VIII, which I have been playing off and on since, oh, around January. This is especially good news ...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 5, 2009, 10:00 am
Even though I posted yesterday, I feel like I've been away from this blog for a while. Hopefully my presence was missed. If not, don't worry--Nathaniel will be back tomorrow. Or will he? Mwa-h...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Nov 4, 2009, 10:00 am
Welcome to the first-ever November Edition of Waiting for Wednesday, where there will be absolutely zero talk of Halloween. I promise. I think we've covered that holiday plenty this year, thank yo...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Oct 24, 2009, 10:00 am
Well, with exactly one week to go before the big night, I figured it's a good time to run through some of my favorite, scary comics and graphic novels. As I've said many times, writing horror ...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Oct 23, 2009, 10:00 am
When your Winamp randomizer repeats the same 12 songs from your library of 8,000; when every radio station plays "We're an American Band" at least eight times per hour; when your Tally Hall CD has...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Oct 22, 2009, 10:00 am
Over the course of the next week, I'll be popping in here and there with a quick, recommended Halloween read to get you all in the mood for the scariest night of the year. And I don't mean Apr...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Oct 21, 2009, 10:00 am
What a weird and horrible week it's been so far. Both on a personal and professional level, I can say things have been pretty downright awful. First, the good news (And, by "good," I mean, "less b...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Oct 20, 2009, 10:00 am
Recently this blog reached 10,000 hits, but instead of celebrating by Alex and I taking turns forcing one another to experience one of our favorite fandoms, we both decided to take the plunge together...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Oct 19, 2009, 10:00 am
A quick Monday morning mash-up of a post, featuring a little Baltimore Con recap and some news that broke out of this past weekend's Big Apple Con. First, to Baltimore. Couple of things that jump...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Oct 17, 2009, 1:00 pm
We've had lots of convention talk this week, so it's only fitting to have a full-blown review of a real-life anime festival, courtesy of longtime reader neko-chan. Enjoy! The NYAF (New York A...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Oct 16, 2009, 10:00 am
This week we're taking a critical look at some of our favorite flawed fandoms. We're proposing one change to each installment or aspect of the fandom in question that we feel would provide the...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Oct 15, 2009, 10:00 am
This week we're taking a critical look at some of our favorite flawed fandoms. We're proposing one change to each installment or aspect of the fandom in question that we feel would provide the...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Oct 14, 2009, 10:00 am
Holy Inner Harbor, Batman! I'm back (but not rested!) from the Baltimore Comic Con, and I didn't know it was possible to be both unemployed and completely bogged down with work at the same tim...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Oct 13, 2009, 10:00 am
This week we're taking a critical look at some of our favorite flawed fandoms. We're proposing one change to each installment or aspect of the fandom in question that we feel would provide the...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Oct 12, 2009, 10:00 am
This week we're picking out different fandoms and discussing one thing we would like to change about each aspect or installment of the fandom we've chosen. Today, I'm looking at each of th...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Oct 10, 2009, 1:00 pm
I have a confession to make: I like the Star Wars prequels better than the original trilogy. I know, I know; I'm insane, I'm a heretic, burn me at the stake, blah blah blah... I like Star Tre...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Oct 9, 2009, 10:00 am
Well, holy cats, some things have been happening around these parts this week, let me tell you. And I have very little time in which to write this post to fill you all in, because I am in the middle o...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Oct 8, 2009, 10:00 am
Ho-lee catfish! This blog has reached 10,000 hits, and only in a little over a year! As you can see, President Kirk is as surprised as we are. Wow. Another century at this rate, and the blog will go ...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Oct 7, 2009, 10:00 am
Today is a very exciting, Alex-Goes-On-a-Job-Interview Edition of Waiting for. In another state. About three hours (without traffic) away. Pretty early in the morning. So, yeah, today's issue wa...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Sep 28, 2009, 10:00 am
District 9 is probably the closest Hollywood has ever come to depicting what would really happen if aliens were to ever come to Earth. No huge floating discs that block out the sun and blow up all ou...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Sep 26, 2009, 10:00 am
As that number on the right side of this page (the Feed Reader number, I mean) grows at an alarming rate, I find myself thinking more and more about Dave Chapelle. (And for those who got that joke, I ...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Sep 25, 2009, 10:00 am
When did fun transform into work? Once, video games were always, without question, a fun diversion. Sure, I'd run into frustration sometimes with an aggravating boss or a task with unclear object...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Sep 24, 2009, 10:00 am
I've noticed a difference in my comics buying habits lately. I know, not exactly CNN Headline News. But, I have to say, it's pretty surprising. The difference in my comics buying habit, I mean...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Sep 23, 2009, 10:00 am
Captain's Log Wednesday morning, around 6:00 am. I'm up early this morning. Too early. The alarm clock went off, so I woke up, got out of bed, and dragged a comb across my head. I went downst...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Sep 22, 2009, 10:00 am
Plenty of philosophies and religions out there are against the accumulation of stuff. Go sell all your possessions, they say. Materialism doesn't lead to happiness, they say. Stuff just gets in th...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Sep 21, 2009, 8:45 am
Who knew unemployment could be this time consuming? Between freelance work that I started last week and the (two!) scripts that I need to hammer out by the end of this week, I feel like I'm right ...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Sep 19, 2009, 12:00 pm
Avast, me hearties! Plunder the kitchen and grab some grog (or root beer)--'tis International Talk Like a Pirate Day! T' celebrate, I be butchering the conventions o' pirate lingo an' ...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Sep 18, 2009, 10:00 am
Over the course of this blog's existence, Nathaniel and I have tried to introduce each other to various fandoms that we enjoy, and in my case, I was able to turn Nathaniel into a (borderline hopel...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Sep 17, 2009, 10:00 am
If you've got a backlog of video games you somehow never get around to playing, or if you have a nasty habit of playing a game almost to the end and then never beating it, or even if you enjoy sho...
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Nathaniel H. posted an article on Exfanding Your Horizons - Sep 15, 2009, 10:00 am
I haven't had much time to think these past few days. With the short notice I was given that our office was going under, getting all my stuff together became a mad dash to finish by Friday afterno...
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