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Tribute to the Fallen of 2012 – Literature
Jan Berenstain (88, stroke): Growing up with The Berenstains was an experience in of itself. When Stan died in 2005 it was really tragic, as he was taken by cancer. Luckily Jan and her son took the reigns of the … Continue reading
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Tribute to the Fallen of 2012 – Professional Wrestlers
Doug Furnas (52, heart disease): With his tag team partner Phillip Lafon (aka Dan Kroffat), Doug was one of the most under appreciated and under utilized talents in sports entertainment. While they had seriously success in Japan and were given … Continue reading
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Freedom: A Duo Review of LINCOLN & DJANGO UNCHAINED
America during the time of pre-Civil War and Civil War itself was tumultuous, violent, full of bravery, regime, and the building of a nation that has evolved technologically and lawfully if not spiritually or mentally. The prejudices of the time … Continue reading
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Tagged django unchained, lincoln, movie review, TV and Movies
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PRIMORDIA Review
What came first? Robots or Man? Was there even Man? Is Robot Man actually Man Robot? Can a Robot wear a Monocle? Can a machine have emotions? Is anyone above the law? Is the law truly the law? If you … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure game, point n click, primordia, review, wadjeteye, wadjeteye games
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Amnesia Fortnight Follow-Up
With almost a week and a half of work done, over nine days days of streaming footage, six documents of daily work edited by the team at 2 Player Productions and many many Double Fine forum and tumblr posts with … Continue reading
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Tagged amnesia fortnight, double fine, double fine games, humble bundle, video games
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A Fortnight of Amnesia in 2012 gives us more Doublefine Sausage AND 5 new game prototypes
Double Fine Games came into super extra megaton popularity earlier this year with their monumental Kickstarter that launched the excellent Double Fine Adventure game now codenamed REDS along with the so far six episode documentary Doublefine Adventure from 2 Player … Continue reading
Posted in Apps, Video Games
Tagged adventure, amnesia fortnight, doublefine, doublefine games, humble bundle, video games
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Redbubbling to the surface
One of the most exciting and coolest companies I discovered in my pre-NYCC research and then further at the show was Redbubble. Since the show I’ve been tracking the site when I can finding designs that truly struck my fancy … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artwork, marketing, merchandise, redbubble, tshirts, website
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NYCC 2012: When the work is Dirty, you call them and then they call you
At NYCC I had the privilege to sit with actors Hank Harris, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Jamie Clayton to discuss their interactive web series DIRTY WORK, part of the very awesome and amazing Rides.TV from Fourth Wall Productions. During the talk … Continue reading
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Tagged dirty work, fourth wall productions, hank harris, jamie clayton, mary lynn rajskub, new york comic con, nycc, rides, rides.tv
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Another Post-Apocalyptic Point n’Click on it’s way (this is a good thing)
When I think of some of my favorite point n’ click adventures growing up and into my teen years , the list isn’t really that long. Yet one particular game is pretty high on the list and it’s hard to … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure game, game, preview, primordia, wadjeteye, wadjeteye games
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Book Review: How I Slept My Way to the Middle by Kevin Pollak
I probably first took notice of Kevin Pollak when he played one of two brownies in the Ron Howard directed fantasy comedy WILLOW, opposite Rick Overton. I have since stayed a fan and tend to enjoy everyone of his performances. … Continue reading
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Tagged autobiography, book review, kevin pollak, kevin pollak's chat show, memoir, review
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