The Super and the Not-So Super Bowl Ads, 2009 Edition

Mon Feb 2, 2009 2:12 PM EST

Advertising during the Super Bowl is an expensive science with a surprisingly low failure rate. A company might put out a clunker of an ad, but it's a clunker of an ad that will be seen by millions upon millions of people.

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Bryan Decides: The Best Games of 2008

Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:26 PM EST

Gamevine auteur and handsome devil Steve Watts posted Newsvine's choices for the best games of 2008 recently.

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Politics and Powers: "DC Universe: Decisions"

Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:10 PM EDT

It's a question that, admittedly, is not one that is asked too often and certainly not in most social situations unless you want unwelcome attention from various professionals: who would Superman vote for?

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Superheroes Should Be Fun Too, Damn It

Sat Sep 6, 2008 5:28 PM EDT

For some, the news of another Spider-Man movie following the excesses and questionable decisions of Spider-Man 3 is cause for trepidation. Not for me. I'm stoked.

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Nintendo Doesn't Owe You Anything

Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:37 PM EDT

Alright. I've been holding this back long enough. You and me, gaming community? Yeah. We need to talk.

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Rock Request Line #2: "Welcome to the Black Parade"

Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:03 PM EDT

So yeah, remember when I promised this would be a weekly column? A lot of stuff has happened since then - schoolwork, actual work, family things, Batman - all of which have made it difficult to get back to this column and all of which have nothing to do with the various big Rock  …

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Whither The Batman?

Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:15 PM EDT

One has to imagine that somewhere in the back of Christopher Nolan's mind, there is a little voice that is absolutely freaking out right now.

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Movie Re-haiku: "Wall-E"

Sat Jul 5, 2008 1:27 PM EDT

Note: spoilers within Do not read if you've not seen But please, read later! Lovable robot Trapped alone on the earth Watching his movies Along comes new 'bot Sleeker sexier new model Wall-E is smitten

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Movie Review: "Hancock"

Wed Jul 2, 2008 11:34 AM EDT

On paper, this movie had all the right elements to succeed.

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From Four Colors to The Silver Screen: "Wanted"

Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:21 PM EDT

Comic book adaptations are always a tricky thing to pull off correctly. Do them right, and you're a hero to geeks everywhere. Do them wrong, and you're Joel Schumacher.

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Rock Request Line #1: "Back In Black"

Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:03 PM EDT

Welcome to the first installment of what will hopefully be a weekly column in which I rant and rave about which songs should be a part of "Rock Band", arguably the finest video game ever made in which you and your friends wave plastic toys around and look like total dipsticks.

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Quick Hits: "The Incredible Hulk", "Kung Fu Panda" (Plus bonus!)

Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:12 PM EDT

I bet you're going to click on this solely because of that vague and enticing "bonus" I promised. Prepare to be sorely disappointed. I mean, really, really disappointed. But the rest of the article? It's good, trust me. The Incredible Hulk

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Movie Review: "Iron Man"

Thu May 1, 2008 11:58 PM EDT

I'm not even going to try and be objective here: "Iron Man" is the best movie I have seen this year.

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Game Review: "Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney"

Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:55 PM EDT

The Ace Attorney series has proven to be a surprising hit for Capcom - after the first game in the series sold out of its entire first print run, eBay prices skyrocketed for the weird little lawyer simulator - what once sold for about $30 new was easily going for upwards of $100  …

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Bracket? I Hardly Knew It! Part 1: Setting Up For Failure

Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:09 PM EDT

Hi! I know I don't write about sports often. There's a reason for that, and that reason is that I simply do not know a thing about sports. To be fair, however, I know exactly half of everything there is to know about college basketball. Specifically, I know about college.

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Movie Review: "Cloverfield"

Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:22 AM EST

(Spoilers ahoy: read at your own risk!) There's a scene early on in this movie that says more than it may actually mean to.

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Bryan Decides: The Most Overrated and the Most Underseen Movies of 2007

Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:54 PM EST

If you're like me, you get tired of all this unbridled positivity around this time. The promise of a new year, and the unbridled possibilities that presents, are enough to make people take stock of what has come before, so that we may be better prepared for what lies ahead.

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Master Chief Speaks: Steve Downes on the Halo Movie, the Future, and More

Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:06 AM EDT

Don't ask radio veteran and voice actor Steve Downes how Halo 3 ends. "I've been known to kill just for the asking," he jokes. At least, I think he's joking.

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Movie Review: "The Simpsons Movie"

Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:11 PM EDT

There's a scene in this movie that nearly wrenched my heart out, and it has nothing to do with that pig you saw in the trailers (though the relationship between him and Homer is truly something special).

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Harry Potter and the Pretentious Critic

Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:58 AM EDT

I love intellectualism. I love intelligence, and people applying that intelligence to all facets of life and culture, no matter how trivial. I love the idea that people can discuss high-level concepts and understand them, and make others understand them.

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Movie Review: "Transformers"

Thu Jul 5, 2007 4:57 PM EDT

I have a confession to make: I have never owned a Transformer. Never really wanted one. The Ninja Turtles were more my thing. It wasn't that I didn't like the Transformers or see their appeal - I did, but it just wasn't something I wound up getting into.

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Movie Review: "Spider-Man 3"

Fri May 4, 2007 4:41 AM EDT

Poor Sam Raimi. The guy is the driving force behind two of the biggest blockbusters of the last two years, and then he has to try and outdo himself again.

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Un-Named Bad Movie Review Roundup Article Series: "The Reaping"

Thu Apr 5, 2007 8:31 PM EDT

It's been far too long since the last one of these, where "Norbit" met a sound drubbing at the hands of the critics. You know how this works: I hop on Rotten Tomatoes, find the funniest bad reviews for the worst movies, and then pass the savings on to you.

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Torture Porn (Or: Why Today's Horror Is Scary For Wholly Different Reasons)

Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:16 PM EDT

So, there was that whole controversy over the "Captivity" billboards. You probably heard about it, it was all over the Internet, not the least of which was this site.

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