Mount and Blade, a computer game series by Turkish developers TaleWorlds, has some of the coolest game mechanics of any game ever. It has an unparalleled sense of scope: From tiny battles with raiders to eternal glory as king of an empire, the Mount and Blade series lets you live a medieval rags-to-riches story. You…
I originally intended to officially end this Countdown with a post-#1 debriefing of sorts, but as it turned out, the conclusion of the UHF entry ended up serving well as the list’s final word. However, since I teased the possibility of an “honorable mentions” post several times throughout the Countdown, I thought I should EVENTUALLY…
Have you seen The Usual Suspects? No? Then STOP READING THIS, queue it up on Netflix — assuming it’s still streaming… I feel like half the time I want to watch something there, it’s been taken down since I last checked — and avoid all other discussion of the movie. So much of it is…
Widely regarded as the finest drama in modern TV history — if not all of TV history — The Wire needs no introduction to its fans, while those who haven’t seen it are probably baffled what the hype is all about. It’s just a cop show, right? Well, yes and no. It’s a long-form show…
I’ve played so much of the NBA 2K series, to a point that should probably be embarrassing. (Point of comparison: I’ve probably spent about 10x more time playing basketball video games than watching actual basketball over the past few years.) The thing that sucks the vast majority of my time is “The Association” mode, where…
James: Junior year I was dating this girl, Betsy Cooke. Betsy was kind of like… she was kind of a prude, actually. Anyway, one day I was reading Shakespeare, and I realized I don’t really love this person. You know? It was one of the sonnets, “being your slave, what should I do but tend…
This is an entry in the Pokemon Movies Retrospective Movie #3: Spell of the Unown “Entei’s real big and strong. But it’s still nice! Just like you are, Papa!” – Molly (Mii), daughter of Spencer Hale (Sully Snowdon), (English Dub) Pokemon 3: The Movie – Spell of the Unown, 「結晶塔の帝王ＥＮＴＥＩ」 (lit. “Emperor of the Crystal Tower:…
Dominion is a card game created by Donald X. Vaccarino in 2008, a winner of Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year, the most prestigious award in board gaming), and one of my favorite board games. It’s responsible for popularizing the “deck-building card game” genre. Deck-builders differ from “card-collecting games” like Magic or Pokemon TCG…
I have decided to break up the honorable mentions for my Top 100 Everything countdown into two parts: half to come one third into the list, half to come two thirds into the list. Well, we’re now a third of the way into the countdown, which means it’s time for the first half of honorable…
2009 was the best year ever for animated movies (2010 is the runner-up, but more on that later), and one of its highlights is Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. The movie was created by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, whose career credits are now 1) cult hit Clone High, 2) the second season of…