I love television. One of my earliest memories is of watching Ronald Reagan and being taught that in our household, we called him "the Boo-Hiss Man." My father, a television critic and historian for over twenty years, bought a television set specifically to watch Gulf War I coverage while he cooked dinner for my younger … Continue reading
This is a couple of weeks old, but The Futon Critic released their annual “50 Best Episodes of 2006” over the first week of the year. The Top Ten: 10. 24: Day 5: 7:00 a.m-8:00 a.m; 9. Dexter: Pilot; 8. Smith: Pilot; 7. Veronica Mars: Not Pictured; 6. Friday Night Lights: Pilot; 5. The Office: … Continue reading
NBC ordered full-season pick-ups last week for the 2007-2008 season last week for four of its hit shows—The Office, My Name is Earl, Heroes, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Sorry, those of you waiting for Jim and Pam to get together, Earl to finish crossing things off his list, and Stabler to shoot … Continue reading
I want to aologize for the tardiness of this column. I was up at 7:45 this morning waiting with my laptop on my lap (which I hate to do for fear of burning "the boys"), and then nohing was happening on ABC at 8:05am. Then on the Oscar site, I saw PM listed as the … Continue reading
There’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is that Nick is doing a live Podcast of his Golden Globes coverage. The bad news is that means Devin (aka me) will be the one doing the text commentary in this space. I can’t hope to match Nick’s infamous stream of consciousness and reference-laden … Continue reading
BUY IT HERE AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PLATFORM: PS2 (XBOX 360 soon)ESRB RATING: TPUBLISHER: Red Octane/ActivisionDEVELOPER: Harmonix Music Systems Jon Cassady: I have seen the future of gaming and its name is Guitar Hero. Confession time – prior to preparing for this, I had never played Guitar Hero. I saw on display in stores and read … Continue reading
A NOTE FROM SEAN… AFTER YOU’VE FINISHED EXPLORING CHUD, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR EXPANDED COMIC BOOK COVERAGE ON RACKRAIDS.COM Here’s a smattering a trades and some other reviews for your reading pleasure. For those of you who still read monthly comics and enjoy the occassional small press or indie book, be sure to … Continue reading