Good news came today for acclaimed NBC sitcom 30 Rock, which was planning to go on break for more than a month to make room for the “seriously?” sitcom Andy Barker, P.I. Now, Zap2It is reporting that new episodes of 30 Rock will return on April 5th and will switch time slots with Scrubs the … Continue reading
Welcome to The Special Edition. CASINO ROYALE I’m just going to come right out and say it. Casino Royale was one of the best James Bond movies ever. I said, “one of the …” so give me some kind of break for that. The James Bond franchise had become a parody of itself over the … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: Red Envelope Entertainment MSRP: $24.95RUNNING TIME: 95 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: None. The Pitch Open up your third eye and check out the mana! The Humans Lots of humans, dozens of them in Elvis costumes. Behold! The power of mana! The Nutshell Wikipedia defines mana as “…an important force or … Continue reading
Welcome to a new week of gaming news. The Game Developer’s Conference is behind us, with only a couple straggling pieces of information left to cover. These aren’t so much "news" as they are "interesting," which is going to get me in trouble, because I also think that the smell of gasoline is interesting. First … Continue reading
This article has major spoilers for Heroes. For the last couple of weeks I have been toying with an editorial called “Heroes Is the Most Compellingly Bad Show on Television.” The basic concept was to explain why I tune in to Heroes (or, more accurately, why I TiVo it) even though I think the show … Continue reading
When NBC announced their fall slate, I took sides. I made my decision in advance. Looking back I’m not sure what I based that decision on – was it really the comparative level of experience of each show’s creator, or was it some deeper, uglier thing I don’t like to think about (but I do … Continue reading
Note: This editorial contains massive spoilers for the entire series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so if you’re just now discovering the show on DVD, read at your own peril. It’s hard for me to write about the tenth anniversary of Buffy the Vampire Slayer – whose first episode aired on March 10, 1997 — … Continue reading
Inside the Actors Studio purists (note: there is not actually such a thing) have criticized host James Lipton for featuring more and more stand-up comedians on his show in recent years. I disagree – 95 percent of stand-up comedy is acting, it is performance, and since Ken Burns has abandoned his stand-up documentary series in … Continue reading
BUY IT HERE AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PLATFORM: Nintendo WiiESRB RATING: Everyone PUBLISHER: NintendoDEVELOPER: Nintendo I wanted to like this game. I love competition. Maybe not as much as I used to, but games like Wii Sports and Warioware are so simple that it allows the competition junkie a fix anytime someone walks through the door … Continue reading
Today’s most heartwarming story concerns the keynote address from Nintendo deity Shigeru Miyamoto, delivered yesterday afternoon. Where Sony’s Phil Harrison used his stage time to unveil the PlayStation 3’s new online initiative, Miyamoto covered a lot more ground in an amiable and eloquent conversation. GamesIndustry.biz has some nice coverage of the event, highlighting a few … Continue reading