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Globalization and Mutual Assured Destruction in Adventure Time’s The Cooler
On the latest Adventure Time, “The Cooler,” Flame Princess seeks Princess Bubblegum’s help when the Fire Kingdom’s core mysteriously cools, but…
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7 Reasons Why TV Will Be in Serious Trouble in 2015
TV isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, but 2014 was a very tough year for traditional networks, and 2015 isn’t looking…
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Analyzing the Agents of SHIELD Mid-Season Finale: 5 Questions We Have After ‘What They Become’
Wow, tonight Agents of SHIELD dropped a pretty huge episode to kick-off their three month hiatus. While it certainly didn’t…
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Ranking the 5 Directors on Ready Player One’s Shortlist
Ready Player One was a 2011 novel that landed somewhere between the ultimate nostalgia binge and a gaming geek’s wet…
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On Caring About The Inconsequential: #SaberGate vs. #BlackStormtrooper
art of being a nerd, part of being an enthusiast of any stripe, is caring, really caring, about minutiae. Sure,…
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5 Famous Video Games That Were Banned in Entire Countries
It’s December 5, 2014 and, (for all you history nerds out there), that means it’s officially been 81 years since…
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Analyzing the Terminator: Genisys Trailer – Dissecting the Time Travel Insanity
The first trailer for Terminator: Genisys is out today, and the story it sets up is even crazier than that title. We’re…
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10 Genre Movies to Look Out for at Sundance 2015
The movie line-up for Sundance 2015 has been revealed, and there’s a lot to love for fans of genre filmmaking.…
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12 Overlooked Indie Games That You Might Have Missed This Year
More and more, indie games are beginning to steal the spotlight away from the Call of Duty‘s and Assassin’s Creed‘s…
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14 Bits of Trivia from the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer
Yes, there was less than a minute and a half of footage in that teaser, but as die-hard Star Wars…
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These Are Edgar Wright’s Top 10 Movies of 2014
Edgar Wright is one heck of a filmmaker, but he’s also a pretty huge movie nerd. The Shaun of the…
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Meditation and ‘The Truman Show’ in Adventure Time’s ‘Jake the Brick’
In “Jake the Brick,” Jake’s spiritual journey takes a turn for the serene when his bizarre childhood ambition (to pretend…
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