Category Archives: Popular Culture

The Foggiest Ideas

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Janet Steen

Sometimes too much information can lead to an existential crisis. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Girls, nor'easters, organic strawberries, portlandia, the New York Times, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, WOOT | Leave a comment

If My Cat’s A Gamer, Then So Are You

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Samuel Sattin

Samuel Sattin explains why video games, even the most violent ones, are not more harmful to society than actual guns. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Assasins Creed, Borderlands, Braid, cats, Evan Narcisse, God of War, Infamous, Journey, Kotaku, Mario Kart, Portal, Republicans, Uncharted, Video Games | 1 Comment

Extra-Terrestrial Infants Can Break A Man: Or How My Father Learned to Cry

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Samuel Sattin

Some people need to escape to somewhere far, far away to get closer to who they are on the inside. And by far away, of course, we mean the planet Fyrine IV. Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, Popular Culture | Tagged Aliens, Birth, Boston, Crystal Light, Dennis Quaid, DOTS, Drac, Earth, Enemy Mine, Father/Son Relationships, Human, Infants, La-Z-Boy, Louis Gosset Jr., Magic the Gathering, Reptile babies, Science Fiction, Spandex, starships | 2 Comments

Escape To Reality: The Man Behind “House of Lies”

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Martin Kihn

Martin Kihn, author of “House of Lies,” on being Don Cheadle’s alter ego Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Boardwalk Empire, Dexter, Don Cheadle, Game of Thrones, Golden Globes, House of Lies, Kristen Bell, Showtime | 1 Comment

Downton Abbey: Innocence in the Age of Irony

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Tom Gualtieri

Tom Gualtieri explains the secret of the hit show’s popularity. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture, The Arts | Tagged Downton Abbey, Edith Wharton, Elizabeth McGovern, Highclere Castle, Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton, Siobhan Finneran, The Age of Innocence | 4 Comments

Sandy Hook Truthers are Afraid of the Dark

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Samuel Sattin

As children we fear the Boogeyman. As adults we fear complex thoughts. Sandy Hook Truthers are still afraid of the beast in the closet, and they want everyone else to be, too. Continue reading →

Posted in News, Politics, Popular Culture | Tagged 9-11, Alex Jones, birthers, Conspiracy Theories, Crisis Actors, FEMA, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Gene Rosen, gun control, Iran, Israel, Jews, Joe Satriani, Michael Harris Internet, Nightmare on Elm Street, Obama, PressTV, Sandy Hook Elementary, Sherry Turkel, Stormfront, Truthers, Wes Craven | 7 Comments

Step. Away. From The Horn-Rimmed Glasses!

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Samuel Sattin

Revenge of, history of, and criteria for categorization with, the nerds. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Death Cab for Cutie, Dr. Seuss, Geeks, Giant Robot, Horn Rimmed Galsses, Judd Apatow, Magic Cards, Michael Cera, Nerds, Star Trek: TNG, Weezer | 2 Comments