Hey, remember the “Internet Nice Guy” post from 2007? Well, it still gets traffic and the occasional comment, and I felt I should share this one, from “doesntmatter” (although I added some paragraph breaks to his wall of text): So funny how everbody jumps on the bandwagon an the females aplaud the author for being […]

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In email, colby (from Survivor? We may never know) asks Why is Sinestro so popular now? Up until a few years ago he was the dorky evil ex-Lantern, but now he’s one of the most popular villains DC has. Maybe even one of the most popular characters. Why did that happen? Hey, remember the early […]

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In email, zzzzthunk asks: So a long time ago you talked about how a Flash movie shouldn’t be about the origin of the Flash but instead be about the final adventure of Barry Allen. But who signs on to be Barry Allen in that movie when they’re just going to be cut from the franchise? […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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5.) Olympos. A ninety-minute civilization/conquest game is practically impossible to manage, but Olympos does so quite well. Its “time” turn-making mechanic (lifted from games like Thebes) gives the game a modular feel – clever players can figure out how to set up their plays so as to take multiple turns in a row and gain […]

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So they are rereleasing Titanic in IMAX 3D in a few months (and, curiously, advertising it with trailers that are not IMAX and not 3D, so… good going, movie marketing people). Now, I can already hear the groans from the peanut gallery, but… it’s been fifteen years. Yes, everybody was sick to death of Titanic […]

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My guess: Rick Santorum 22 Ron Paul 20 Mitt Romney 16 Newt Gingrich 13 Rick Perry 10 Michele Bachmann 5 Anti-Liberal, The Superhero Who Hates Liberals 3 Herman Cain 2 Sarah Palin 1.75 Spuds Mackenzie 1.5 Zombie Reagan 1.25 Gary Johnson 1 Glenn Beck 1 Victoria Jackson .5 Chuck Norris .5 Orly Taitz .5 Frank […]

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STEVEN SPIELBERG: Hello, everybody, and more specifically Academy voters. This is my new movie, War Horse. It is about a horse. Also there is war. I am pretty sure that these two things combined are good for at least half a dozen Oscars. ALBERT: Boy, look at that baby horse! I bet that is a […]

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Click on thumb to see full And that concludes Part Three of this comic what we are doing. I am really tremendously happy that we have now completed three whole issues, which feels terribly substantial (especially when you consider that at 28 pages, three issues for us is almost four standard issues for anybody else) […]

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But, as it is this site’s Christmas tradition: And, as always, if you do not celebrate No Doubtmas:

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