May 132013
 
Ouya is here!

My Kickstarter-funded Ouya just arrived today. Sadly, thanks to two back-to-back videography projects, I won’t have time to really play with this little unit for a while, possibly even closer to its primary release day.  But maybe I’ll get lucky and find some time between projects. You can expect my own review as soon as [...]

Apr 112013
 
The Widescreen.org Movie and Media Podcast #114

Yes, I know, I skipped #113 here but you should be going to widescreen.org, my RSS feed, or iTunes to get my podcasts anyway. In this episode Hollywood loses two icons, Sony’s budget 4K TVs are still expensive, movies at home for $35K, Aereo gets a victory as networks cry like babies, more Star Trek Into [...]

Apr 042013
 
Roger Ebert Dies At 70

I didn’t always agree with him (especially his staunch dislike, possibly outright hatred, for 3D) but no one can deny that he was the most respected person in the business.  He now joins his late work partner Gene Siskel who died in 1999.  But even though I found myself often disagreeing with him, I have [...]

Apr 042013
 
PAX East 2013 - Days 2 and 3

I planned on having an article for each day at PAX, as shown by my previous article that ended with “Day 1”. The realities of doing such a thing were outweighed by the fact that Saturday night is always a late night at PAX East, thanks to many of us from the Destructoid community closing [...]

Mar 222013
 
PAX East 2013 - Day 1

For those who are not in the know, PAX East is the biggest gaming convention (both video and board games) on the east coast. It’s the sister convention to PAX Prime, which is held in Seattle, and the newest addition, PAX Australia. All of the PAX conventions are the brain-children of the on-line comic Penny [...]

Mar 152013
 
The Ultimate Mario Wedding Cake

The gamer in me can’t SQUEEEEEE like a schoolgirl loudly enough.  Actually, this should be our cake for our 20th wedding anniversary next month.  Any woman who can put up with me for that long deserves a cake like this.  And when I showed her this picture, she loudly exclaimed “That’s awesome!” Yeah, I love [...]

Mar 112013
 
The Widescreen.org Movie and Media Podcast #112

“Six Strikes” goes into effect in the US, Cablevision sues Viacom to bring a la carte programming, more movie content comes to the Nook HD and HD+, “The Hobbit: There And Back Again” is delayed until Dec 2014, 4K movies will be over 100GB, Bryan Singer to fix s**t from “X-Men: The Last Stand”, a [...]

Feb 252013
 
The Widescreen.org Movie and Media Podcast #111

After eight months, I get to do my first podcast without any metal in my foot! Die Hard wins at the box office, use your iPad to optimize your TV, The Hobbit comes to disc next month, two different Treks  are coming to theaters, World of Warcraft is coming to the big screen, Harrison Ford [...]