You could call this movie Utterly Delightful and my eyes would do the exact opposite of roll. This film, from start to finish, is a joyous, delightful, and incrementally heartwarming exercise in storytelling. There's an increasingly welcome amount of … [Continue reading]
When The Game Plays You: Zak Penn’s ‘Atari: Game Over’
Imagine you're one of the best video game designers in the world. You work for Atari in 1982, when the company's 2600 console has an over 80% share of the video game market. You're given a project that normally takes 6 months and asked to do it in 5 … [Continue reading]
REDBOX READY: Week of June 16th, 2015!
Hey, guys! Sorry this column has been absent for so long. The main reason for this is simple: I'm teaching summer school, taking summer classes, and finding new ways to avoid the Texas heat. This meant prioritizing, and this blog kind of had to … [Continue reading]
REDBOX READY #2: End of April, Beginning of May!
Welcome to the second week of Redbox Ready! I apologize for this being so late. It's been a crazy time of teaching these days, and so I've fallen behind the pace. This edition will be until the next edition on May 5th comes up. Enjoy! The I … [Continue reading]
Duking It Out: ESPN 30 for 30’s ‘I Hate Christian Laettner’
It used to be that the sports scores were simply reported in the newspaper, all facts and figures and no flair. You knew where it happened, who was involved, and the various stats that followed. It was a game, and now it was over and on to the next … [Continue reading]