Videogame Releases: Week of December 9th, 2012
This week, the tide of big videogame releases abates for the winter. That is, until the games that couldn’t quite make a holiday release begin to appear. In the meantime, gamers who haven’t yet played...
View Article‘Walking Dead’ Season 3 Gets a Limited Blu-Ray Gift Set
Good news, everyone. AMC, McFarlane Toys and Anchor Bay have unveiled a Limited Edition box set for the upcoming Season 3 Blu-ray release of ‘The Walking Dead‘. The artists and studios decided to go...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 3.09 Recap: “You Shouldn’t Be Here!”
We’ve waited months for the Daryl versus Merle beat-down. We were left hanging as the two brothers were made to fight to the death in front of a crowd of bloodthirsty Woodburians. It’s a good thing...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 3.10 Recap: “The Governor’s Coming”
As the Governor unflinchingly sneered by his SUV while gunfire whizzed by his head, I couldn’t help thinking that I didn’t care much for his comic book villain ways. I also found myself caring less and...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 3.11 Recap: “You’re Slippin’, Rick”
My heart just isn’t in it anymore. I realize that plenty of people still love this show, but somewhere between the tedious stay at the farm and the painful hunkering in the prison, ‘The Walking Dead’...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 3.12 Recap: “You’ll Be Torn Apart by Teeth or Bullets”
Surprise, surprise. The best episode of ‘The Walking Dead’ in weeks doesn’t feature one appearance from the Governor. Returning to the roots of the show’s first episode was a nice touch as Carl and...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 3.13 Recap: “We’ve Got a Lot to Talk About”
Too bad there’s already another show with that title, because this week’s episode of ‘The Walking Dead’ should have been called “The Talking Dead.” Rick talks to the Governor. Daryl talks to the...
View ArticleVideogame Releases: Week of March 17th, 2013
This week is packed with new videogames, and oddly enough the Wii U gets the bulk of the love. With Legos, Gears, DreamWorks, Capcom, Tecmo and the Dixon brothers all on tap, it’s almost like Good...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 3.14 Recap: “I Have to Stop This”
‘The Walking Dead’ went from six episodes in the first season to thirteen in the second, and now the third has been stretched to sixteen. While this is a normal progression for such an insanely popular...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 3.15 Recap: “You’re Cold as Ice, Officer Friendly”
‘This Sorrowful Life’, the second-to-last episode of ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 3, bounced back from last week’s lackluster filler episode. Stuff happened in it. Big things. Huge things. Monumental...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Favorite Zombie Movies
With Easter and the season finale of ‘The Walking Dead’ both coming up on Sunday (you don’t think that’s a coincidence, do you?), we thought that today’s Roundtable would be a good opportunity to look...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 3.16 Recap: “You Kill or Die, or Die and Then Kill”
So, what was all that build-up for? The fourth season? Because the ‘Walking Dead’ third season finale left me feeling like there has to be another episode after this. It falls just as flat as many of...
View ArticleVideogame Releases: Week of June 30th, 2013
Thank you, Telltale! With a summer holiday ready to crush the videogame release slate, the developer brings us at least one new game worth playing. The Walking Dead: 400 Days (XBLA, PSN, PC) Either...
View Article‘The Walking Dead: Season Three’ Contest Results
All right, then. You guys are more interested in zombies than in gangsters. Our ‘Walking Dead: Season Three’ contest had better turnout than the previous week’s ‘Boardwalk Empire’ contest. Consider...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 4.01 Recap: “What Were the Questions?”
Before we dive into the Season 4 premiere of ‘The Walking Dead’, I would be remiss if I didn’t first thank Aaron Peck for his outstanding coverage of the last couple of seasons. Aaron’s busy schedule...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 4.02 Recap: “We’ve All Been Exposed”
Those who were less than thrilled with last week’s season opener got more than their money’s worth in this week’s installment of ‘The Walking Dead’. Not only was the population of the prison...
View ArticleSpike’s Idiot Box: Let’s Get Serious
Maybe it’s just my personal preference, but I’ve noticed that the current crop of television dramas is infinitely better than the current crop of comedies. I love a good comedy, but almost all of the...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 4.03 Recap: “You Breathe and You Risk Your Life”
At the conclusion of last week’s episode of ‘The Walking Dead’, Tyreese, Rick, Daryl and Carol had come across the burnt bodies of Karen and David. As this week’s episode begins, the once-passive...
View ArticleSpike’s Idiot Box: Charlie Parker, Lance Armstrong and the Loneliest Monk
What’s obsessing me in TV this week? Let’s fire up the old Idiot Box to find out. HBO’s ‘Boardwalk Empire‘ is still one of the finest dramas on television. This season, Eli’s son Willie dropped out of...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 4.04 Recap: “Stupid Gets You Killed”
One of the more refreshing things about this week’s episode of ‘The Walking Dead’ is that the action almost exclusively takes place outside the prison. For at least one week, fans are spared all the...
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