Infected!

No, I haven’t come down with the dreaded swine flu… yet. But I did pick a copy of Left 4 Dead and the effect on my free time may be about the same. Those hardware upgrades that I originally intended to use for Windows Vista now seem worth it. The game lives up to all…

(Nerd) Lunch Special: McDonald’s McCafe

I cannot believe we’ve ran this blog for over a year and half and not done a post about caffeine. All three of your proprietors are moderately caffeinated on most days and it’s a good bet that at least one of us is running at unhealthy levels in any given week. I’m cheap/poor, so I…

Resolute!

I recently suffered through a few hours of the original G.I. Joe cartoon, partly out of nostalgic curiosity and partly out of a sense of duty to the blog. The ten minutes I just watched more than made up for it. Today AdultSwim.com posted the first two minisodes of the new G.I. Joe Resolute cartoon.…

Let The Right Walrus In

First of all, major props to our guy, Nick Digilio, for singing the praises of Let The Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in). If not for the Nick D Show Best Movies of 2008 wrap up, I would never have heard of the Swedish vampire flick, let alone watched it. Great googly moogly,…

(Nerd) Lunch Special: Culver’s ButterBurger

The name Culver’s probably doesn’t mean anything to those outside the Midwest. The burger chain started in Wisconsin and still has most of their locations in the Upper Midwest. While they offer some uniquely Midwest items like pork tenderloins and fried cheese curds, Culver’s specialties are quick seared ButterBurgers and frozen custard. I recently had…

The Phantom: The Ghost Who Sucks

Here’s concept art for the new SyFy pilot based on the Phantom. Now I grant you, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to run around the jungle in a dark purple leotard with your underwear on the outside . . . but this here is not working for me. Maybe add a domino mask…

Walrus-sama

Let me be up front about this: I have never understood anime or manga. I liked Vampire Hunter D when I saw it about 12 years ago, but generally speaking the appeal has been completely lost on me. Despite the unsatisfying experiences I’ve had with anime, I’ve felt like I’ve been missing out. Do all…

(Nerd) Lunch Special: The Double-Meat Slyder

Back in college, CT and I probably took years off each other’s lives by playing games of eating one-upmanship. So when CT threw down the double meat gauntlet, I knew that I would have to try it too. Since CT thought that cheap eats would make the best starter material, I decided to try building…