December 20-25, 2010
What album is Mike Vincent’s “#1 Christmas music”? Well, you’re going to have to read to find out.
You thought Bob Clark’s holiday classic A Christmas Story was a bit dark? You should see his other Christmas film. Kevin Mattison takes you there in “A Bob Clark Christmas”
In a new feature, “The Gamers’ Club,” Gavin Craig, Daniel J. Hogan, and Andrew Simone will be playing 1997’s Final Fantasy VII and blogging about it. They get started today sharing their past experiences with the game (or lack thereof). Read “Final Fantasy VII, again for the first time” by Gavin Craig, “Final Fantasy VII, revisted” by Daniel J. Hogan, and “FFVII“ by Andrew Simone
For your holiday viewing pleasure, might Rosemary Van Deuren suggest the 1960 “Christmas Shopping” episode of The Jack Benny Program, featuring notes of Eddie Anderson and Frank Nelson, hints of retail humor, and a strong Mel Blanc finish. (Yes, that Mel Blanc.) Read “The customer is always right, and this jerk is a customer”
Angela Vasquez-Giroux revisits the 2006 World Series (and the 1984 World Series) in verse. Read “Cardinal Dreams”
Jill Kolongowski gives the slow-cooker another go, and happily fails to cut off her fingertip while doing so. Read “Sergeant pepper and my questionable knife skills”
And in an “F Word” holiday extra, Jill Kolongowski discovers that her kryptonite is Godiva milk chocolate. Read “On (not) eating chocolate”
#1 Christmas music
This should come as no shock. I mean, when one thinks about classic Christmas records, classic Christmas shows, how can you NOT think of this music? From this classic TV special, now 45 years old, we have Vince Guaraldi’s soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas. Everyone, everybody reading this on this site, has seen the … Continue reading
A Bob Clark Christmas
Little Ralphie just wants a damned BB gun for Christmas and all anyone can say to him is “you’ll shoot your eye out.” Adults are always shooting a BB into the eye of their children’s hopes and dreams. Odds are you’re at least somewhat familiar with Bob Clark’s holiday classic A Christmas Story (1983). It … Continue reading
FFVII: Again for the first time
I’ve long considered myself a big Final Fantasy fan, but for someone who talks about the series so much, I’ve always considered it something of a shameful secret that I’ve never played more than a couple of hours of the game that many people consider to be the greatest RPG of all time, Final Fantasy … Continue reading
FFVII: Revisted
An RPG (or role-playing game, for you normals) is perhaps my favorite type of video game. I’ve certainly spent the most hours playing them over any other type of game. Why? The story. The characters. I get sucked in and I don’t want to leave. This is why I won’t go near World of Warcraft—it … Continue reading
