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For Your Earholes Only — Podcasts Worth Checking Out

26 May

Stewart here…

I don’t know if this is telling of my age, but commercial radio is just uninteresting to me these days.  On the other hand, I discover new music (and relisten to old music) via the Internet.  As a result of my Internet searches, I discovered podcasts about six years ago.  For you not in the know, podcasts are pretty much audio programs on a particular subject, often with hosts who are fans or as become the case recently, with noteworthy Hollywood talent behind them. Continue reading

SMALLVILLE Minicaps / Season 1, Eps. 13-16

22 May
Smallville minicaps!  Still can't stand to fly.  Its not that naive.

Smallville minicaps! Still can’t stand to fly. Its not that naive.

Stewart here, and be warned of spoilers within… Continue reading

SMALLVILLE Minicaps / Season 1, Eps. 9-12

16 May
Smallville minicaps!  Hey, I can skip the theme music thanks to chapter stops on my DVDs?  Good to know.

Smallville minicaps! Hey, I can skip the theme music thanks to chapter stops on my DVDs? Good to know.

Stewart here, and be warned of spoilers within… Continue reading

SMALLVILLE Minicaps / Season 1, Eps. 5-8

10 May
Smallville minicaps!  Really, we can skip past  the theme music...

Smallville minicaps! Really, we can skip past the theme music…

Stewart here, and be warned of spoilers within…

Last time, we got introduced to the world of Smallville, Kansas, where a teenage Clark Kent discovers that his abnormal powers are probably from the fact he’s not from this planet.  He also has to contend with other things, like making friends with a slightly older but still bald Lex Luthor, juggling his friends Pete and Chloe, deal with his crush on Lana Lang, and just going through high school.  Oh, and occasionally he has to deal with people affected in various ways by the meteor storm that brought him to Earth.  Really, that’s all you need to know going in.  Anyhoo… Continue reading

SMALLVILLE Minicaps / Season 1, Eps. 1-4

2 May

Stewart here, and be warned of spoilers within…

The beginning of the Smallville minicaps!  No need to start singing the theme music...

The beginning of the Smallville minicaps! No need to start singing the theme music…

A brief introduction: I’ve always been a Superman fan.  Yeah, he was a Boy Scout in tights, but he was also one of the more interesting characters in comic-dom to me.  You got the immigrant boy who is sent to a land foreign to him, who then grows up with values and moral decency to become that strange land’s hero.  Kind of inspiring to read something like that, and if that college-esque dissection didn’t do that for you, there’s the thrill of seeing someone fly and fight bad guys. Continue reading

Garrus Vakarian is my Wingman — Why I Still Love Mass Effect, Part 2

28 Apr

Stewart here… and some spoilers follow in case you asked…

In this installment, I really want to start by taking the time to focus on the squadmates, and if you’re good about it, friends in the Mass Effect series.  In this case, just to keep things light, I’ll focus on your squadmates from the first game.  Everyone’s got their favorites they want with them on every mission, and I know I feel the same way.  Sure I’ll shift them around in necessity of missions, but there are the “go to” squadmates every player of Mass Effect has.  The only downside of the whole thing is the greedy part of me that wants to take more than two for my squad.

So, in no particular order, here are my thoughts on your team from the first Mass Effect (with some spoilers as to the whole trilogy): Continue reading

FARSCAPE Revisited Mini-caps / The Peacekeeper Wars

24 Apr
Takin' it to the limit (with the Farscape minicaps) one more time...

Takin’ it to the limit (with the Farscape minicaps) one more time…

Stewart here…and fair warning, some spoilers lie within…

Greetings fellow travelers of the Uncharted Territories, to the final (for the foreseeable future) mini-cap of Farscape.  So, after a multitude of factors (like ratings), some of which couldn’t be seen coming (like lack of money), Farscape left the airwaves after four seasons.  But loyal fans wanted to see the show come back (or at least get wrapped up properly), and their wishes got answered a year later, with the announcement of a miniseries in The Peacekeeper Wars.  Its one of the rare occasions where the fans were able to drum up the need for more of what they want after the supposed death bell rang. Continue reading

Should I Stay or Should I Go? — When Genre Shows Need to Stop

20 Apr

Stewart here…

Every television show has to end.  There is no way to really avoid that for many loyal fans, but like many of those fans, I wonder when that time comes, is it too soon or too late.   Keeping a show fresh and enjoyable for seasons is no easy task, but with changes in cast and crew, sometimes that task becomes harder to accomplish.  Sometimes a show should know, in the immortal words of Kenny Rogers, “when to hold ‘em”, and “when to fold ‘em”. Continue reading

FARSCAPE Revisited Mini-caps / Season 4, Episode 22 and Season Four Highlights

16 Apr
Farscape minicaps for season 4 would rather go out gracefully, thank you very much.

Farscape minicaps for season 4 would rather go out gracefully, thank you very much.

Stewart here…and fair warning, some spoilers lie within… Continue reading

Shindig fun for the WIN!

12 Apr

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or are new to the site, you are aware that we just celebrated our 1st birthday with a karaoke party. Wait… let me rephrase that- with a karaoke party of AWESOMENESS!

fun times!

fun times!

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