Senator Toad Calls For More Exposure For Gaming Party

Amid the race for the White House in 2016, Mushroom Kingdom Senator Kinopio Toad called for more attention to be paid to the Gaming Party in which he and several others are vying for the nomination of.  Although his campaign started months ago, along with

RIP Alan Rickman: A Geek Icon

Yesterday nerds everywhere felt the full impact of Cinderella’s words, “You don’t know what you got till it’s gone.” Veteran of stage and screen Alan Rickman has passed away from cancer at the age of 69. And as I reflected on this (so soon after

The Blame Game: Metal Gear Solid V’s Ending

[WARNING: Spoilers ahead. If you haven’t finished Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, stop reading] In the few months since the release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, the Internet has furiously investigated the situation surrounding the game’s disappointing ending. I don’t think

Awesome Games Done Quick 2016

It’s a new year, which means it’s time to start things off right by raising money for charity with video games!  Awesome Games Done Quick is at it again January 3-10, and gamers are speedrunning their way to setting another record for fundraising with the

Twitter Erupts: Is ‘Force Awakens” Rey a Mary Sue?

Twitter, with its 140-character limit and many large personalities, is often a nexus of controversy. This weekend’s dust-up took place, probably unsurprisingly, over Star Wars.   What Is A Mary Sue It seems to have all started with Max Landis, writer of the movie Chronicle

Cape Talk: Everyone v Everyone

  On Batman v Superman Man of Steel is not a very good movie, as I’ve mentioned before. However, it did one thing very, very right: it gave Superman a proper Biblical knock-down struggle against an equally godlike opponent (finally washing from our mouths the