Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on December 27th, 2006
360 Warranty Extension, Plasma Recommended Viewing, & Star Wars the Christmas Edition? - Welcome to the Christmas column that spiked the holiday writing punch known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. Here is hope that you gave more than you received this christmas. I tried to do just that as I did my best to include everybody I could think of and give them the gift that best suites them. However, none of that could cover up how ...
Posted in: Brain Blasters, News and Opinions by David Annandale on December 22nd, 2006
Well, it’s that festive time of the year, and what could be more appropriate than the remake of Black Christmas hitting the theatres on December 25? Now, I haven’t seen this film, of course, but the advance word is not encouraging. Head on over to www.dreadcentral.com and you’ll see that it seems that directors Glen Morgan and James Wong know how to do comedic horror (Final Destination), but have no idea how to play things straight. Sounds like we have another fine mess on our hands. But the remake has ...
Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on December 20th, 2006
Wii Straps a breaking, XBOX 360 Compatibility a adding, and a Ho Ho Ho a Packing - Welcome to the column that only gives and doesn't receive a darn thing known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. This will be a weird column this week, I apologize. My internet connection at home was down for all of tuesday night (one little rainstorm and the cable connection goes belly up). I wasted my time playing Viva...
Posted in: Brain Blasters, News and Opinions by David Annandale on December 15th, 2006
Old fogey time. When I first encountered Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K, don’t you know), it was an authentically viral phenomenon. This would have been circa 1993. It was still on the Comedy Network, a station that very few of us in the Great White North had access to. But the closing credits ordered, “Keep Circulating Those Tapes,” and people did. Often, this meant viewing the episodes in multi-duped EP versions so muzzy the dialogue was barely audible, but enough was discernible to know that we were w...
Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on December 13th, 2006
Plasma, Protecting Children from themselves & PS3 pipe dreams - Welcome to the column that never discloses whether or not it is rated M for Mature (just assume it) known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. I'm your host that made the big jump this weekend. I went and bought a 42 inch Phillips plasma from Best Buy. I don't want to get too much into it since this is good story fodder but it got delivered on tuesday and is waitin...
Posted in: Highly Defined, News and Opinions by Archive Authors on December 11th, 2006
Listen to my tale, will you?
OK, so I’m in an interview last week for a job, really more to get involved in the interview process again, and giving the right answers to the questions, and I’m asked about my hobbies. So I politely tell the guy that I write online as a reviewer, and so the question is asked, “So, what about this Blu-Ray?” Too friggin’ funny, so I discuss the format war. So I guess I’ve got an offer coming to me, but I don’t know if I wanna drive that far.
Anyway, the big news seems ...
Posted in: Brain Blasters, News and Opinions by David Annandale on December 8th, 2006
I’ve danced around the subject a few times already, but I haven’t directly dealt with Edward D. Wood Jr. in this column yet. Frankly, to do so seems rather superfluous. If you’re reading these words, you are in all likelihood intimately familiar with the great man’s work. So I’m not going to do any kind of survey or intro here. Instead, this is something of a plea.
Cult film fans have long been used to having to view their faves under conditions that are often less than ideal. Ten or fifteen years ago, befo...
Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on December 6th, 2006
Halo 3 the Beta, Some good Konami and a hookup for Ked? - Welcome to the column that has more bugs than Brittany Spears on Friday night known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. I'm your host that didn't get a hookup this weekend...mostly wishful thinking. I had been talking to this really pretty waitress at my local Karaoke bar for three weeks now. In fact she had bought me a drink last week and hugged me for some reason. So I...
Posted in: Highly Defined, News and Opinions by Archive Authors on December 4th, 2006
Caution: reading any of this entry may cause you to break down, cry and accuse me of “unappropriate” things.
Well, a week back into the fold (save for a business trip) doesn’t report much new news to speak of. In fact, the most notable news (aside from still poring over the Superman discs) is that the Blu-Ray release of Speed seems to be coming up with some glitches on playback, specifically that it won’t play on the Samsung player. Thankfully, Fox is providing replacement discs (hey, sounds familiar...
Posted in: Brain Blasters, News and Opinions by David Annandale on December 1st, 2006
A few weeks ago, I profiled Cult Epics, which has become the reigning king when it comes to DVD companies specializing in vintage sexploitation, erotica, and the like. That position is likely to remain pretty secure for some time, what with the release of such treasures as The Irving Klaw Classics box set, but there are a couple of recent contenders for the throne that have just come to my attention, so I thought I’d say a few words about them. These are Private Screening Collection and Severin Films.
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