By: Meg Humphrey Sailor Moon wasn’t my first taste of anime (it was Ranma ½, if you’re curious), but looking back I think it might have been the most important one. I was lucky enough to be able to watch all five seasons in their original Japanese with subtitles due to being in an anime […]
Category Archives: Review
June 06
Under the Skin: An Intense & Unnerving Sci-Fi Film
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By: Jen Richards Jonathan Glazer’s latest film, Under the Skin, is one that invokes strong feelings. Based loosely on the book by Michel Faber, and starring Scarlett Johansson, it is a creepy, close up look at what it is like for a being not of this world to experience it. Glazer has been compared to both […]
April 28
Movie Review: The Quiet Ones
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By: Meg Humphrey Thanks to Lionsgate and GeekGirlCon, I got to attend a screening of The Quiet Ones a day before it came out! Let me preface this with two things: this is my first time going to a screening and this is the first time I’ve ever seen a movie in the theater alone! […]
April 21
My Latest Addiction: New Leaf
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By: Terra Clarke Olsen Animal Crossing: New Leaf hit the States in June, 2013 (it was released earlier in Japan). That’s almost a year ago…and I managed to stay away all this time. Well, that is until about a month ago. While visiting friends in PDX, I learned that my friend, Mikey, was playing New […]
April 14
The Winter Soldier
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By: Meg Humphrey I am a huge Captain America fangirl. Justice, righteousness, and unwavering moral compasses are some of my absolutely favorite things. Now, I admit that it was The First Avenger that brought me into the fandom (and don’t anyone dare say that I’m not a “real fan” because of it), but since then […]
January 20
All Hail the Glow Cloud
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All Hail the Glow Cloud: How Welcome to Night Vale Won My Heart By: Leah Zoller I tend to describe the podcast Welcome to Night Vale as a surrealist fantasy version of Prairie Home Companion. Each 20-25-minute episode is narrated by Night Vale Community Radio host Cecil Gershwin Palmer (voiced by Cecil Baldwin), who gives […]
January 17
Spike Jonze’s Her
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Spike Jonze’s Her: Light on the Sci-Fi, Heavy on Feelings By: Jen Richards (Warning: Potential though Minor Spoilers) Joaquin Phoenix stars in Her, the tale of a man who falls in love with his operating system (OS). A little far fetched perhaps, but knowing Spike Jonze was at the helm (as director and writer), gave […]
November 13
Ender’s Game
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Ender’s Game: A Latecomer’s Perspective By: Terra Clarke Olsen On its opening weekend, people poured into the theater to watch Ender’s Game, the movie based off the book of the same name, earning $28 million . If you haven’t done so yet, I would suggest buying your tickets. And if you haven’t read it yet, […]
October 16
Podcasts of Note
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Podcasts of Note: Pop Culture, Comedy, and Good Advice By: Jen Richards I started listening to podcasts when I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal. My village did not have electricity, let alone television. Podcasts became one of my only sources of entertainment and direct links to what was going on in the US. […]
October 04
Plants vs Zombies 2 Review
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Plants vs Zombies 2 Review By: Ryokazendriel I saw a host of games at PAX that were freemium / moba, and even the show floor presenters looked as if they were salivating to get in on the mythical cash cow that is LoL, or Candy Crush, or what have you. I almost felt bad for […]
September 23
What to Watch Now that Breaking Bad is Ending
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What to Watch Now that Breaking Bad is Ending By: Jen Richards With Breaking Bad coming to a close, and Game of Thrones still months away, many of us are seeking new shows to immerse ourselves in. Even if you are not a BrBa fan, fall is a perfect time of year to check out […]
September 18
Blogs that I Love
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5 Blogs that I Love (That you just might too) By: Virginia Eader 1.) The View from the Bus Since moving to Seattle almost 5 years ago, I’ve experienced my share of public bus drivers- some old, some grumpy, some overly friendly, and others who had confused their job with that of an overly enthusiastic […]