I’d heard rumblings of this book for some time now, basically that it was a gorge fest of nostalgia porn for anyone who grew up in the 80’s and early 90’s. I approached the book eagerly and was almost immediately rewarded for this decision. Let me say this, nostalgia porn barely covers it as this little novel packs a closed fist punch to the face of pop culture references, gaming nods, and full on geekery that never failed to satisfy me.
Posted in Books, Contributions, Kevin Smith
Tagged 80's, 90's, Cory Doctorow, Ernest Cline, Geek, Geek Culture, James Halliday, Kevin M. Smith, Nostalgia, OASIS, Ogden Morrow, Ready Player One, Wade Watts, Wil Wheaton
Biggest pro of being the unpaid Monkey Intern: Having an excuse to go see 3-d action movies.
Biggest con of being the unpaid Monkey Intern: I did mention “unpaid”, right? Can I at least use this as a tax write-off? I mean, it was $13.50 for primetime with a 3-d upcharge…can’t someone toss the interns of the world a bone here?
$200 million.
Let me make one thing clear: I’m not defending John Carter to the grave. I’m not here to tell you it’s the greatest movie of the year, let alone the decade. But (despite my above rant to the contrary), I don’t regret paying a small fortune to see it in theaters.
The New Year is finally upon us. 2011 brought some good times for us here at Monkey in the Cage, namely the birth of our wicked cool podcast (that’s for any fans we may have in Boston). But, as awesome as 2011 was, 2012 is going to be a thousand times better. This year is going to be a geeks dream year come true – everything from video games and movies to conventions and podcasts. Like everyone else, we look forward to the new year and what it brings, but at the same time, we can’t help but take a nostalgic trip down memory lane.
This week, as everyone is looking forward, we’re looking back. Join us as we talk about the a crap load of things from our childhood and adolescence that we both love an miss. Be it cereals, tv shows, cartoons, or professional wrestling, nothing is off-limits as we babble on and on and commit the cardinal sin of dating ourselves and feeling old. Let your ears take a listen and your mind reminisce on the things that helped make us the geeks we are!
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Posted in Board Games, Books, Comics, Food, Gaming, Movies, Podcast, Pop-Culture, Role Playing Games, Table Top Games, Television, Toys, Video Games
Tagged Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Adam West, AMC, Archer, Archer: Season 3, Arkane Studios, Bare-Knuckle Boxing, Batman, Bethesda Softworks, Boomerang Controller, Brad Pitt, Buckaroo Bonzai, C.O.P.S., Cap'n Crunch Peanut Butter Crunch, Capcom, Captain Planet, Care Bears, Charlie Bone, Chicken McNugget Buddies, Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers, Chrono Trigger, Cookie Crisp, Dishonored, Dragon Warrior, Duck Hunt, DuckTales, Final Fantasy VII, Fraggle Rock, G.I. Joe, G.L.O.W., Gargoyles, Gemma Arterton, Gobots, Gremlins, Guillermo Del Toro, Gummi Bears, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, He-Man, Howard The Duck, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Iced Oatmeal Cookies, Iron Sky, Jem, Jeremy Renner, John L. Sullivan, JRPG, Kate Beckinsale, Lego, Legos, Lunar, Married With Children, Max Brooks, Mega Man, Micro Machines, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Modern Family, Monopoly, Monster Trucks, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Mr. Belvedere, My Little Pony, NARC, Nerf, NES, Nintendo, Nintendo Power, Nintendo Zapper, Nostalgia, Operation Raccoon City, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Plants vs. Zombies The Board Game, PlayStation 4, Pound Puppies, Predator, Prometheus, PS4, Punky Brewster, Rainbow Brite, Resident Evil, Ridley Scott, Robotech, Roller Derby, Romper Room, Sacha Baron Cohen, SanDiego Comic-Con International 2012, Saved By the Bell, Sean Connery, Shirt Tales, Silver Spoons, Simon, Sony, Southland, Square Enix, Super Mario Brothers, TailSpin, Team Ico, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The 47 Ronin, The Addams Family, The Animaniacs, The Avengers, The California Raisins, The Cosby Show, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Dictator, The Game of Life, The Ghostbusters, The Goonies, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Killing, The Last Guardian, The Lawrence Welk Show, The Legend of Zelda, The Lion King, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Munsters, The Neverending Party, The Night Eternal, The Power Team, The Princess Bride, The Snorks, The Strain Trilogy, The Walking Dead, The Wuzzles, Thundercats, Time Bandits, Total Recall, Transformers, Trivial Pursuit, underworld, Underworld: Awakening, Voltron, Warner Bros., WMAC Masters, WonderCon 2012, World Heroes, World War Z, WWE Action Figures
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