Future Fragments: Diablo III, "Straight White Males", and the Game of Life![]() Anastasia Salter, Pop-Culture Editor | Wednesday, 16 May 2012 Read more |
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![]() Supernatural - Fun That's Out of This WorldCC2K newcomer and Guest Writer Nelle Stewart introduces us to the phenomenon that is Supernatural, which has a... Read more |
![]() A Lament For Harry PotterIn this classic book review, Tony Lazlo sounds an extended dirge for the disappointing final chapter in the Ha... Read more |
![]() Tony Lazlo's Spoiler-Filled Review of The AvengersSPOILERS AHEAD! SPOILERS AHEAD! SPOILERS AHEAD! The Avengers doesn’t get started until Mark Ruffalo shows u... Read more |
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![]() Fanboy Comics Review: Wish You Were HereFanboy Comics Contributor Ellen Tremiti shares her thoughts on another great film from Sundance 2012. ... Read more |
![]() DC's Earth 2 #1 : New 52So let me see if I've got this straight. DC Comics' "Crisis on Infinite Earths" was a sort o... Read more |
![]() Future Fragments: Playing the Choose Your Own Adventure and Frankenstein eBooksA few new interactive stories have made their way onto the iPad recently, including one series that will be ve... Read more |
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![]() The Digital Book Revolution: Amazon's Kindle AppBack at the beginning of the year, I made a resolution to by Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader before the en... Read more |
![]() Keep them in the Kiddie Section: Harry Potter is NOT for AdultsFor this week's Book Nook, we're revisiting a piece by our esteemed TV Editor, Phoebe Raven, analyzing... Read more |
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![]() What Makes a Bad Book? (And What Makes Good Ones?)I have been so busy of late, traveling and whatnot, that my recent updates have been…sporadic, to say the leas... Read more |
![]() 2010: A Literary Year in ReviewAs CC2K's Book Editor, 2010 has been a big year for me. I have been, as of last Christmas, the proud own... Read more |
![]() It's a Smash! Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. BrawlBack in February, when we CC2K Games writers wrote about our Most Anticipated Games of 2008, I had this to s... Read more |
![]() 09-09-99: A 40 oz. for My Fallen Homie, the Sega DreamcastThe Sega Dreamcast, a console built on the former failures of its console brethren. Taking every single proble... Read more |
![]() Review: Dead Space2Visceral Games achieves a rare accomplishment: a sequel that surpasses its predecessor.I knew almost immediate... Read more |
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Television Collision: New Fall Shows Worth WatchingEven a TV addict like me sometimes has to admit that the substance of my usually happy abuse can get a little more than overwhelming. Specifically I a... Read more |
Television Collision: Game of Thrones – Television As It Should BeAnd so it has happened. The Season One finale of Game of Thrones has aired and the long wait for more has begun. It’ll be about a year and I am sure I... Read more |
Television Collision: Making the Case for Cougar Town As Best ComedyThese days in TV cirticism there is a veritable debate going on about what currently ist he best comedy on the air. The most vocal fans seem to stand ... Read more |
Television Collision: Rookie Blue's Rookies Are Coming Up ShortI am a big supporter of good television that comes from any other country than the US, for diversity's sake really. We all are so accustomed to the wa... Read more |
NYCC'11: COSPLAY AND EVENT PICTURESNew York Comic Con 2011 is here. We at CC2K are hanging out, cosplay watching, lecture listening, and comic book and anime buying. To kick off yesterd... Read more |
A Look Around The World Of Web Comics: Part 1The Sunday Funnies are for dinosaurs! The internet is teeming with web comics that you've probably never even heard of before. But just because th... Read more |
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Big Apple Comic-Con 2009, Part 2: Joe Madureira And The Videogame: DarksideCC2K's Gary Kenny talks with Darksiders conception artist Joe Madureira, a comic illustrator with talent and genius which most recently was seen ... Read more |
Not Quite a Go: Speed RacerI have to admit, right off the bat: Speed Racer was a tough read. Not that the language used was more elusive than the normal text of any other scrip... Read more |
Script Review: Fred ClausHollywood and Santa have a long history, both naughty and nice. From the classics that evoke tears to the made-for-TV drivel where Jenny McCart... Read more |
Lost Script Reviews: 2 For 1 Schwarzenegger Special - Commando II & True Lies 2By taking a retrospective look at Arnold Schwarzenegger's filmography, it's no surprise that one of these unproduced sequels works and one sucks. Con... Read more |
Do I Feel Enthusiasm for National Treasure 2?Somewhere in life I was negligently exposed to the terrible genius that is the B-movie. You know the type. It’s the one where a... Read more |
Lost Script Review: The Lost Boys 2The original Lost Boys is the epitome of popcorn cinema. It's action-packed, it's funny and it boasts a pitch-perfect cast. For my generation (an... Read more |
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Script Review: I am Legend - Future Blockbuster, or Derivative Pap?So, what is it about the end of the world that makes it so fascinating to us? What makes the extinction of our species so enthralling that we... Read more |
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Script Review: Tron 2This SPOILER-FILLED review takes a deep look into the script for Disney's upcoming sequel. A look at an early draft of Tron 2 reveals a sc... Read more |
Script Review: Oliver Stone's WWhen I first learned there was going to be a film based on the life and presidency of George W. Bush, I wondered about the audacity of such a move. C... Read more |
CC2K Reviews Two Attempts at Adapting WatchmenAs the release date of the Watchmen film approaches, CC2k looks back at two earlier attempts to adapt this seminal graphic novelAfter his efforts in b... Read more |
Future Fragments: Playing The Hunger Games…on FacebookIf I had to pick a movie release from this year to make a Facebook game out of, I probably wouldn’t have picked The Hunger Games. Yes, it’s in... Read more |
Future Fragments: The Existential Dilemmas of Pokemon Black (and White)I admit I was a bit wary when I picked up the latest Pokemon game. There's a stigma surrounding the series--role-playing "lite" at best--and I haven't... Read more |
Future Fragments: Kevin Smith's Red State TourIn the aftermath Q&A at the DC Red State screening, Kevin Smith called Red State "A Tarantino movie by way of the Coen Brothers.” Not exactly what... Read more |
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