television

Comcast’s DVR is unbelievable shit.

January 7, 2009

It’s bloody amazing that though TiVo has been around for almost a decade, no one else has managed to duplicate TiVo’s experience. This leads us to many more questions, such as how, not long ago, was TiVo considered a company that almost went under? Let’s ignore that historical anecdote, however, and instead focus on the [...]

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Adam Sessler gets upgraded. Still lame.

December 20, 2008

X-Play’s co-host Adam Sessler’s success is clearly linked to Morgan Webb’s assets, and though that magical power, the little nerd-who’s-not managed to develop some sort of strange nerd-mutant following. Well, Sessler’s now editor-in-chief at X-Play, and gets to call the shots regarding all gaming-related content at the respective network. To us, this simply reaffirms that [...]

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The King of the Hill is dead.

November 4, 2008

In what can only be blamed on the retardation that is FOX, King of the Hill somehow managed to last 13 seasons. The sad little animated comedy about a sad little Texan family did little for us aside from point out how ridiculous the country we live in is. And if that’s the point of [...]

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Firefly MMOG mimics the TV show: cancelled.

September 12, 2008

We’re not sure why people love Buffy so much, but it’s somehow made Josh Whedon a cult superstar. Whether it’s Sarah Michelle Gellar’s magical broken nose, or her bouncing ta-tas pursuing evil vampires, the show was clearly a financial success, even though we maintain it did little for the vampire genre, and was little more [...]

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The one time “authentic” means “lame”.

May 17, 2008

Why wouldn’t a child of the 80s find a modern G.I. Joe movie fantastic? Given the veritable success of the recent Transformers movie, a G.I. Joe movie seems like a logical move. That is, until one realizes that G.I. Joe is full of campy nonsense much like the Ewoks that heralded Star Wars’ demise. When [...]

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How my cable company stole Christmas.

December 5, 2007

I sat down this evening to enjoy one of my favorite Christmas specials, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” only to find that my reception was constantly interrupted by annoying digital squelching and chunking. I hate that. It only seemed to be happening on the one channel I wanted to watch, too! How dare my cable [...]

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