This week on “The Banter Blender,” Kyle Buchanan (senior editor, Vulture.com) joins Ben Mandelker (bsideblog.com) to talk shop about movies and video games. The two first discuss Kyle’s impressions of the first fifteen minutes of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” before moving on to the fate of movies based on video games. Can there ever be …
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BANTER #83: Talking Oscars, The Lego Movie, and Nike Bootcamp with Guest Jessica Ogilvie
This week on “Banter,” Jessica Ogilvie (twitter.com/jessicapauline) joins Ben Mandelker (twitter.com/bsideblog) to hash out everything from The Oscars — including but not limited to Bette Midler, Liza Minnelli, Ellen Degeneres, and many more. The two also share their rigorous experiences at Nike Training Club boot camp and opine with great warmth about “The Lego Movie.” Things …
VIDEO: Super Mario Beads — Just Watch This And Thank Me Later
Some creative souls in Sweden animated a Super Mario Bros. adventure with beads, and the end result is nothing short of awesome, amazing, genius, and great. I think this may be one of the best things I’ve ever seen on YouTube. For two more shorter adventures, check out the filmmakers’ SMB playlist here. Oh, and …
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Jim Bellino Might Just Be Super Mario
Jim Bellino and wife Alexis from The Real Housewives of Orange County I mean, the comparison just has to be made. And if Jim is Mario, that makes Alexis…
VIDEO: Amazing Time-Lapse Super Mario 3D Sidewalk Art
The headline kind of says it all. KEWL.
It’s ‘The Walking Dead’ Video Game!
Like zombies? Like The Walking Dead? Like video games? Well, great news: a Walking Dead video game is coming to the PS3 in just a few days — April 30th to be specific. IGN has already reviewed the game — giving it a solid grade of 8.5 (“Great”) — and while the TV show can …
10 Fixes For ‘Draw Something’ That We’d Like To See
Draw Something surfaced in late February of this year, and within days it became a top seller, going so far as to reach 50 million downloads in only fifty days. It has blown up all over pop culture, causing many people to abandon their endless Words with Friends games and opt for the quicker, more …
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Play ‘Mad Men: The Game’ Right Now!!
Hey, remember that brilliant interactive Saved By The Bell YouTube game? Well, the geniuses behind that — the Fine Bros — are back with the equally ambitious and enjoyable Mad Men: The Game. Must I really say anything more? Go give a whirl, and don’t forget that Mad Men is finally back this Sunday. Wheeeeee!!!
Presenting T.I.ny Wings
A few weeks ago, my friend Meeshie challenged me to somehow blog about T.I. and Tiny Wings in the same post. Well, I have accepted the challenge. Presenting T.I.ny Wings. (Still testing my blog software.)
Testing My Site With Tiny Wings!
What’s my favorite new iPhone game? Tiny Wings! The game made its big splash last year, but I finally decided to download it two weeks ago, and it’s been a whimsical, glorious ride. Far more enjoyable than Angry Birds, if you ask me. So why am I sharing this? Because I need to post something …