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Four Color Fury: The Departed?
Posted on 03.19.07 by Tuffley @ 3:32 am
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Captain Colbert

In a blaze of publicity, Marvel Comics announced the death of Steve Rogers (aka: Captain America). The parting shot made headlines across the globe, and came at just the right time for the cable news pundits--because you can always stop talking about a dead supermodel's baby daddy just long enough to talk about a dead fictional character.

Yes, I'm being a bit cynical about this. After all, with everything else that's going on in the world--analyzing the political impact of Captain America's "death" seems like a terribly inappropriate thing for a responsible media outlet to do. But then again, who am I to say--considering the last time a Four Color Fury column showed up, Anderson Cooper was still the host of The Mole. But everything changes, I'm told.

And besides, it's not as if Marvel hasn't done this before...

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Widge Goes... Oh Hell, You Know
Posted on 11.06.06 by Widge @ 9:04 am
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Latest podcast is up over at Kevin Smith's Quick Stop Entertainment. Subjects covered include but are not limited to: MySpace, YouTube, Comedy Central, the MPAA, the RIAA, the IRS, Christopher Nolan, Borat, and laundry detergent. No, seriously.

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Widge Goes Off: Mr. Walls Goes Under the Eight Ball!
Posted on 10.09.06 by Widge @ 5:54 am
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Yes, it's here. Another episode of Widge Goes Off.

Check out my bold new direction for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. If you dare.

Subscribe via iTunes here or do it manually with your own thing with the regular feed here.

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Apples and Oranges: Chuck Klosterman, Lester Bangs, and New Games Journalism
Posted on 09.28.06 by Doc @ 10:47 pm
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I read a lot of gaming websites, play a helluva lot of games, and spend a not-completely-healthy amount of time pondering game theory, the game industry, and game writing. As such, Klosterman's plea for a game-journalist version of Lester Bangs struck a chord with me. Coupled with a steadily increasing irritation with what passes for the gaming press over the past couple of months, add a dash of bitter, and boom.

Wrote a rant about it. Wanna hear it? Here it go.

Image snagged from In Our Times.

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Welcome to Widge Goes Off #13, Listeners - Hope You Survive the Experience!
Posted on 09.25.06 by Widge @ 12:40 pm
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The latest incoherent screechfest is up. Enjoy.

Topics include copyright issues, the RIAA, DRM, pseudoephedrine, and YouTubophobia and how it can be treated.

Subscribe via iTunes here or do it manually with your own thing with the regular feed here.

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