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A Game Economy

If you’re the type to worry about an American economy that continues to hobble along like an octogenarian centipede and chew your nails over that

Who Goes To the Movies These Days?

Earlier this year, a Rasmussen study found that 56% of us rarely go to movies. An additional 32% of us say we only “occasionally” go.

A Brave Heart Is Not Always a Good Heart

Sometimes I like to think I’m a pretty good person. That I’m aging gracefully, not grumpily. That I do a little better than average. That

Movie Monday: Skyfall

Cash. Big Cash. That’s what Skyfall earned at the box office this weekend. Daniel Craig’s third turn as 007 gunned down an estimated $87.8 million

License to Watch?

Don’t tell my editor this … but I have a soft spot for James Bond. It’s partly my grandmother’s fault. Grandma, a woman who was

The First Job of a Movie Is to do WHAT?

I’ve been diligently digging through cause-and-effect stories about media for more than a decade and a half now. It’s sort of a Plugged In tradition,

The Skinny on Horror

So you’ve tossed your diet overboard like a rusty anchor, huh? I understand. Cutting back on favorite foods and snacks can be doggone tough. (Unless

Polls, Politics & Postmodernism

If you’ve been paying attention to the news during this presidential election cycle, you’ve probably noticed the wide variance among different polls. Over at Fox

Plugged In Parent’s Guide to Today’s Technology

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