The Goods on Gaming
I’m a gamer. A pretty good one, too. Good enough to review them for Plugged In, anyway. I just wanted to let you know that I love video games, before I say this: It’s an established fact that not all video games are created equal. Right? Right?! I mean, just look at all the different […]
Lambesis Asks, You Want Fluff or Meat?
I was reading a recent blog post by Tim Lambesis, who’s the frontman of As I Lay Dying (a Christian metalcore band I really like), and he had some very interesting thoughts on how interactions between fans on a social networking site have become more or less marketing tools. Lambesis observed that one of his […]
‘Dad, the Magazine’s Broken’
I recently read an article about a 1-year old who didn’t quite understand why a print magazine didn’t behave the same way an iPad does. Here’s the Culture Clip we ran on the subject earlier this week: How do children growing up surrounded by digital technology respond to old-school, analog media, such as a magazine? […]
Major Appliance Peril
“It’s making that loud squealing noise again.” That’s what my wife greeted me with when I got home from work a few days ago. Our clothes dryer had finally died—the “squeaking noise” was its last gasp—and she had already located a good deal on a washer and dryer on Craigslist for a price that even […]
As I Lay Dying: The Concert
They’re the most aggressive-sounding band in the genre, in my humble opinion. Their front man is a lumberjack-sized fellow with a booming, guttural growl that can shake the walls. But here’s the thing: They do it in the name of Jesus Christ. I’m talking about the Christian metalcore band As I Lay Dying, one of […]