If you’ve seen the first trailer for the Ghostbusters reboot then your reaction probably fell into one of three categories: 1 – CLUELESS OPTIMISM: You may have seen the original films a few times. Certainly enough to remember their showcase bits: the library scene, the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, Ecto-1, the proton packs, and Slimer the...
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Welcome back! I hope that you’ve been enjoying my countdown so far! As we get closer to the top spot these lists will get a little shorter so that we can spend some more time with each game. Today we will be tacking 10 games. Games 20-11! Here we go! 20. Grand Theft...
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40. Tales of Symphonia (2004) When counting up all the RPGs on the GameCube, the list is criminally short. The GC represents one of the low points in history for Nintendo’s relationships with 3rd part developers. In 2004 GC owners were treated to a neo-classic JRPG, Tales of Symphonia. ToS wasn’t the first “Tales”...
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On the eve of The People Vs. O.J. Simpson’s premiere I wrote that I wanted the show to either be the most gloriously trashy thing to ever hit TV screens or the best drama of all time. Anything in between would be unacceptable. So which was it? Well, neither actually. The show does have trash elements–we’ll get...
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Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Like many people, I had my doubts about Better Call Saul before it premiered last year. I wondered how this one joke character could carry his own series. I worried about the tone; would it be too much of a goof or would it try too hard to capture the tension...
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Mr. Noah Reviews The 88th Annual Academy Awards
Cards on the table: I didn’t watch it. If you think that’s going to be a problem, stop reading now. The 88th Annual Academy Awards got off to a promising start thanks to a predictably wry and on-the-nose opening monologue host Chris Rock (I did actually watch this bit.) As you are no doubt aware,...
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On March 18th, Marvel will once again attempt to bring the much beloved and controversial antihero, Frank Castle to the screen, albeit the small one. Jon Bernthal will be the 4th actor taking on the role, following in the footsteps of Dolph Lundgren, Thomas Jane, and Ray Stevenson. All three are good actors (well...
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It’s that time of year again, boys and girls: Oscar Season. And as movie buffs the world over sharpen their familial tools of warfare (as one must always do before an awards show), we at PopChomp have decided to once again give you our very own set of awards for the best in film:...
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60. Mass Effect (2007) Western RPGs represent their hemisphere quite well. The western desire for freedom and expansion is shown greatly by the role playing games created by American and European game developers. Mass Effect is a perfect example of this come to fruition. While there is a definite story to follow, Mass Effect...
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A red light blinks on in the arid darkness – the pulsing signal of a radio tower, looming over the vast, unknowable desert, and the curious little town below. Fumbling for the dial on your dashboard, tuning past the usual bird shrieks and a woman reciting numbers at random, you find him at last:...
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