History of The Fourth of July
'Declaration of Independence' painting by John Trumbull. It has been in the US Capitol Rotunda since 1826.
With the United States celebrating its birthday, many of you will spend the day doing such patriotic things as grilling, drinking beer and ...
The Not-Perfect Perfect Games
In Classics | By Bryan Lienesch | On April 23 2012 08:58 AM
On Saturday, White Sox righty Phil Humber became the 21st pitcher in the history of professional baseball to ever pitch a perfect game. His name is now enshrined with greats like Sandy Koufax and Randy Johnson. But in all those ...
Thanksgiving and Other History
So with Thanksgiving upon us I was considering doing a themed article about the holiday,as it would give me a chance to use the history degree I worked so very hard for in undergrad. During research I decided to write of the events ...
Anonymous and The Shakespeare Question
This Friday the film Anonymous hits theaters accompanied with a storm of controversy. The film purports to show that William Shakespeare was not the actual author of the works attributed to him, but only a frontman for Edward De Vere, ...
The Depp Identity 3: The Depp Ultimatum
In Classics | By Chris Turner | On September 4 2011 12:04 PM
No this has nothing to do with the Jason Bourne franchise. This has to do with Disney's Lone Ranger remake that they've been planning for years. A few weeks back the Studio demanded with an iron fist some budget reductions ...
Peter Parker Replaced as Spider-Man
In case you hadn't heard, Marvel Comics is shaking things up a bit. With their recent rise in popularity as a brand of entertainment, Marvel likely feels it has to do something to get long-time fans interested in the books ...
Alternative Look at Super Mario Pits
In Super Mario Bros for the original Nintendo, when you have a misstep or an ill-timed jump, you fall in a pit and that's the end of that life.
Not so fast.
Awesome artist, Ryan Coleman, challenges that idea.
Movie News – 4/5/2011
In Classics | By AverageThomas | On April 5 2011 09:40 AM
There’s so much going on in movie news right now that instead of covering it in a dozen separate articles, I wanted to give some summaries all in one spot.
First, the money…
BOX OFFICE TOP TEN (weekend gross figures ...
Super Mario Bros Meets Bulletstorm
Super Mario Bros is one of the most well-known video games of all time, ranking up in the stratosphere which includes Frogger, Pong, Donkey Kong and Pac-Man. Possibly someday BULLETSTORM could hit that plateau, given the creative nature of the ...
Devil’s Advocate: This Guy’s a Fraud… and other Christmas Hum-Buggery
In Classics | By SirMHayesXIV | On December 20 2010 12:35 PM
In an idea that was born from the "Die Hard, a christmas movie?" debate (for the record it isn't and you'll never EVER get me to admit otherwise... seriously, its probably best if we don't start on that) I ...













