2013

There were 223 posts published in 2013 (this is page 31 of 32).

Sean’s Top 10 Movies of 2012

The movie industry needs to change. We have all these great ways of delivering content nowadays, and yet it still sucks trying to see movies that aren’t the AAA release of the last few weeks. In December, I really wanted to catch up with some of the big movies of 2012. First I checked Netflix, but their selection of 2012 movies was limited to movies that were super indie and out of theaters by early summer. Red Box wasn’t much better. Then I looked at Amazon, which had a slightly better selection, if I wanted to buy Blu Rays or pay the DVD price for a streaming rental. This sucks. Don’t make me want to pirate things!

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Top 10 Video Games of 2012

Well, it got weird. In 2011, we talked about how strange it was that we still didn’t have any news regarding a new Xbox or PlayStation, that this console generation was starting to outstay its welcome. Sure, 2012 gave us the Wii U and the PlayStation Vita, but neither of them scratched the new console itch. Then many of the big games of 2012 got delayed to 2013 (Bioshock Infinite, where art thou). So what became of the year? Well, PC definitely became my platform of choice, as it probably always should be anyway. And I ended up playing lots of games in genres I usually don’t care too much about – and being pretty impressed.

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The Vault: Manuary

Cobra (1986)

If there was ever a soulless, cash-in, it’s Cobra. “What’s the laziest possible vehicle we could give Sylvester Stallone?” At least that’s what I thought. Turns out Stallone wrote the screenplay himself. Apparently, he had the uncontrollable desire to tell a story about a police officer named Cobra who mercilessly guns down criminals on the streets of Los Angeles. Could there be a more generic setup for an action movie? Why would the police allow another officer to constantly kill human beings with no repercussions? Because crime is disease, and Cobra is the cure.

Marion “Cobra” Cobretti (that’s actually his name) is an officer who works for the LAPD in a division known as the “Zombie Squad”. What is the function of the Zombie Squad you ask? The Zombie Squad is who you call when a situation gets too tough and you just need a guy to go in there and kill someone. I mean, he drives a car with a license plate that says “AWESOME”. Bizarrely, the division appears to be made up of just Cobra and a guy named Gonzales (Reni Santoni). The division is put to the test when a group of Neo-Fascists led by a serial killer, the Night Slasher (Brian Thompson), unleash a crime wave across the city. How can Cobra end this violence? With more violence!

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T3 43: Top 10 TV Shows of 2012

We go back from whence we came and do another best TV shows of the year list. A lot has changed in the year since we did in the first episode of this podcast, the top 10 shows of 2011. On NBC alone, Community went from cult phenomenon to a point of concern and longtime darlings 30 Rock and The Office began their final seasons. We all started watching new shows, some of them we really enjoyed, some of them we are ashed to like. I guess what I’m getting at is that this list isn’t necessarily just a rehash of what we talked about last year. At least, not entirely.

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Sean’s Top 10 Albums of 2012

I had a really hard time making my list and now I’m at the point where I’m not even really sure if 2012 was a really good year for music or a really solid year for music. Up until, well, now, I had 20 albums I felt were worthy of being called my favorites of the year. On one hand, that’s really exciting that I had so many I didn’t want to leave off. On the other hand, that means I didn’t have the handful of truly outstanding albums that I absolutely needed to have on my list. Maybe it’s because this was my first year as an Rdio subscriber, which resulted in me listening to well over 80 albums, significantly more than I had in one year before. Anyway, here’s the 10 I ended up on, in an order that is more arbitrary than you might think.

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John’s Top Ten Albums of 2012

In 2012, I listened to as many albums as years Bradley Cooper has been alive. Finding good music never gets any easier but it’s out there. This year wasn’t much different than last year, or the year before. There was stuff I liked, stuff I didn’t (cough, cough, Beach Boys’ reunion album) and a helluva lot in-between. Here’s what made me tap my toes in 2012.

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Colin’s Top Ten Albums of 2012

I was pretty disappointed when Sean pointed out that my total post count for the year was a measly 20 posts.  But I guess it makes sense considering I had a fairly busy year compared to most, and yet I still managed to find enough time to listen to 40 albums, a new record for me.  I guess it helped that I bought a car this year, and thus listened to music pretty frequently during those drives.  Here are a few albums that served as more than just good road music.

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