Category Archives: entertainment

Listicle Faves

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Gordon

Longtime visitors will recall this site once focused on media advice, vestiges of which remain in the Blog menu above or Tags on the right. Industry Q&A, tips, and fun recs. Social media replaced that demand, though I do miss … Continue reading →

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Star Wars voice swap!

Posted on September 9, 2024 by Gordon

To honor the passing of voice god James Earl Jones, best known as Lord Vader, let’s revisit this fun edit I made exploring the idea that it could be anyone under those helmets. No special audio-splitting tools or AI, just … Continue reading →

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Sim Racing in VR

Posted on August 16, 2024 by Gordon

When PlayStation VR2 launched, I dabbled in Horizon Call of the Mountain because it was a great showcase for the tech advancements since the original headset. Eye tracking, resolution, foveated rendering, yadda. But in the year since firing up Gran … Continue reading →

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Important Question? podcast

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Gordon

What would convince you to eat another human being? This is our first topic on a new must-listen podcast: Important Question? where we explore and debate such taboos with the profundity and absurdity and hilarity they warrant. Ensuing episodes will … Continue reading →

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Favorite Reads of 2013

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Gordon

I managed to consume 32 books this year. Most came from small presses, and were quite good. Plenty has already been said about the big titles, so I focus on reviewing the underserved authors worthy of your attention. Because I’m … Continue reading →

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Gas Up the Stair Car

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Gordon

I was gonna do this whole post about evolving media distribution, and how I dig the new Netflix model because it allows me to shotgun series the way I prefer. But I already pretty much covered that with my House … Continue reading →

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Books and Booze interview

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Gordon

Combining two of my favorite things into one of my favorite new podcasts. Sensing that some of their former guests (though entertaining and knowledgeable) had been far too sober given its namesake, for my appearance this week, I took it … Continue reading →

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Telecine column at ManArchy

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Gordon

I’m contributing semi-regularly to a new column at ManArchy Magazine called Telecine. The term itself describes the process of transferring film to tape or disk. Of course, it also sounds like a cool amalgamation of “television” and “cinema,” which will … Continue reading →

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Video: Winebox and fiction reading

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Gordon

Czar Bar, Kansas City, 5/24/12 (“$@!# Authors Say” event). To warm things up, Winebox performed our very first show. I already had a camera set up for the readings, so I thought we should go ahead and record a live … Continue reading →

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