CW’s The Flash is one of the most popular debuts of the 2014-2015 television season, which owes a lot to the fact that it’s a DC superhero property that’s unabashedly fun and self-aware. Of course, it would be. You have villains like Captain Cold, Rainbow Raider, and Pied Piper up against a superhero dressed in…
Heroes Reborn: Down to The Wire
NBC premiered its tiny fifteen second teaser during the Super Bowl for its revival series Heroes Reborn, a variation on its once-lauded, but mostly lamented series Heroes. The original series flew like a rocket, but sadly crashed at the end like a badly damaged rocket. Wendy and Jamie, who discussed this about one year ago…
Swallowing Your Privilege: Writing and Making a Living
Privilege is a hard pill to swallow, especially growing up in the mythos of Puritanical-pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps-idle-hands-are-the-devil’s-plaything-etc. America. But, like the giant antibiotics I’m taking right now for an upper respiratory infection, you have to swallow those enormous pills, all of them. Okay, the metaphor may be clumsy, but I keep getting those damn horse pills lodged…
My First (PC) Game: Torin’s Passage
My grandmother was an engineer for Southern Bell (a predecessor of Bellsouth/ATT). My mother worked as a Help Desk operator for IBM for several years. So, I come by a love of computers honestly. However, for the first few years of my gaming life I only operated on a SNES, the controller like an extension…
The Thursday Book Beat: Toronto International Book Fair Won’t Be Making A 2015 Comeback
INSPIRE! Toronto International Book Fair Won’t Be Making A 2015 Comeback Those who organize the event cited that the decision to not return was due to being unable “to secure a timely commitment from exhibitors”. This isn’t a surprise given that the turnout for last year’s fair was far less than what many of the…
Sex and the Modern Superhero
Last week’s Scriptnotes episode, which had sex columnist Dan Savage on as a guest, looked at sex and superheroes, or as they put it, the sexless superheroes of the big screen. Are they “sexless?” Should they be more explicitly sexual? Team WWAC reacts and opines. Most superhero movies, TV shows, and even radio plays have…
Advanced Functionality: Date Night With WWAC
I would probably date Nautica from Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, were she an actual existing person. She’s an adorable, well read, left leaning, politically minded, sweet purple lady that likes cats. Basically my girlfriend, if she was a giant robot that turned into a submersible vehicle and had engineering knowledge.
Jem Jam: “Kimber’s Rebellion” and “Frame Up”
2015 marks the 30th anniversary of Jem, the beloved 80s cartoon series. Jem and the Holograms have never been bigger, as 2015 will also see the release of a live action film based on the show, a new comic book series published by IDW, and a continuing line of collectible fashion dolls from Integrity Toys….
Delving Deeper into Gaming Lore
It all started with Teyrn Loghain Mac Tir, a brilliant military strategist, the hero of the Battle of Riverdane, trusted advisor to King Cailan, father of the queen, and loyal friend and guardian to Cailan’s father Maric. When King Maric’s ship was lost at sea, Loghain spent two years searching for him, nearly bankrupting the Ferelden coffers….
Don’t Do This: Diplo Steals Indie Illustrator’s Art, Responds to Criticism with Harassment
Yeah, you read that right. Grammy-Award winning DJ Diplo was above requesting usage or offering payment for independent illustrator and animator Rebecca Mock’s work. Without her permission, he used her animated gif as a promotional Instagram for his latest collaboration. Not content with having a conversation about copyright and usage laws, he responded to Mock’s outcry…
Get Your Game On Wednesday
Hello, happy gamers! How’s the week treating you? I recently realized I had forgotten to play The Room 2, so I’ve been catching up before The Room 3 comes out this spring. Also, confession time, I started Life is Strange, but haven’t committed much time to it. Let me know what you’re playing, and what…
Political Cartooning With Joe Dator: Clean Lines and Jokes
At first, I thought I really did not like artist Joe Dator. My initial assumption was that he was sexist and took easy shots like so many other political cartoonists. Honestly, these thoughts were based almost entirely off the the first cartoon of his that I saw, which was this one: