The list of computer games I played as a kid is downright hilarious. My earliest, fuzziest memories are of something my sister and I called “The Miss Piggy Game” in which Miss Piggy rode a spaceship and shot some kind of weaponry. (I’m assuming this was Pigs in Space, but we never owned a video…
The Thursday Book Beat: Game of Thrones Star Goes Up Against Zombies in New Film
E-book subscription service Oyster to close The Netflix-esque service for books announced it would be shutting down over the next few months, with much of its staff moving to Google Play Books. Oyster had previously offered a million titles to users for $9.95 a month. The departure of Oyster from the subscription field leaves Scribd…
The Lawndale Lowdown: An Introduction to Daria
Hello again! In this month’s series of cartoon columns, I’ll be diving into one of the most beloved characters from the 90s. She is one of the best inventions that MTV could ever create, and her name is Daria. The show started in March 1997 on MTV (when it was a hub for amazing and ridiculous things)…
Audiobooks: For Your Listening Pleasure
I’ve set myself a a goal of reading 100 books this year and am doing pretty well. I include audiobooks in that list, though I used to sheepishly believe that letting someone else read to me was cheating when it came to reading challenges. But I love to read and when life gets too busy…
5 Shoujo Manga Characters and the Boy Band Members Who Played Them
If there’s one thing the 90s left me as a legacy, it’s an undeniable weakness for boy bands. My tween existence played out against background music from *NSYNC, the Backstreet Boys, and a couple one-hit wonders that ended up on mixtapes I’d make on Sunday afternoon. As I’ve grown up, those Sunday afternoons sometimes involved…
I’m Loving: Alex Winston’s Music and Being
I discovered Alex Winston in 2012 because I am obsessed with Fundamentalist Mormonism. In my limited free time I read anything I can find about this sect of Mormonism. When one branch of information runs out, I turn to Google, which led me to Winston’s song “Sister Wife.” (Content Warning: The following video contains blood…
