by Shawn Robare | Aug 9, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So jumping back into Dungeons and Dragons today, we’ll take a look at the second episode which first aired on September 24th, 1983 and was titled The Eye of the Beholder. This episode was co-written by Mark Evanier (who was providing his last bit of input into...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 8, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
In preparing for this week’s Cartoon Commentary! post I think I may have bitten off more that I can chew in terms of the ground I’d like to cover. As I stated in the CC! preamble, I’d live to go through a cartoon series one DVD set at a time, which means...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 7, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
There seems to be this trend with pop music where at times it becomes so manufactured that it gets to a point of pure absurdity, sometimes with a pleasant fun outcome, and sometimes with an insanely silly one. For my money some of the fun ones have been crazes such as...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 2, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’m still trying to catch my breath after a nutty weekend full of video games, Dim Sum, and seeing the Simpsons movie, compounded by coming down with the flu on Monday and being in bed for two days straight. I won’t let the flu keep me from my regularly...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 1, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I suppose I should start off this first Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon Commentary column by talking about where I was (nostalgia/memory-wise) right before I received this DVD set. I guess this is sort of my first confessional about a basic lack of knowledge of the...