by Shawn Robare | Mar 2, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So, in just a couple of weeks Branded in the 80s will turn 8 years old. Though it’s kind of arbitrary, we tend to focus on the “big” anniversaries in the five-year increment territory, but I had a couple of milestones I really wanted to hit when I...
by Shawn Robare | Feb 27, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This past week I dove back into my Awesome 80s Bedrooms dissections by taking a look at Josh Baskin’s childhood room in the 1988 Penny Marshall film Big. After posting that article a reader (The Navigator) pointed out the fact that there is an Extended Edition...
by Shawn Robare | Feb 25, 2014 | Awesome 80s Bedrooms, Branded in the 80s, Read
It’s been a little while since I sat down and dissected an awesome pop culture bedroom so I thought I’d dive back in by taking a closer look at Josh Baskin’s childhood room in the 1988 movie Big. First off I love this movie to death, and love all...
by Shawn Robare | Feb 22, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So I’ve written numerous times about how much I want to rebuild the toy collection I had as a child and how difficult that is for me because I’m not all that fond of buying loose used toys. I have a mental block against buying another kid’s...
by Shawn Robare | Feb 21, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Recently while organizing one of my bookshelves I found myself reminiscing over a stack of my old RPG game books. I haven’t gamed in well over a decade and a half, but I’ve clung to the various modules, rulebooks and expansions because I spent so much...
by Shawn Robare | Feb 17, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This past weekend my girlfriend Jaime and I took the opportunity of some downtime to check out a couple of cool sites in and around Baltimore. I’m still seeing a lot of the city for the first time and we lucked into a pair of free tickets to Geppi’s...
