Word Up: So like, are video games art?
Posted by Jef in Art, Word up, video games on 29. Apr, 2010 | 2 Comments
Steven Spielberg, enthusiastic about the medium, said five years ago video games would be art once “somebody confesses that they cried at Level 17.” At the time, a friend of mine scoffed and said he already HAD shed tears while playing games. Granted, this particular friend crying at, well, anything, wasn’t much of a surprise, [...]
Word Up: Obama’s Annuary of Amazing Adventures!
Posted by Jef in Curiosities, Politics, Pop Culture, Word up, comics on 21. Jan, 2010 | 1 Comment
A year ago, Barack Obama became president of the United States. He also gave dap to the Savage Dragon, was saved by Spider-Man from an evil duplicate, personally chose the new Youngblood roster, answered the riddle of the sphinx, was outwitted on national television by the Bomb Queen, punched out a gang leader in post-apocalyptic [...]
Word Up: A jail-breakdown
Posted by Jef in Politics, Word up, media on 02. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
The execution of the Beltway sniper in November triggered a few time-pegged stories about capital punishment — this, combined with some “Hey, let’s find out what’s going on in jail” stories that journalists are wont to pitch every now and again, led to an almost-meme that came and went quietly but that I think deserves [...]
Word up: Over-Gossiped Girl
Posted by jessekg in Curiosities, Pop Culture, Toronto, Word up on 20. Nov, 2009 | 0 Comments
I don’t know how it happened. At some point I went from thinking that socialites only existed in movies and New York City, to literally reading about Toronto “socialite” Ainsley Kerr every friggin time I check my email. First it was this piece from Eye Weekly, which isn’t necessary to read because I can sum [...]
Word Up: Hip-hop is old
Posted by Jef in Music, Rappers, Word up on 20. Oct, 2009 | 0 Comments
It’s the stuff of genres and yes, blueprints — changing vanguards, provocateur newcomers, torch passings, aged mentors and sniveling students. Cliches about the more things change, etc. Movies where wily old men defeat athletic teens with sheer know-how and decades worth of muscle memory. Honourable samurai versus heretic ninja. The good ol’ days when work [...]
