Here at Clearance Bin Review, we have been doing what we can to help and shed light on the segment of digital gaming that is indie gaming. We’ve reviewed a variety of independent games and covered the Xbox Live Independent Games Uprisings. And we’ve covered the more mainstream, “standard” games for the big three console companies of Nintendo, Sony and […]
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‘Tis the holidays. Thanksgiving has just past. Christmas is down the line. Black Friday and CyberMonday are testaments to our drive towards consumerism. But what if in 10, 20 years, you no longer had to shop for things? What if all those presents people fight for in the wee hours after Thanksgiving, those must-have toys made in China, would be replaced […]
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Quite often, movies, books, music, television shows, and other pieces of pop culture serve as a reflection of the time when they were made. Sometimes they are very much rooted in that time, and no longer feel relevant in the decades that follow. Occasionally, though, they maintain every ounce of the power they were infused with when they were first […]
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In case you were not aware, and it would be really hard not to be, election season is upon us — has been with us for over a year, And regardless of what tribe you belong to — or adamantly do not — we are probably all pretty damn sick of it by now and just want to vote. Luckily, […]
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Did you know that you could create your own television studio, find people interested in being your crew, and produce television shows just like they do in New York City or Hollywood? And you could do all of this without leaving your house, sitting in your pajamas, at any time of day? This doesn’t mean using Xtranormal or TVML. I’m not […]
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I’ve joined the modern mobile world. I took the plunge and bought a tablet. I’d resisted buying a smartphone, mostly because I did not want to pay the exorbitant fees telecoms charge just to make owning a smartphone worthwhile. I’d also have been deliberating for over a year what tablet to get. I was interested last fall when Amazon announced the […]
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“They’re coming to get you, Barbara!” If you know that line, where it comes from, what the “they” are, then there’s a good chance you are a zombie fan. If you’ve ever argued which is better, the slow zombie of George Romero fame or the fast zombie of Danny Boyle fame – or even which is the “real” zombie — […]
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As part of CBR’s 18 days of coverage of the XBLIG Uprising III, I thought I would take a look at how the organizers of this latest release extravaganza have been getting the word out about it. I contacted the event’s coordinators, Michael Hicks of MichaelArts and Dave Voyles of Armless Octopus, for their thoughts about using the online media […]
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I didn’t start reading superhero comics until the 1990s. In fact, I didn’t get interested in superheroes at all until after the animated series for The X-Men and Batman. I vaguely recall the Superfriends cartoon (and notice that I make a difference in calling it a cartoon), but if you remember it or have ever seen it, then you’ll probably […]
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Although perhaps not as big sales wise as it once was, anime and manga remain highlyinfluential in the United States since exploding unto the scene with the Pokemon universe in the 1990s. The aesthetic qualities and conventions of anime and manga have influenced American artists (I’m looking at you, Joe Madureira) and creators of comic books and animation (see Avatar: […]
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