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  • Paprika and Inception: The Folly of Dreams and Espionage

Film, Views

Paprika and Inception: The Folly of Dreams and Espionage

by Robert • 23 May 2013 • 0 Comments

Paprika and Inception: The Folly of Dreams and Espionage

Before there was Inception (2010), there was Paprika (2006) (and, technically, Re-Cycle (2006)). Paprika is one of my all time favorite science fiction films. It is just so stylish, smart, and filled with incredible music. A team of Japanese researchers…

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Film, Reviews

Mud Review (Film, 2013)

by Robert • 22 May 2013 • 0 Comments

Mud Review

Ellis and Neckbone, two teenage boys from Arkansas, find a boat stuck in a tree on a small island. A strange man called Mud claims ownership of the boat and asks the boys to help him meet up with his…

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Books/Print, Games, TV, Views

The Staying Power of Yugioh

by Robert • 20 May 2013 • 0 Comments

The Staying Power of Yugioh

When I first heard about Yugioh in the 90s, I thought it was a ridiculous concept. It seemed like the worst kind of commercialism. It pandered to children. It was an anime and manga series designed to promote a real…

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Games, News

GameFanShop Round Up: 20 May 2013

by Robert • 20 May 2013 • 0 Comments

GameFanShop

You like games. I have discounts available for PC games. Shop at my GameFanShop partner store, get great deals on games, and support Sketchy Details. Easy as that. Here are this week’s deals. They expire on Sunday, 26 May 2013.…

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Books/Print, TV, Views

Blast of Tempest: Shakespeare Unbound

by Robert • 19 May 2013 • 0 Comments

Blast of Tempest

When I’m not writing here or at my regular gigs (or ghostwriting/editing all over the place), I teach educational theater. One of my favorite subjects to study and explore with students is Shakespeare. There’s a beauty and magic to his…

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TV, Views

Death Note and Temptation

by Robert • 17 May 2013 • 0 Comments

Death Note and Temptation

I find myself revisiting the Death Note anime a lot more than I thought I would. The visual style is fascinating. The slow pace makes for some strong suspense. Even with some of the blatantly bad choices (cough potato chip),…

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Games, Views

Ico and the Beauty of Ambiguity

by Robert • 15 May 2013 • 0 Comments

Ico

Ico is an adventure game for the PS2 (and available for the PS3 in the amazing Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collection) from Japan. You play as Ico, a young boy left to die in an elaborate temple because…

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Games, News

Pokemon Finally Grows a Backbone

by Robert • 14 May 2013 • 0 Comments

Pokemon X/Y

I already wrote about my history with Pokemon in the Philosophy of Pokemon panel write-up from Quinni-Con. I didn’t mention that I own a game from each generation, though I think that’s implied. Pokemon X/Y, the sixth generation of Pokemon…

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Games, News

GameFanShop Round Up: 13 May 2013

by Robert • 13 May 2013 • 0 Comments

GameFanShop

A brief refresher: I have a partner store with GameFanShop for Sketchy Details. They offer discounts on over a 1000 different PC game downloads. If you shop at my partner store, I get a small commission on the sale to…

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Books/Print, TV, Views

Transcending Genre: The World of Fruits Basket

by Robert • 12 May 2013 • 0 Comments

Fruits Basket

I’ve spent more time covering male-targeted anime than female targeted anime at Sketchy Details. The plain truth is that more shonen titles get released in America and impact the way anime and manga are talked about stateside. The beauty of…

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Film, Reviews

Silent Hill: Revelation Review (Film, 2012)

by Robert • 11 May 2013 • 0 Comments

Silent Hill: Revelation Review

Silent Hill, the bizarre survival horror series from Konami, has a lot of great stories to tell. It’s this nebulous concept of a place that never appears the exact same way twice. The town of Silent Hill changes to reflect…

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Film, News

Steven Seagal Deadly Crossing Photo Contest

by Robert • 10 May 2013 • 6 Comments

Deadly Crossing Steven Seagal Photo Contest

While I was at rehearsal for a theater fundraiser yesterday, I got an e-mail that I just have to share with you. I receive a lot of these notices and rarely run with them on Sketchy Details. They normally read…

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Books/Print, Games, Theater, TV, Views

Watch: Pokemon Ballet

by Robert • 9 May 2013 • 0 Comments

Watch Pokemon Ballet

One thing that fascinates me about anime culture is the heavy emphasis on music. Shows have so much music to pull from that Japanese theater companies are able to license titles for stage adaptations and use a lot of the…

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Film, Views

Online Streaming for Foreign Chops: Mexico

by Robert • 9 May 2013 • 0 Comments

Foreign Chops #12: Mexico

The theme for Foreign Chops #12 at The LAMB is Mexico. I wanted to choose another theme with a lot of titles available to stream online. I exceeded my expectations with this one. Between Netflix Instant and Hulu Plus, there…

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