Corporate team-building exercises always sound like a great idea in the conference room. “Let’s strengthen relationships, improve communication and build trust.” After sitting through enough PowerPoint presentations filled with stock photos of people high-fiving, you start to believe it might… Continue Reading →
Cold Open: After a long-and-intentional panning of scenery slowly bleeds into partially spoken sentences as the audience deciphers a boat has mysteriously returned after 30 long years of being declared lost at sea, the story of Rose of Nevada (which… Continue Reading →
When I first heard about Pitfall, my mind immediately went to the old Atari 2600 game. For a brief moment, I wondered if someone had finally decided that a guy swinging across vines, dodging crocodiles and jumping over pits deserved… Continue Reading →
One of the things I love most about the horror genre is discovering how different countries approach it. Japan has given us vengeful ghost stories. Italy helped define the giallo movement with stylish murder mysteries drenched in blood. France pushed… Continue Reading →
When I was in high school, I worked at Video Quest, a small video rental store in my hometown. This was back before streaming services put thousands of movies at your fingertips. If you wanted to watch a movie, you… Continue Reading →
For anyone who’s ever done the “Time Warp” again (and again and again) throughout the years, you might have a decent understanding of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but a new documentary takes fans of the film (and its previous… Continue Reading →
I was never one of the popular kids in high school. I wasn’t necessarily bullied, either. I just ran with a group that most people would have described as socially awkward. We were the band kids, the gamers, the movie… Continue Reading →
I have worked in cybersecurity long enough to know that most people do not think much about digital security until something goes horribly wrong. Passwords, banking apps, fraud alerts and multi-factor authentication are just everyday annoyances until suddenly somebody loses… Continue Reading →
I honestly believe there are two types of people in this world: The people who think haunted attractions stop being scary once the customers leave and the people who have actually spent time inside one after hours. A few years… Continue Reading →
There was a period of time, years ago, where I became completely convinced that I could win the TV show, Survivor. This confidence made absolutely no sense. I was already an out-of-shape man with a bad back, colorblind and the… Continue Reading →
