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Toys in The Attic: A Thoroughly Modern Reading of Revolution X

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Adam Maresca

History is a series of repeating cycles meshing like gears in varying but finite permutations. The saving grace of this eternally restless sturm und drang is the return of past works to relevance, and the power to mine new meaning … Continue reading →

Posted in Critical Conversation , Humour | Tagged Acclaim , Adam Maresca , Aerosmith , CDs , EDI , , Joe Perry , Just Push Play , Lazerdisc , Midway Plaza , Red Dawn , Revolution X , Steven Tyler , Wembley Stadium | 5 Comments

Hired Guns: The Real Price of Game Violence

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Adam Maresca

Adam Maresca America is slowly recovering from a flashpoint of public violence. Having learned nothing from the warnings of experts in the past, our news media has fostered an environment for a succession of copycats in the slaughter of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Critical Conversation | Tagged Academi , Adam Maresca , Blackwater , Call of Duty , Gaspar Lewis , , Mass grave , Medal of Honor: Warfighter , spin control , Steven Spielberg , Trent Reznor , Xe | Leave a comment

Horror Done Right: Being Gordon Freeman

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Karl Parakenings

by Karl Parakenings “…His figure is synonymous with the darkest urges of instinct, ignorance, and decay. Some of the worst excesses of the Black Mesa incident are laid directly at his feet. And yet, some continue to imbue him with … Continue reading →

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