Once in awhile, I like to sit down and tell everyone just what we do here, just in case they are new. So in the words of a fat little italian plumber from Brooklyn who changed the world, "Here we goooo!" The History [caption id="attachment_4549" align="alignright" width="239" caption="Original logo circa 2005"][/caption] The roots of MDP can truly be traced all the way back to the days of January 15, 2005. American Idiot was still ruling my iPod 3rd gen and people still used Myspace. Justin and I were bored and had decided to dig through our old Sega Dreamcast games. We came across ...
One of my favorite hobbies used to be discovering local bands. Their music was about things I knew and buying CDs directly from the artists made many of them treasured possessions. Lately it seems my "local" has now really spread into the screen I find myself loving more and more internet-based bands. Of all the discoveries that have come from my late night aimless browsing, I think ALL CAPS could be one of my favorites. I initially found ALL CAPS after one of the YouTubers I subscribed to, MeekaKitty, made a music video for one of their songs "Don't Unplug Me" ...
When I was a child, I remember my parents (baby boomers/teens of the 60's and 70's) used to tell me stories of how their parents "just didn't get it". Their teenage years were filled with Woodstock, the anti-Vietnam movement, Nixon... These were the years of Rock 'N Roll and there was a sharp divide between the baby boomers and their "Greatest Generation" parents. Through my teenage years, I never really felt that level of misunderstanding. In fact, my parents "got-it" almost too well. I wanted to learn drums and be in a band, my dad taught me how to do it ...
[caption id="attachment_5495" align="alignright" width="160" caption="Red Version nostalgia... "][/caption] The first time I played a Pokémon game was in 1998 -- I have many fond memories of long car trips and rainy days discovering and catching little pixelated creatures. Nearly 12 years later, I got nostalgic and picked up a copy of Pokémon Heart Gold, a polished re-make of my favorite game in the franchise, Pokémon Gold. After cracking the seal on the box and popping the game into my DS I fell in love with Pokemon all over again. The gameplay was exactly what I expected from a Pokémon game in 2010 ...
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03. Sep, 2010 
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On this episode of internet live, we talk about Apple’s new social network Ping, Paul Allen’s love of suing, and Kanye tweet haters.
BY Amanda Hyphenated 03. Sep, 2010 0 Comments
Amanda Lanyon-LeSage interviews Eric Rampson, writer of “The Redeemers” at Wizard World Chicago Comic Con.
BY Gavin 02. Sep, 2010 1 Comment
Reality TV is awesome and it’s a wonderful way in my opinion to escape during a season of television reruns on the all the major networks (NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, etc.)
However there is one cable network that has transformed my life and helped me to appreciate reality television for what’s its worth: fun, exciting, hilarious, and drama-filled. BRAVO-TV! These shows make people look at celebrities, housewives, chefs, fashion stylists, house flippers, real estate agents, artists, salon takeover masters, and the various other people featured in a different light. I got to give Andy Cohen, Senior Vice President for Production and Programming a lot of credit for creating these shows and bring these people into our living rooms.
BY Bob 02. Sep, 2010 0 Comments
As both a sandbox game junkie, as well as someone who loves mob movies that stereotype my Italian heritage, I knew I was going to have to pick up this title. Mafia II takes you inside the life of a poor, Italian immigrant named Vito (big surprise with the choice of name by the way, also happens to be my middle name) who is brought over to America at a young age. His father, a poor alcoholic dockworker doesn’t make enough to support the family, and Vito swears to himself he won’t end up like his father, and will do whatever it takes to make money and provide for himself and loved ones. He teams up with his best friend, and future partner in crime Joe. Starting out pulling small time jobs, and working their way up to bigger money making opportunities, they eventually make friends inside of organized crime. Over the years they make the right connections, and it isn’t long until they become made men.
BY Brandon 01. Sep, 2010 1 Comment
Last night, I canceled my World of Warcraft account after nearly six years of playing the game, but about half a year of inactivity. In those six years, I estimate that I have spent roughly $950 on my subscription. I look back on these years and ask, was it worth it?
The day was November 23, 2004, I was home from my Sophomore year at college for Thanksgiving break, Bush was president, Maroon 5′s “This Love” was just starting to get extremely annoying, and the Star Wars prequel series had yet to end. My brother, a die-hard Warcraft series fan was only talking about one thing, the debut of a massively multiplayer game based in the Warcraft universe, the game was called World of Warcraft and little did I know, it would become a huge part of my life for the next six years. Read more…
BY Amanda Hyphenated 01. Sep, 2010 0 Comments
Interview with Artist Jake Rueth (pronounced Wreath)of cubecrazy2.com at Chicago Comic Con.
BY Matt 01. Sep, 2010 0 Comments
There are two types of licensed games: those that hope to make a quick buck from name recognition or nostalgia, and those which faithfully adapt source material onto already solid game mechanics to create a winning product. Back the the Future the Card Game, without a doubt, is the latter. Read on to see why.
BY Matt 31. Aug, 2010 0 Comments
Welcome to another edition of T-Shirt Addict, helping geeks maintain their farmer’s tans since March 2010! This time around, Split Reason and TeeFury continue their run as they crank out multiple great new shirts, while old favorite Busted Tees is still notably absent from the round-up. Come on guys, did you take the summer off? In any case, enjoy the threads:
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