The Cultural Gutter

Wars, Etc.

By Carol on February 8, 2010 • ( Leave a comment )

“A pretty harrowing movie, realistic in an emotional way that most war movies don’t catch” – Joe Haldeman, on The Hurt Locker.

Great Videogame or Greatest Videogame?

By Carol on February 8, 2010 • ( Leave a comment )

System Shock, a great videogame from 1994, gets a mod to make it easier to play for modern videogamers (with lots of tips in the comments on how to get the game running).

Black Panther Animated Series

By Carol on February 7, 2010 • ( Leave a comment )

Marvel’s animating my childhood with their upcoming Black Panther series for BET. (No, I wasn’t T’Challa, the King of Wakanda. I just loved Black Panther). Animated Superheroes has the theme song as well as screen shots of characters and the voice-acting credits. (via Black SuperHero Blog).

The Casefile of Sherlock Holmes and Carl Kolchak, Reporter

By Carol on February 4, 2010 • ( 3 Comments )

Though I prefer reading —and writing about —comics in collections, I do buy comics in single issues. Sometimes I need to know what happens next or can’t wait for the collection anymore. Sometimes it’s idle curiosity or the lure of the pretty. But every once in a while, […]