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Top 10 Hidden Gems of Film Noir

Patrick — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:40:02 +0000

The dark detective office. A gruff, down-on-his-luck private eye. Smoke-filled air, dimly lit by a jagged, slanted window shade. Then “she” walks through the door. It’s a premise many film noir lovers are familiar with. Classics like Out of the Past and Maltese Falcon employ a familiar motif that helped to define a genre. But [...]

Golgo 13 Hits Netflix Instant View

Patrick — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:56:04 +0000

The anime for the Golgo 13 series has made its way to the Netflix instant streaming service, complete with a fully-voiced English translation. You can watch it here. The only reason I know of Golgo 13 is from playing the NES game based off the series, titled Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode. My grandma had [...]

Chiptune Essentials: Disasterpeace

Patrick — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:01:35 +0000

Chiptune Essentials is a feature where the Bros highlight chiptune musicians deemed important/interesting/pleasantly fragranted or otherwise Awesome. Basically you should listen to them. First up, Disasterpeace. Disasterpeace has been uploading various tracks in different states of completion to 8-bit Collective for years, many of which have been composed into the fantastic album Rise of the [...]

Select Button Podcast: Link’s Awakening and Game Boy Love

Patrick — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:51:05 +0000

There's some great GB Zelda talk in here. Link's Awakening and its melancholy Wind Fish theme, the DX version's color dungeon and the two Capcom Oracle titles, great TLoZ: LA music and pretty spot-on thematic comparisons to Shadow of the Colossus.

Biker Mice From Mars – Intro Theme Song

Patrick — Thu, 05 May 2011 17:14:34 +0000

Here is the opening theme song from the 90s cartoon Biker Mice From Mars:

The Kong Off @ Richie Knucklez Arcade

Patrick — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:31:46 +0000

Wiebe, Mitchell and Chien go head to head at Richie Knucklez Arcade.

Descend Deep Within These Dark Souls Screens

Patrick — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:32:18 +0000

Dark Souls is coming together quite nicely, and by nicely I mean gruesomely. Just check out the league of skeleton dudes below, or that huge flame monster, or the giant-ass angry wolf. From Software, you guys are just peaches.

Project Dark is now Dark Souls, From Software’s Follow-up to Demon’s Souls

Patrick — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:59:54 +0000

Demon’s Souls, the best video game in the world, was released to a quiet fanfare, slowly building in sales worldwide and eventually landing itself a place amongst the PS3 Greatest Hits. The game’s spiritual successor, code-named Project Dark, was revealed at last year’s TGS, where it was announced that the game would hit both PS3 [...]