Author Archives: Joel Minty

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Top Ten Characters from 20 Years of The Simpsons: Part One

By Joel Minty
December 23, 2009

With The Simpsons’ 20-year anniversary having been on December 18th, you would think that I would make two top 10 lists, but alas my list formats were made to be followed and ten is still a perfectly cromulent number.  After … Continue reading

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Ten Infected Valve Should Include in Left 4 Dead

By Joel Minty
December 8, 2009

Left 4 Dead 2 is a game which made me a pretty happy man.  There were lots of improvements, and despite a few steps backwards, overall it was a welcome addition to the shelf.  One particular aspect most people seem to … Continue reading

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New Super Mario Bros. Wii Review

By Joel Minty
November 19, 2009

Don’t let ME to tell you kids what to like, with your Robert Pattinsons, your iTwitp3pods, and your rock ‘n’ roll noise music, but years before New Super Mario Bros. Wii there was a game called Super Mario Bros for … Continue reading

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10 Spore Creations That Would Make Great Movie Monsters

By Joel Minty
November 9, 2009

Until recently, I was always impressed with the diversity and ferocity of movie monsters.  Monster movies, action, horror – these genres spawned some pretty out-of-this-world and hungry creatures, including xenomorphs from Aliens, colossal crab-praying mantis’ from Cloverfield, and, of course, … Continue reading

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10 Jobs For Master Chief Upon Retirement

By Joel Minty
October 19, 2009

Come on, Chief, quit playing Halo and go get a retiree job. 10. Master Chef: Besides the obvious benefits of being able to merely scratch out the i in his identification, after years of singeing and scorching aliens, I’m sure … Continue reading

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10 Things I’d Do With Samus’ Power Suit

By Joel Minty
September 13, 2009

Like, if I bought it or something.  Or found it in my garage. 10. Swing to work: No more long walks for me.   As long as I live in the shadow of condominiums, I could use my grapple beam like … Continue reading

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10 Reasons Link is Terrible Roommate

By Joel Minty
September 4, 2009

Link, We Need Some New Rules if We’re Going to Keep Living Together… 10. Using the hook shot to do everything is really annoying.  Just get up and get it.  Our apartment isn’t that big.  It takes you, like, ten … Continue reading

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Gamegasm: Next Gen Aliens

By Joel Minty
August 21, 2009

Game on, man, game on! A few months ago, when I was thinking to myself, “Hey, when are they going to make another game for the movie franchise Aliens?”  I found the website http://www2.sega.com/aliens/.  For those who haven’t been keeping … Continue reading

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Castle Vacancy: Mario World 1-1

By Joel Minty
August 9, 2009

So What Other Castle is the Princess Actually in Anyway? 10. Lego Castle: And who wouldn’t? I mean, face it, Mario, your castle is diminutive and two-dimensional. If she hadn’t bolted, princess would be Princess Hunchback. Lego is 3-D, opposable … Continue reading

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Futurama is Back, Baby

By Joel Minty
August 1, 2009

YOU READ IT. YOU CAN’T UNREAD IT. The cast of Futurama has officially re-signed for a new 26 episode season.  I came across this recent development through my friend Rob Salem, the Toronto Star’s TV critic and my former professor.  … Continue reading

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Futurama IV: A New Hope

By Joel Minty
July 24, 2009

When it comes to Futurama junkies, I can out-bend most. At the risk of sounding like a total dork, a risk I am all too willing to take, I am currently ranked 4th out of 66483 people at Futurama trivia … Continue reading

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Left 4 Deader

By Joel Minty
July 20, 2009

Ellis.  Nick.  Coach.  Rochelle. New survivors or fresh meat?  With Left 4 Dead 2 shipping at a prospective date of Christmas ’09, it’s time to break out your posse, load your paranoia, and automatic-ify those shotguns to quell the zombie … Continue reading

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