Side Quest, Episode 29: Bethesda Press Conference Review (E3 2018)
Is it really necessary?
2018-06-11 07:03:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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Colin's Last Stand: Side Quest, Episode 28 (Audio)
E3 2018: Microsoft Press Conference Review!
2018-06-11 06:27:29 +0000 UTC View PostSide Quest, Episode 28: Xbox Press Conference Review (E3 2018)
Home run.
2018-06-11 02:07:08 +0000 UTC View PostColin's Last Stand: Side Quest, Episode 27 (Audio)
E3 2018: EA Press Conference Review!
2018-06-10 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostSide Quest, Episode 27: EA Press Conference Review (E3 2018)
Predictable.
2018-06-10 00:07:58 +0000 UTC View PostCLS: A Week in Review (June 08, 2018)
Hey Crew,
I hope this week's review post finds you well.
The biggest thing I have to talk about in this week's wrap-up is E3. It's right around the corner, and I'm planning some big stuff. I originally told you I'd do five videos. I'm actually leaning, now, towards doing six. Here's what you need to know, though: <...
KnockBack, Episode 17: The Indiana Jones Trilogy
Throughout the '80s, the Indiana Jones trilogy riveted moviegoers around the world with its tale of a cunning, adventurous archaeologist traveling the planet in search of priceless relics. Today's episode of KnockBack jumps into what makes Indiana Jones so beloved and so well-remembered, with specific sections of the show ded...
2018-06-07 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostColin's Last Stand, Episode 63 (Audio)
June 6, 1944: How D-Day Saved Europe!
2018-06-07 06:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostColin's Last Stand, Episode 63: How D-Day Saved Europe
Hey!
I usually don't write much more than a sentence when I post a video, but I'm going to make an exception today.
This is the first episode of CLS Prime since late January, and, as promised, I wanted to bring the show back when it made sense, with higher production value, to celebrate/examine something timely (in...
Fireside Chats, Episode 40: The Divisive 'Solo'
Late last year, my brother Dagan Moriarty -- Lead Animator and Designer at Sesame Workshop (for which he and his team recently won an Emmy!), and co-host of the retro/nostalgia podcast CLS: KnockBack -- sat down with me for a discussion about the Star Wars film The Last Jedi. To follow that up, Dagan and I went to see the new...
2018-06-05 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostColin's Last Stand: Side Quest, Episode 26 (Audio)
E3 Predictions! Kinda...
2018-06-05 06:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostSide Quest, Episode 26: “Predictions” and Strategies For PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, and More
Reviving an old tradition with a new twist.
2018-06-04 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostCLS: A Week in Review (June 01, 2018)
Hey All,
I hope this week's posting finds you well, as always.
I want to thank you for making May one of Colin's Last Stand's most consistent and successful months in its brief history. I owe a great deal to those who choose to support me, particularly here on Patreon, and I'm so thankful for each and every one of ...
KnockBack, Episode 16: Final Fantasy IV
In 1991, Final Fantasy IV came to SNES (we initially knew it as Final Fantasy II in the west), and it changed entirely our expectations of what a role-playing game could be. With a dire, multi-dimensional story, a diverse cast of interesting characters, a stunning soundtrack, and a serious gameplay hook, Final Fantasy IV burr...
2018-05-31 16:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostFireside Chats, Episode 39: Living With Tourette Syndrome
Tourette Syndrome (also known as Tourette's Syndrome, or simply Tourette's) is a neuropsychiatric disorder that many have reduced to a caricature of a person screaming loudly and shouting curse words. But Tourette's is much more than that, a disorder that affects 1 in 100 school-age children, an ailment that shares heavy over...
2018-05-29 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostColin's Last Stand: Side Quest, Episode 25 (Audio)
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon Review!
2018-05-29 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostSide Quest, Episode 25: Bloodstained CotM Review
Dracula's Curse, Part II.
2018-05-28 17:28:12 +0000 UTC View PostCLS: A Week in Review (May 25, 2018) + Dagan's Seinfeld Art
Hi!
I hope you’re all doing fantastic, and that this week’s update finds you and yours well.
As you can see above, it’s time to reveal the next piece of custom, one-month-only art from Dagan. This one is dedicated to Seinfeld (our KnockBack episode for the series will be out in the coming weeks), and I’m su...
Patreon-Exclusive Fireside Chat (May, 2018): The Renaissance Man
In 2004, I was lucky enough to meet Mark Ryan Sallee. At the time, Mark Ryan was an associate-level editor at IGN, and he and I quickly became friends. When I was an intern at IGN in 2004, he let me sleep on the floor of his studio apartment, and he was the person who hired me at IGN full time when I graduated college in 2007. W...
2018-05-25 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostColin's Last Stand: Side Quest, Episode 24 (Audio)
Detroit: Become Human Review!
2018-05-25 06:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostKnockBack, Episode 15: The Star Wars Expanded Universe
In 1978, a year after Star Wars: A New Hope came to theaters, a book quietly found its way onto store shelves. It was called Splinter of the Mind's Eye, and it took place in between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. And thus, the Star Wars Expanded Universe was born, storytelling from A Galaxy Far, Far Away done outside...
2018-05-24 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostSide Quest, Episode 24: Detroit Review
Don't become too human.
2018-05-24 12:11:55 +0000 UTC View PostFireside Chats, Episode 38: The Plight of Postmodernism
Professor Greg Jackson holds a PhD in history, teaches at Utah Valley University, and hosts the podcast History That Doesn't Suck. I invited Jackson to Santa Monica to discuss modern academia, and what it's like teaching in a contemporary collegiate environment that, from the outside, seems to be burning to the ground. And so...
2018-05-22 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostKnockBack: Wave III Topics Revealed (Get Your Questions/Comments/Memories In!)
Hey All!
I hope that this posting finds you and yours very well.
It's that time! I'm pleased to reveal the next 10 topics that will be covered on CLS: KnockBack. Dagan and I will be recording this wave between May 30th and June 4th in Philadelphia, and we're super excited to convene and get this pa...
CLS: A Week in Review (May 18, 2018) + Detroit: Become Human Review Plan + New Dagan Art
Greetings and salutations!
Are you well today? I hope that you are!
First and foremost, the image above! Those are one-of-a-kind paintings Dagan created for last month's batch of $50+/month CLS subscribers, and I'm going to be sending them out to one lucky person in the coming weeks. Just thought you'd like to get ...
KnockBack, Episode 14: The Sopranos
From 1999 through 2007, The Sopranos aired on HBO. Indeed, it was only HBO's second scripted series ever (kinda crazy when you think about that through today's lens, huh?). The story of Tony Soprano and his two families -- his actual family and his crime family -- is considered some of the finest storytelling to ever grace te...
2018-05-17 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostFireside Chats, Episode 37: Defending the Star Wars Prequels
Alex Schmitz likes the Star Wars Prequels. In fact, he kinda loves 'em. As a one-time film student who now works in the movie industry, Schmitz is especially well-equipped to defend what he views as underrated and underappreciated gems in the ever-growing Star Wars universe. So I invited him onto Fireside Chats to do just tha...
2018-05-15 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostColin's Last Stand: Side Quest, Episode 23 (Audio)
Revisiting the Mass Effect 3 Ending Fiasco!
2018-05-15 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostSide Quest, Episode 23: Revisiting the Mass Effect 3 Ending Fiasco
Hard truths.
2018-05-14 17:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostCLS: A Week in Review (May 11, 2018) + E3 and Vacation Plans
What's up, fam?
I hope you're all doing very well today!
This week has been a productive one. First and foremost, planning for CLS Prime's (hopefully) June return is coming along nicely. I'm chatting with an experienced editor next week, I'm getting the outline for the script structured, and I'm excited to make it ...
