TRAILER TRASH In which we pre-review movies based solely on the trailers with 100% accuracy Total Recall (2012) Imagine that ”The Matrix” and “The Bourne Identity” had a baby (with whom they were very disappointed) and you’ve got a pretty good idea of what the most recent iteration of “Total Recall” is like. The protagnoist (played by inveterate bro Collin [...]
THE POP FILTER MIXTAPE FOR WALLOWING IN SELF-LOATHING I Better Be Quiet Now – Elliott Smith There has never been a song that is more perfect for hating yourself than this song. It is full of a sentiment of things left unsaid, unfortunate things that were said and having to deal with the consequences of [...]
THE POP FILTER MIXTAPE STRANDED ON A LIFEBOAT Goodbye Sky Harbor – Jimmy Eat World This song was chosen for one reason and one reason only: it is 16 minutes long. I have never actually had the patience to sit through the whole thing but with a 16 minute song, something new and interesting will [...]
Spec Ops: The Line SPOILER ALERT Today’s edition of Let’s Do Some Crimes focuses on exploring the harrowing moral dimensions of war in Yager Development’s “Spec Ops: The Line.” Before reading any farther, you should know that, a) this article contains some major plot spoilers, and b) this shit gets pretty dark. There, now you [...]
I MISS MY MTV HEADBANGER’S BALL CLUTCH – ELECTRIC WORRY I know this isn’t the headbangingest song off all time, but come on. This is hillbilly headbanging at its finest. And any time a song wants to include the lyrics “bang, bang, bang, bang, vamonos, vamonos” it is officially fine with me. Sure, the lead [...]
A column in which we recognize and honor our terrible video game deeds. Sometimes, nerd psychopaths don’t have to do crimes—shredding the delicate social contract that brings people together can be just as rewarding as poisoning a virtual well. Implicit social norms are social rules that aren’t usually written down, but nevertheless exert a powerful [...]
I MISS MY MTV FUN – WE ARE YOUNG It took a while, but I finally caved. I don’t want to like a band that calls themselves Fun because fuck you for naming your band after the coolest thing you can have. But goddamit…they fucking lived up to it. This song is pure fun and [...]
This column is so named because most of my videogame experience has involved the entertainment value of things like theft, arson, and murder. However, there are some additional themes presented in my review of the Walking Dead video game as well as the current game under review (Diablo III). So come on, everyone–let’s do some hate crimes! The recent release [...]
The PopFilter podcast is proud to present to you our penultimate season finale, or sausage show! This episode is absolute gold, with a little bit of silver and bronze thrown into the mix for shits and giggles. Get ready to hear everything we’ve cut from this last season with touches of drunken craziness, ie ribaldry.
THE POP FILTER MIXTAPE SNOWBOARDING WITH A BUZZ ON I’m Gonna Die Tonight – Gabriel Rios This song is fucking garbage. It’s a slow jam that sounds like a piece of dog shit fucked a pretencious badger that crapped out the world’s stupidest, piece of shit idiot. However, if I am about to snowboard with [...]
This week the friends try something different by locking Jason out of the room, and bringing in PopFilter writer Brett Wheeler to talk about Slash- Apocalyptic Love and Spartacus: Vengeance. You think having a guest would force professionalism. Unless you’ve listened to the show before, and realize it can always get worse. But worse in [...]
In this article I chronicle my top five gaming moments of all time. Most of these instances are funny; some are filled with pathos. In each case, however, I was committing at least a few felonies, which is the point of this column. (I realize I probably should have posted this as my first column, [...]
I MISS MY MTV 80′S FLASHBACK! DEXY’S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS – COME ON EILEEN Fiddle? Check. Stock footage from the past? Check. Banjo? Check. Overalls? Check. This video was the 80′s in the best and worst way possible. The style, fashion and mentality of this video all make me want to crap barf. However, AND THIS [...]
Let’s Do Some Crimes! In which Brett discusses the perils and merits of video games. THE WALKING DEAD Welcome to this, the inaugural “Let’s Do Some Crimes!” column. The column is so named because, after years of roleplaying and video games, I realized that they all pretty much boil down to theft, arson, and murder. [...]
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