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Rookie of the Year
The QVC logo in red and black.

The Legend of T2419

By Matt Marrone • June 7th, 2023

We tried every dumb thing you might think of, and more. But none stood the test of time like T2419.

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A cityscape built in Minecraft. There are buildings, a baseball diamond, and a rather nice beach!

It Takes a Villager

By Matt Marrone • May 9th, 2023

Are the villagers idiots? Or am I the village idiot?

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A top-down map of the landscape of Hyrule from Breath of the Wild.

Breath of the Elevator

By Matt Marrone • April 7th, 2023

My son went right back down the elevator again. Then he went up again. Then down. Then up. Then, at last, he opened the map, traveled to another shrine, and went down that elevator.

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A screenshot from Breath of the Wild featuring a stoic Link staring off at a distant mountain range.

ChatBOTW

By Matt Marrone • March 9th, 2023

With a deadline fast approaching and no good idea about how to ridicule himself this month, Matt asks ChatGPT to take a crack at his column.

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A photograph of the folk duo Sylvan Esso wearing chambray shirts and standing amidst some thorny branches near what looks like a folk festival barricade.

No Rules Newport

By Matt Marrone • February 3rd, 2023

Something happened at the most recent Newport Folk Festival – Sylvan Esso debuted their as-yet-to-be-released and previously-unheard album, No Rules Sandy – for the first time.

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Rand Peltzer, inventor patriarch of the family featured in the film Gremlins, sits at the kitchen table with a face full of shaving cream while his son Billy looks on, laughing.

Ranking the Gremlins Gizmos

By Matt Marrone • January 6th, 2023

In honor of Rand Peltzer, we have decided to rank the unappreciated genius’ six greatest gizmos, from worst to first.

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A still Gerald's Game shows a woman crying on the floor of a bedroom. The bedclothes are bloodied and she is handcuffed to the body of her dead husband.

Your Post-Halloween Horror Movie Questions Answered!

By Matt Marrone • December 9th, 2022

Streaming random horror movies, especially without checking Rotten Tomatoes before you start them, can lead to a lot of unanswered questions concerning plot holes or peculiar character motivations.

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An image of Charizard, the orange fire-tailed dragon from Pokémon, with his wings outstretched.

Introducing “Pocket Monsters”

By Matt Marrone • November 4th, 2022

Pokémon is a portmanteau. It means pocket monsters.

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In a still from the television show Madam Secretary, the title character sits at a desk in a Washington D.C. office, wearing a slightly exasperated smile.

Living the American Stream

By Matt Marrone • October 6th, 2022

America is beautiful – at least at night, without checking social media, as it streams on Netflix.

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Detail from Shearwater's "The Great Awakening" album cover, featuring a black and white rendering of several animals circling a giant egg.

I’m a Record Producer Now

By Matt Marrone • September 9th, 2022

Until now, Matt’s musical credits have amounted to little more than a one-night-only metal taco performance at Mercury Lounge.

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