Extreme Rules has the supreme displeasure of being the weird, “between important stuff” event, filled to the brim with matches and feuds that have long overstayed their welcome. Continue reading
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‘Disney Infinity’ was my happy place
I never had the typical family vacation growing up. Where most families went to theme parks, historical sites, or tourist attractions, mine went to remote locations like the North Carolina hills and towns deep in the heart of Mississippi.
I don’t fault my parents. Having two kids that are five years apart in age must be hard. That said, every trip and tour I took as a kid centered around what mom and dad wanted to do.
I spent a lot of time at NASCAR tracks, ski resorts, and beach towns. I never told them, but the only thing I ever wanted was to go to Disney World. Continue reading
The ‘Dark Souls’ difficulty debate is a matter of ideologies, game design
I have a confession: the Dark Souls 3 tutorial area boss killed me 15 times before I achieved victory. Continue reading
Husband Versus Wife… In the Streets: ‘Street Fighter V’ Versus with Will and Rachel
The husband and wife war rages on as Will and Rachel take their never-ending feud into the streets.
#40DaysofIndie: Day 8 (Joey Alexander)
What were you doing when you were 12? I was listening to music and just forming my own sense of style. Most of you probably weren’t nominated for 2 Grammy awards. Twelve year-old Joey Alexander was. Continue reading
#40DaysofIndie: Day 5 (Trombone Shorty)
In post-Katrina New Orleans, in the year or so after the storm, there was little to look forward to. The city wasn’t itself yet. That all changed when the musicians came home. One such musician was Trombone Shorty Troy Andrews. Continue reading
#40DaysofIndie: Day 4 (Jamie Cullum)
Jazz is a musical style that just wont die. It may go away for a little while but it always comes back around. Its a cycle, whats old is new again, what was played out is cool again.
In the early 2000s there was a resurgence in the jazz scene, it followed the resurgence in the swing music. Jamie Cullum first started making waves in The UK around this same time. In 2002 Cullum released :Pointless Nostalgic”. It was 2003’s “Twentysomething” that brought Jamie notoriety here in the US.
It was the blend of pop and and classic rock with jazz that first drew me to Jamie Cullum who has since become one of my favorite artists.
Days 5’s song that inspires me is the theme from the film Gran Torino.
Triple Threat Squash Night – NXT Review: 1/20/2016
Greetings, Adventurers, and welcome to the newest feature in the backlog: NXT reviews!
For those who might not know much about NXT, it’s the developmental promotion for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE); which has, in the past few years, undergone something of a revolution in presentation with the success of indie stars before their inevitable call up to the main roster. Continue reading
Winning Your Oscar Pool in Three Easy Steps
Friend of the site and all around great person Claire McBroom has graced Backlog with her presence, bringing you, dear reader, surefire steps to winning your Oscar pool. Personally, I plan on picking ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ for everything. I think it is a sound strategy. – Will
A few years ago, some of my most pop culture-obsessed friends and I started a yearly Oscar pool. None of us are professional entertainment or show biz types, and the stakes are low, but the thrill of the win is an incomparable high.
I should know — I’ve won more pools than any of my friends. I’m not bragging, this is just a statistical fact.
Ok, maybe I am bragging. It feels great. Continue reading
2016’s top 10 albums of 2015
New Backlog contributor Noah Lamprecht has graced us with more 2015 lists. Thanks go to him, and enjoy.
You’ve read all the lists at this point.
All. The. Lists.
Games, music, movies, TV shows, books… Whatever. Anymore we don’t know how to process the end of one year and the start of another without making a list of everything we did or didn’t enjoy.
And that’s fine. Continue reading
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