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Wizards Of The Coast, the company responsible for Magic: The Gathering, is taking a time walk through the game’s…
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Pretend for a minute that Ghostbusters was a real operation and that ghosts actually existed. How would the events…
Aug 25 2015
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A shouting match has broken out on the early morning streets of Park Slope, Brooklyn between two 9-year-old boys.
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Note: This interview originally ran in 2015, ahead of Tommy Wiseau’s TV series, The Neighbors.
Dec 23 2014
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Nick Wanserski,
Steve Heisler,
Drew Toal,
and 6 moreWelcome back to AVQ&A (Gameological edition), where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and…
Nov 11 2014
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There is an unwritten code of multiplayer etiquette in Dark Souls II. Alongside an elaborate selection of weapons…
Oct 23 2014
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In 2001: A Space Odyssey (but more importantly, on an episode of The Simpsons), “The Blue Danube” waltz scores the…
Jul 24 2014
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Nick Wanserski,
Steve Heisler,
Drew Toal,
and 10 moreWelcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…
May 19 2014
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Evan Rytlewski,
Steve Heisler,
Emily Todd VanDerWerff,
and 3 more1. MeowMeowBeenz, Community
In one fifth-season episode of Community, an app that seems like a strange cross between…
May 6 2014
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Child Of Light begins when an adorable firecracker named Aurora, daughter of an Austrian duke who loves her dearly,…
Apr 10 2014
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Steve Heisler,
Drew Toal,
Joe Keiser,
Anthony John Agnello,
and 4 moreToday’s question is something of a follow-up to our last Q&A about in-game pop culture, and it comes from our…
Mar 19 2014
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“Love is a battlefield.” —a very confused military tactician
Mar 14 2014
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At the beginning of the original Dark Souls, your character escapes from the Undead Asylum—a place where the most…
Feb 11 2014
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Given Saturday Night Live’s unique place as TV’s sketch-comedy standard-bearer, it’s in the show’s best interest to…
Jan 30 2014
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Danny Gallagher,
Steve Heisler,
Drew Toal,
and 6 moreToday’s question comes from Gameological contributor Danny Gallagher: What piece of in-game pop culture—movie, TV…
Jan 29 2014
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Before the State of the Union address begins, Hot Dog is asked a question by Paul F. Tompkins, but he isn’t…
Jan 23 2014
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Matt Kodner,
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Creator: Jason Oda
Platforms: iPad/iPhone (Universal), Mac, PC, Linux
Reviewed on: Mac
Price: iPad/iP…
Jan 6 2014
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Scott Von Doviak,
David Anthony,
Andrea Battleground,
and 21 more1. The Grand Budapest Hotel (March 7)
A new Wes Anderson film is always an event, particularly around the A.V. Club…
Dec 20 2013
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Alasdair Wilkins,
Kevin McFarland,
Steve Heisler,
and 17 moreFor 2013’s best-of-TV list, The A.V. Club’s TV writers got together to discuss the shows that got us talking the…
Dec 11 2013
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Steve Heisler,
Anthony John Agnello,
Matt Gerardi,
and 2 moreOne of the disadvantages of doing year-end staff selections for the “best” games of the year is that because video…