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• Does “The Batman” Earn its Universe Beyond the “DCEU?”September 1, 2022
  A grim, gorgeous epic that renews yet regresses… The Batman has answered the question of whether or not it belongs, and has earned its place as a separate universe and franchise right alongside whatever newly-re-rebooted, or magically-revived, or clumsily-redirected, or finally-focused version of the “DCEU” comes out of these new efforts from Zaslav leading Warner Bros Discovery.…Read on!Does “The Batman” Earn its Universe Beyond the “DCEU?”
• Folded Mind #003 – Men Named DanaApril 5, 2022
  I hope the young male Dana’s of these tumultuous days are able to turn away from the example of Dana White Jr. in his slavish continued loyalty to not only Donald Trump but also all the precepts and requirements of “being a man” that White and his fellow man-o-sphere circus barkers like Joe Rogan exemplify. There is a healthier, deeper, more real “masculinity” that comes from inside……Read on!Folded Mind #003 – Men Named Dana
• Does “The Suicide Squad” Redeem the Suicide Squad for the “DCEU?”August 23, 2021
  Given the dour headlines regarding box office performance and second week for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad… the size of its audience remains uncertain. But if you’re out there reading this right now—mythical mirthful gore-hound—and you haven’t yet seen it, let me reassure you. The Suicide Squad is gory and funny and heartfelt and great: it’s the Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil of super-hero movies.…Read on!Does “The Suicide Squad” Redeem the Suicide Squad for the “DCEU?”
• Infinite Injustice: Why it’s Impossible to #RestoretheSnyderVerseAugust 2, 2021
  It’s very easy to understand people wanting to go back in time, to pick up not only the DCEU serial story where it left off five years ago, but the sense of potential of a planned universe and story-line executed by a stellar cast and crew of talent assembled. But, with the time that has passed and the changes in both the people involved and the market in which these stories compete, is it even possible to #RestoretheSnyderVerse?…Read on!Infinite Injustice: Why it’s Impossible to #RestoretheSnyderVerse
• Star Trek’s BEST DAD Ben Sisko… and the ONLY WAY He Should ReturnJune 27, 2021
  Unlike the roles most actors portray, when we take on the role of being a father it’s one we take on for life. It’s never Something You Leave Behind. If Picard: Season 2 wants to bring the most satisfying closure to the biggest cliffhanger left at the end of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine by bringing back Captain Sisko, they need to ensure he should already have returned home long ago… after all Ben Sisko is Star Trek’s Best Dad!…Read on!Star Trek’s BEST DAD Ben Sisko… and the ONLY WAY He Should Return
• Future Guy Wins (Star Trek as Failed Enterprise)August 13, 2020
  In the utopic future of the Federation, we needed to be humbled by being taken to ground, before we opened up to other possibilities. Our systems of greed and fear and power-mongering had to fail us, before we would be ready to change and meet a race like the Vulcans who advanced themselves to the stars with a social system designed entirely around logic.…Read on!Future Guy Wins (Star Trek as Failed Enterprise)
• The Rise of Skywalker is to The Last Jedi as Justice League is to Batman V SupermanDecember 28, 2019
  Both follow-ups have a similar relationship to their predecessors, and a similar nature as a response to them. To be blunt, for both, the latter movie is a dumb mess; a corporate course correction in response to a lot of outrage from a group of internet detractors with loud voices. It dropped all of the plot threads from its predecessor, completely changed in tone, and wrecked some of the more interesting and universe-challenging questions asked by the movie before it.…Read on!The Rise of Skywalker is to The Last Jedi as Justice League is to Batman V Superman
• Folded Mind #002: Freeze-Flattened Fingers from Sin CityMay 11, 2018
  I’m amazed that young Dana thought to note his concern but entirely missed the meat of the story: where the issue came from. I insisted quite mistakenly, in fact, that there was “no reason.” I had a very good reason for weird shit to be happening to my fingers. See, when I was sixteen I went on a trip to Vegas with my family, and there I went through a fairly stupid misadventure which practically destroyed the fingertips on my right hand, and left them without fingerprints for months.…Read on!Folded Mind #002: Freeze-Flattened Fingers from Sin City
• Folded Mind #001: Reflections on a Journal… Thirty Years LaterDecember 14, 2017
  It’s funny looking back now at the things that haven’t changed. I’ve never been to Maine, but I did spend a lot of my teenage years reading Stephen King’s bibliography, and I’ll bet a lot of my early writings in here will show a great degree of imitation of his work–not really intended as flattery since I didn’t have the level of self-awareness at the time to label it such. I suppose that is what makes imitation flattery’s sincerest form.…Read on!Folded Mind #001: Reflections on a Journal… Thirty Years Later
• ESA, ESRB, PEGI etc – It’s Time Again To Self-Regulate, To Avoid Governmental RegulationNovember 21, 2017
  Loot boxes, as a general rule, are not gambling as currently legally defined… but the longer the self-regulating forces hide behind the cash out distinction as the reason to ignore these developments, the more they risk being accused of secretly advocating and tolerating business practices that are already being labelled as predatory.…Read on!ESA, ESRB, PEGI etc – It’s Time Again To Self-Regulate, To Avoid Governmental Regulation
• How Haste Hurt the Heroes in Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)May 24, 2017
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 8,082 (Contains full spoilers for Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice as well as comparison with the Ultimate Edition release on Blu-Ray, as well as it’s “Twin Movie” Captain America:…Read on!How Haste Hurt the Heroes in Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
• If Young People Hate Gambling, Why Do They Keep Getting Busted For It?May 19, 2017
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 538 Gambling is an adult activity. Like alcohol or other adult forms of entertainment, the thrill you get from winning a big jackpot can be a powerful rush, and therefore…Read on!If Young People Hate Gambling, Why Do They Keep Getting Busted For It?
• The Misreporting of Manslaughter in Man of Steel (2013)January 18, 2017
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 5,420 [Contains major spoilers for Man of Steel, Superman Returns, Hulk, Iron Man 3, Falling Down, and The Town] Marvel V. DC: Dawn of Movie Rivalry Rivalries within American culture…Read on!The Misreporting of Manslaughter in Man of Steel (2013)
• Call of Duty 45 Video Game BoxNovember 2, 2016
  After the shocking and disastrous election of the corrupt, racist, fascist, and seditious 45th president of the United States of America, I noticed all his crappy anti-immigration rhetoric about the wall really echoed an equally crappy future recently depicted in the era’s most crappy entry in the Call of Duty series.…Read on!Call of Duty 45 Video Game Box
• URBA#2 – Do You Support Modern Feminism?September 13, 2016
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 394 The Underappreciated Reddit Brilliance Archive is a series for those Reddit posts of mine where I really captured and said something good with my words, and spent them on…Read on!URBA#2 – Do You Support Modern Feminism?
• URBA#1 (Underappreciated Reddit Brilliance Archive) – The Great Garden of TimeSeptember 7, 2016
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 377 The Underappreciated Reddit Brilliance Archive is a series for those Reddit posts of mine where I really captured and said something good with my words, and spent them on…Read on!URBA#1 (Underappreciated Reddit Brilliance Archive) – The Great Garden of Time
• Gaming and Drinking in Colorado CasinosMay 18, 2016
  Drinking and gambling are cozy bedfellows in the traditions of these mountain towns, allowing people nowadays to blow off steam from the workaday world just as those miners did in the late nineteenth century. Things are a bit more civilized and managed now, which hopefully leads to a safer drinking and gambling environment for everyone to enjoy!…Read on!Gaming and Drinking in Colorado Casinos
• Dad’s Basement #3c3 – The Shadow Over Denis Dyack: At The Mountains of Bad PressMarch 12, 2016
  In mid-2012, Precursor Games, a new company of alum from Silicon Knights, formed to crowd-fund the spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem. In mid 2013, immediately upon launch, they became the first crowdfunding effort roundly shouted down by various influential voices in the games press.…Read on!Dad’s Basement #3c3 – The Shadow Over Denis Dyack: At The Mountains of Bad Press
• Dad’s Basement #3c2 – The Shadow Over Denis Dyack: Paul Caporicci: Re-AnimatorNovember 12, 2015
  Ten Years after Eternal Darkness was released, a new wave of funding and support seemed to become available for makers of forgotten and neglected games and genres. Could the Silicon Knights classic get a chance at crowdfunding?…Read on!Dad’s Basement #3c2 – The Shadow Over Denis Dyack: Paul Caporicci: Re-Animator
• Dad’s Basement #3c1 – The Shadow Over Denis Dyack: The Colour Out of PlaceSeptember 7, 2015
  On the press response and reception to Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem. Long overdue, part Three of this three-part (plus) series covering Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem and its attempted spiritual successor now is a posthumous survey of the failure of the Kickstarter for Shadow of the Eternals, split into multiple chapters.…Read on!Dad’s Basement #3c1 – The Shadow Over Denis Dyack: The Colour Out of Place
• SilentVille & Silent Hill “Improvements” at KonamiMay 23, 2015
  In early 2015, the new president of Konami fired long-time, headlining, celebrated game director Hideo Kojima, cancelled Silent Hills and went to the extreme lengths to erase P.T. from existence, and alienated all their game fans, including me.…Read on!SilentVille & Silent Hill “Improvements” at Konami
• The 4th Dimensional ConsoleMarch 10, 2015
  We are all familiar with the point in time in which polygons and 3D modeling and movement helped move console game experiences from two dimensional movement, gameplay, and strategy to three dimensional gameplay. I propose a console that tackles and grapples with movement, gameplay, and strategy along the dimension of time.…Read on!The 4th Dimensional Console
• Dad’s Basement #3b – Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s RequiemAugust 18, 2013
  Released in 2002 for Gamecube, Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem was the first M-rated game published by Nintendo. It spans the lives of multiple characters across two millennia of human history as they battle the Ancients, vast Lovecraftian cosmic entities that threaten the fate of all mankind.…Read on!Dad’s Basement #3b – Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem
• Dad’s Basement – #3a – Lovecraftian Horror and GamesJuly 30, 2013
  Part One of a three-part series covering Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem and its proposed spiritual successor starts with a survey of Lovecraft, Lovecraftian horror, and Lovecraftian games.…Read on!Dad’s Basement – #3a – Lovecraftian Horror and Games
• Dad’s Basement – #2 – Project FirestartJanuary 24, 2013
  Project Firestart is really the prototype for the modern survival horror game, released in 1989 for the C-64 by EA, featuring: limited ammo and weak weapons, cutscenes and cinematic presentation, multiple endings and consequences for actions.…Read on!Dad’s Basement – #2 – Project Firestart
• Dad’s Basement – #1 – Legacy of the AncientsJanuary 10, 2013
  Legacy of the Ancients was an 1987 Electronic Arts RPG with action elements; a contemporary of other RPG series at the time like Ultima, Wizardry, and the Bard’s Tale. Let’s check it out!…Read on!Dad’s Basement – #1 – Legacy of the Ancients
• Alone in the Dark: InfernUNovember 26, 2012
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 175 2021 Update – I feel like I’m the only guy in the world who sort of enjoyed Alone in th Dark: Inferno for the PS3. Sure it was a…Read on!Alone in the Dark: InfernU
• UDraw GameTablet Motion BoxNovember 17, 2012
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 150 So I don’t frequent NeoGAF any more as I left when everyone else left when Tyler turned out to be the big jerk I had always sorta thought that…Read on!UDraw GameTablet Motion Box
• Too Human Motion BoxNovember 17, 2012
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 124 2021 Update – So the relevancy of any rareness for Silicon Knight games like Too Human was sort of diminished last year when Microsoft offered the digital verion of…Read on!Too Human Motion Box
• Mass Effect 3: Special Edition Motion BoxNovember 17, 2012
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 153 So I posted some work in an earlier post that was inspired by a NeoGAF thread called “Real Next Gen Box Art (Mobile GIF Warning)” and this covr for…Read on!Mass Effect 3: Special Edition Motion Box
• FTL Motion BoxNovember 16, 2012
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 132 So I posted some work in an earlier post that was inspired by a NeoGAF thread called “Real Next Gen Box Art (Mobile GIF Warning)” which I revisited with…Read on!FTL Motion Box
• Resident Evil 6 Motion BoxNovember 15, 2012
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 177 I wish I had thought of th idea myself. It all started one day when I ran across a NeoGAF thread called “Real Next Gen Box Art (Mobile GIF…Read on!Resident Evil 6 Motion Box
• Street Fighter Name PhotoshopsSeptember 11, 2012
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 121 I can tell from some of the pixels, and from making a few ‘shops in my time… So the simple story here is Cory Barlog, of Sony Santa Monica…Read on!Street Fighter Name Photoshops
• Games Editorial – Bitmob (aka GamesBeat/VentureBeat)February 1, 2012
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 279 2021 UPDATE – Lots of things can happen in eleven years. The newly relaunched EGM I mentioned in another article was only good for a few issues, but the…Read on!Games Editorial – Bitmob (aka GamesBeat/VentureBeat)
• Alternate-Sony, PSVita, and the PSP Too – The Road Not TakenJanuary 30, 2012
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 532 In the remote location known as Katorga-12, scientists have discovered the January 2012 issue of Gamepro magazine, a publication that, as we know it, ceased all operations with the November…Read on!Alternate-Sony, PSVita, and the PSP Too – The Road Not Taken
• God of War 3 Motion Box (Wad of Gore)December 11, 2011
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 164 So it all started with one of my Haiku Reviews on Bitmob, which first led me to pull the God of War 3 cover into Photoshop for some fun.…Read on!God of War 3 Motion Box (Wad of Gore)
• Nintendo’s 2nd Pillar – The Road Not TakenMarch 21, 2011
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 380 This mysterious article was discovered in a singed copy of the October 2009 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, a popular gaming magazine that ceased publication in January 2009 and…Read on!Nintendo’s 2nd Pillar – The Road Not Taken
• Gamepro Magazine “Letters of the Month” – April & June 2010August 2, 2010
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 165 I’ve been following the Games Journalism work of John Davison since those classic 1up.com/EGM days, through his tenure at whattheyplay.com (useful to me as a parent of two kids…Read on!Gamepro Magazine “Letters of the Month” – April & June 2010
• Game Press Appreciation – 1up Show Fan-Made Box SetMay 4, 2010
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 143 2020 UPDATE – Well as it turns out the newly relaunched EGM I mentioned in this article was only good for a few issues. The folks over at area5.tv…Read on!Game Press Appreciation – 1up Show Fan-Made Box Set
• The Death of the Video Game ExpertApril 8, 2010
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 144 The video game expert is dead. He died of gluttony. And from his ashes will rise new breeds of journalists: the specialist, the elite critic, and the business pundit.…Read on!The Death of the Video Game Expert
• Postcards From Your SidewalkMarch 20, 2010
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 206 I walk for exercise, briskly, all around the neighborhood, wherever my muse takes me.  I have found paths and tunnels and ways-through-the-field.  I have found the path less taken,…Read on!Postcards From Your Sidewalk
• Team Motivatospeak Gobble-Dee-GookMarch 7, 2010
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 221 I’m looking for work right now.  I’m finding contract gigs, lots of people who are looking for services a lot more than they are looking for employees.  Companies value…Read on!Team Motivatospeak Gobble-Dee-Gook
• What’s Broke in America (Beside Me)January 19, 2010
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 144 Here, in brief form, is my summary of “what’s broke” for ALL American workers: 1) Lack of campaign finance & lobby reform – Government sway in America can be…Read on!What’s Broke in America (Beside Me)
• “Gamers” and GamersJanuary 12, 2010
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 299 There are all kinds of gamers.  There are gamers who play Parker Brothers’ board games, and haven’t touched an electronic game at all.  There are gamers, like my mother-in-law,…Read on!“Gamers” and Gamers
• Steam Sales, Jake Jabbs, and the Perceived Value of Intangible ItemsJanuary 10, 2010
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 337 Steam Sales Before I was recently was gifted my first gaming-capable-PC in a while, I watched the development of Steam, Valve’s online gaming digital distribution service, from the outside,…Read on!Steam Sales, Jake Jabbs, and the Perceived Value of Intangible Items
• BailoutsDecember 23, 2009
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 161 American government bailouts seem to grant new life to struggling enterprises about as well as American government invasions grant democracy to an oppressed people. Democracy, like success in free…Read on!Bailouts
• Reply From Senator UdallDecember 23, 2009
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 290 December 22, 2009 Dear Dana, Thank you for contacting me with your thoughts regarding overdraft fee policy. I appreciate you taking the time to share your concerns on this…Read on!Reply From Senator Udall
• Letter to Colorado Senator Mark Udall re: Dodd’s FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009December 16, 2009
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 170 I am writing to ask you to support Senator Dodd’s FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009. I know that many senators have removed their support from the bill because…Read on!Letter to Colorado Senator Mark Udall re: Dodd’s FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009
• Enterprise Sales Presentations & Launch AdsSeptember 6, 2001
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 157 This 30-second ad aired the summer leading up to the premiere of Star Trek: Enterprise (originally titled Enterprise). This is the spot set to The Calling’s “Wherever You Will…Read on!Enterprise Sales Presentations & Launch Ads
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Endgame” – O. Deus and the Devil’s AdvocateMay 24, 2001
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 1,048 – Three and a Half Badges out of Four – “Voyager’s slam-bang series ender serves long-standing character arcs in a way that is erased by the end of the…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Endgame” – O. Deus and the Devil’s Advocate
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Renaissance Man” – O. Deus and the Devil’s AdvocateMay 17, 2001
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 1,001 – Four Badges out of Four – “Holodoc finally gets the nerve to confront the crew directly so we can have fun watching him come out on top.” 2021…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Renaissance Man” – O. Deus and the Devil’s Advocate
• Andromeda – Season 1: “…It’s Hour Come Round At Last” – O. Deus and the Devil’s AdvocateMay 15, 2001
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 164 2021 UPDATE – Twenty years ago the Trekweb.com forums used to also host semi-official Andromeda reviews posted by a user who went by ‘O. Deus’  along with Star Trek…Read on!Andromeda – Season 1: “…It’s Hour Come Round At Last” – O. Deus and the Devil’s Advocate
• Michael Piller Q&A – May 12, 2001 – From the Trek Fan Site ArchivesMay 12, 2001
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 884 2021 Update – So many of the old Star Trek fan sites from the late 90’s and early 00’s during the last heyday of televised Star Trek are extinct…Read on!Michael Piller Q&A – May 12, 2001 – From the Trek Fan Site Archives
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Homestead” – O. Deus and the Devil’s AdvocateMay 10, 2001
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 932 – Three and a Half Badges out of Four – “Neelix gets a fine sendoff with a new family that may be too conveniently found, but is more then…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Homestead” – O. Deus and the Devil’s Advocate
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Natural Law” – O. Deus and the Devil’s AdvocateMay 3, 2001
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 948 – Two Badges out of Four – “A tired, uninspired, Season-7-TNG-style episode makes an unwelcome appearance in an otherwise excellent season.” 2021 UPDATE – Twenty years ago the Trekweb.com…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Natural Law” – O. Deus and the Devil’s Advocate
• Robert Beltran Interview & Talkback – April 20, 2001 – From the Trek Fan Site ArchivesApril 20, 2001
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 1,212 2021 Update – So many of the old Star Trek fan sites from the late 90’s and early 00’s during the last heyday of televised Star Trek are extinct…Read on!Robert Beltran Interview & Talkback – April 20, 2001 – From the Trek Fan Site Archives
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Author Author” – O. Deus and the Devil’s AdvocateApril 19, 2001
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 930 – Four Badges out of Four – “It’s no Measure of a Man but it’s a fun exercise in the Poetry of Propaganda and the Heights of Holographic Hubris.”…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Author Author” – O. Deus and the Devil’s Advocate
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Q2” – O. Deus and the Devil’s AdvocateApril 12, 2001
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 947 – One and a Half Badges out of Four – “Don’t cover the same ground as before if you’re not going to go deeper.” 2021 UPDATE – Twenty years…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Q2” – O. Deus and the Devil’s Advocate
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Human Error” – O. Deus and the Devil’s AdvocateMarch 8, 2001
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 942 – Four Badges out of Four – “Perhaps the most human thing of all is to sometimes find it impossible to heal fully from something.” 2021 UPDATE – Twenty…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Human Error” – O. Deus and the Devil’s Advocate
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Workforce” – O. Deus and the Devil’s AdvocateFebruary 22, 2001
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 953 – Three Badges out of Four – “Sometimes all it takes to assimilate someone is a good salary and some perks.” 2021 UPDATE – Twenty years ago the Trekweb.com…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Workforce” – O. Deus and the Devil’s Advocate
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “The Void” – O. Deus and the Devil’s AdvocateFebruary 15, 2001
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 978 – Four Badges out of Four – “The spirit of Star Trek endures in one of Voyager’s best.” 2021 UPDATE – Twenty years ago the Trekweb.com forums used to…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “The Void” – O. Deus and the Devil’s Advocate
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Lineage” – O. Deus and the Devil’s AdvocateJanuary 25, 2001
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 960 – Three Badges out of Four – “Whether you call it a no-clip clip show or a bottle episode, Shattered is a time-hopping highlight reel of all of the…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Lineage” – O. Deus and the Devil’s Advocate
• Andromeda – Season 1: “All Great Neptune’s Oceans” – O. Deus and the Devil’s AdvocateJanuary 22, 2001
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 216 2021 UPDATE – Twenty years ago the Trekweb.com forums used to also host semi-official Andromeda reviews posted by a user who went by ‘O. Deus’  along with Star Trek…Read on!Andromeda – Season 1: “All Great Neptune’s Oceans” – O. Deus and the Devil’s Advocate
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Shattered” – O. Deus and the Devil’s AdvocateJanuary 18, 2001
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 853 – Three Badges out of Four – “Whether you call it a no-clip clip show or a bottle episode, Shattered is a time-hopping highlight reel of all of the…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7: “Shattered” – O. Deus and the Devil’s Advocate
• Andromeda – Season 1: “Rose in the Ashes” – O. Deus and the Devil’s AdvocateNovember 28, 2000
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 197 2021 UPDATE – Twenty years ago the Trekweb.com forums used to also host semi-official Andromeda reviews posted by a user who went by ‘O. Deus’  along with Star Trek…Read on!Andromeda – Season 1: “Rose in the Ashes” – O. Deus and the Devil’s Advocate
• Shelve Trek for a While…August 23, 2000
  Shelve Trek for a few years. You cannot go anywhere on the ‘net to read about Trek without dealing with messages, posts, or public opinion bleedthrough from the pundits, armchair scriptwriters, and self appointed Guardians of Forever out there that have nothin’ to spew but negativity and derision.…Read on!Shelve Trek for a While…
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6: “Unimatrix Zero Pt. 1”May 28, 2000
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 924 – Three and a Half Badges – (Season Finale) “A fairy tale about Borg skulls and what’s rattling around inside them.” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty year later I feel…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6: “Unimatrix Zero Pt. 1”
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6: “Spirit Folk”February 23, 2000
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 886 – Two Badges out of Four – “A tale about danger in a holodeck setting that’s totally compelling to the crew and utterly boring to the audience.” 2020 UPDATE…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6: “Spirit Folk”
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6: “Alice”October 21, 1999
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 912 – Two Badges – “Paris plays Bad Boy in an homage to Christine that probably should have happened three season earlier for his character.” 2021 UPDATE – This review…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6: “Alice”
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6: “Barge of the Dead”October 8, 1999
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 1,017 – Three and a Half Badges – “Even death can’t stop the power of a mother’s guilt!” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-one years later I feel like this episode is…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6: “Barge of the Dead”
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 7: “What You Leave Behind”June 4, 1999
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 2,023 – Two and a Half Badges – (Series Finale) “Not with a bang, and not with a whimper. With a bang first, THEN a whimper.” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-one…Read on!Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 7: “What You Leave Behind”
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5: “Juggernaut”April 27, 1999
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 856 – Three Badges – “Voyager gets the “horror homage” right with a species that should be light years behind them.” 2020 UPDATE – Nah. Looking back, Revulsion is the…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5: “Juggernaut”
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5: “The Fight”March 26, 1999
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 911 – Two and a Half Badges – “Why won’t they just say that he takes peyote?! Like maybe when he’s on leave? It would make episodes like this so…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5: “The Fight”
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 7: “The Emporer’s New Cloak”February 5, 1999
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 833 – Two and a Half Badges – “The Nagus pulls our Ferengi heroes into an uninspired send off.” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-one years later I still feel this one…Read on!Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 7: “The Emporer’s New Cloak”
• Star Trek: Insurrection – Review from 1998 (with Notes Added in 2020)December 20, 1998
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 877 – Two and a Half Badges – “Not bad. But too much unfocused stuff prevents any greatness from emerging.” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-two years later I can see that…Read on!Star Trek: Insurrection – Review from 1998 (with Notes Added in 2020)
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5: “Thirty Days”December 11, 1998
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 889 – Four Badges – “Tom Paris finally gels with a meaningful script.” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-two years later I’ll admit that this episode doesn’t deserve four badges. I guess…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5: “Thirty Days”
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5: “In The Flesh”November 5, 1998
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 885 – Three Badges – “Chakotay makes it with an alien girl from Species 8472 version 3.0” 2020 UPDATE – So I went WAAAAAYY too easy on the episode that…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5: “In The Flesh”
• Star Trek: Sci-Fi Special Edition Premiere AdSeptember 1, 1998
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 129 Hey this Sci-Fi Channel ad marked the 1998 premiere of the “Star Trek: Special Edition” airing on the network. Each aired episode took 1 1/2 hours to show with…Read on!Star Trek: Sci-Fi Special Edition Premiere Ad
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4: “Living Witness”May 1, 1998
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 865 – Three and a Half Badges – “A real museum piece with both “evil Voyager” and something meaningful to say.” 2020 UPDATE – I’ve rewatched Voyager at least three…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4: “Living Witness”
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4: “Unforgettable”April 25, 1998
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• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 6: “His Way”April 24, 1998
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 851 – Three and a Half Badges – “A classy and age-old story that nonetheless brings Odo and Kira together beautifully.” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-two years later when I think…Read on!Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 6: “His Way”
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4: “The Omega Directive”April 18, 1998
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 888 – Three and a Half Badges – “The god/perfection/molecule thing is tenuous but for God’s sake! They’re finally on a mission!” 2020 UPDATE – Looking back on my review…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4: “The Omega Directive”
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 6: “In the Pale Moonlight”April 18, 1998
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 878 – Four Badges – “A superb and disturbing tale of one captain’s descent into ‘justifying the means.’” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-two years later and everyone agrees this episode is…Read on!Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 6: “In the Pale Moonlight”
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 6: “Inquisition”April 10, 1998
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• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4: “Vis a Vis”April 8, 1998
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 859 – Two and a Half Badges – “Janeway spends several hours in Tom Paris’ body and doesn’t even make ONE JOKE about his penis!” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-two years…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4: “Vis a Vis”
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4: “The Raven”October 10, 1997
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 871 – Three Badges – “Seven kicks everyone’s ass and steals a shuttle for a trip down memory lane.” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-three years later this remains a standout Seven…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4: “The Raven”
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 6: “Rocks and Shoals”October 8, 1997
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 1,162 – Three and a Half Badges – “A quintessential and near-perfect pair of war stories.” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-three years later this episode still stands as some of the…Read on!Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 6: “Rocks and Shoals”
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4: “Revulsion”October 3, 1997
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• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 6: “A Time to Stand”October 3, 1997
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• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4: “Nemesis”September 27, 1997
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• Of “Bottles” – A Critical Survey of Star Trek (Circa 1997)September 1, 1997
  I watch Trek for consistently thought-provoking sci-fi, a bright and hopeful view of a diverse and peaceful future for humanity, unparalleled adventure in television, engaging characters and performances, and a perspective shift that allows me to view the problems of modern humanity from a viewpoint that stimulates objectivity. In this respect, there has not been a single incarnation of Trek (yes, even the Animated Series) that has let me down… It’s amazing how the incarnations of Trek reflect the personality traits that are ascribed to human birth order.…Read on!Of “Bottles” – A Critical Survey of Star Trek (Circa 1997)
• Of “Lightning” – Why Trek isn’t as Popular as it Used to Be (As of 1997)September 1, 1997
  Trek fans are spoiled. Our expectations (and possibly those of Paramount) are too high. We are not the only player. To judge the success of subsequent incarnations of Trek against the ratings and buzz of TNG, in an arena where sci-fi is common and Trek has been around for YEARS, is to ensure that every subsequent incarnation of Trek automatically seems like a failure. Anyone in the entertainment industry will tell you that a project does not succeed or fail based solely on its own merits.…Read on!Of “Lightning” – Why Trek isn’t as Popular as it Used to Be (As of 1997)
• Star Trek: Voyager Premiere AdJanuary 16, 1995
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 132 This 30-second ad aired right before the 1995 premiere of Star Trek: Voyager. It aired on KTVD-TV UPN 20 in Denver. Part of a series of Star Trek Premiere…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager Premiere Ad
• Star Trek: The Next Generation & Deep Space Nine Prime Time AdSeptember 27, 1993
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 147 This ad from KWGN Denver’s 2 highlights the Sunday Star Trek lineup that ran in ’93 and ’94, which was Trek’s first Prime Time appearance in the market. Star…Read on!Star Trek: The Next Generation & Deep Space Nine Prime Time Ad
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Premiere AdJanuary 3, 1993
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 186 This 20-second ad aired right before the 1993 premiere of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Part of a series of Star Trek Premiere spots, retained due to pack-rat geekosity,…Read on!Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Premiere Ad
• Star Trek: The Next Generation Premiere AdSeptember 28, 1987
  Share this post: Share on Reddit Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Post Views: 140 This 90-second ad aired right before the Sept. 1987 premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It originally aired on KWGN-TV Denver’s 2. Part of a series of Star…Read on!Star Trek: The Next Generation Premiere Ad