In 2010, I was introduced to the Scott Pilgrim series. As a self-proclaimed nerd in his early 20s, I instantly fell in love with it and its commentary on hipster life, nerdishness and maturation in the digital age (even though the series began around the time hipsters were first becoming a thing and ended around […]
Read moreBig K.R.I.T. is Underrated: A SOTB!!! Rant
Big K.R.I.T. is underrated. I could leave it at that, insert a picture of Krizzle, press publish and be done, especially since I’ve said it before. See? But, that’s not how we do things on SpeedontheBeat.com–although it’d probably be easier. I mean, he’s been on tracks with artists ranging from Future to Kendrick Lamar, from […]
Read moreIs GTA 3 Overrated?
As part of my look at video games of years past (yesterday, I spoke on San Andreas for DefineARevolution.com), I figured that, today, I’d look at the game which changed the GTA series from violent top-down shooter to a worldwide phenomenon. GTA III is one of the grandfathers of what we know as the open-world game. It’s not the […]
Read moreOn Eric Davis
Growing up, I had a fascination with a particular Orioles outfielder who would constantly raise the roof. This man had seen it all. Kidney lacerations, cancer diagnoses, recoveries–you name it, he’d probably dealt with it. By this point, Eric Davis was a punchline to some, mainly because of his constant “bad luck.” To others, he […]
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