Music

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox is the newest animated movie in the DC universe, and La-La Land Records has released the 28-track soundtrack as a companion to the film. Featuring nearly an hour of music composed by Frederick Wiedmann, the Read More

Ubisoft released Rocksmith in 2011 as a hybrid game / tutorial to help gamify the process of learning to play an actual guitar. They’re following up with the Rocksmith 2014 Edition, which hits stores next week, on October 22. Today they unveiled Read More

Before I get into this month’s list of new releases, I want to mention that I’m going to be taking a little bit of time off. I’m working on a retrospective of my three years writing this column that I hope to have published around Nerdapalooza in Read More

Earlier this year, the third installment of the Iron Man movies came out. And the ending (which I won’t spoil) didn’t seem to lend itself to an Iron Man 4. So, while we were left to wonder how Iron Man would live on in the Avengers sequel, Read More

It’s almost time for Nerdapalooza again. OK, sure it’s not in the summer as it normally has been, but that’s more than made up for by the location and the amazing bands this year. The event will be held October 18 – 20 at the Orange County Read More

I think my love of covers has been pretty well demonstrated up to this point. Here are several new ones to help further that love. This time there are theme songs, an astronaut, an automaton, and even a lost Bob Dylan classic (sort of). Read More

This is my first go at writing a soundtrack review. Lucky for me, this soundtrack was easy listening and held my attention. Salinger is a documentary of the life of J.D. Salinger, the author of The Catcher in the Rye. He was a very private man after the Read More

The always great Dale Chase is branching out into new territory with a Kickstarter for a game for Android OS (and iOS after launch). The app will feature both karaoke and rhythm games that promise to be both silly and fun. I’m intrigued by the idea of a Read More

Arr, mateys, in honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, here be twelve tunes about pirates. From semi-traditional sea chanties to raps about computer pirates, all of your piratey needs are covered here. This list is brought to you by the letter "Arrr!" Read More

The World’s End may have been released weeks ago, but I’m still jamming to the soundtrack. Yes, the last film in The Cornetto Trilogy, helmed by Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost, probably has the most rocking tunes of the three films, no doubt. Read More

This is pretty much a continuation of the previous list, but since it’s now September, it has a slightly different name (plus more videos since a few extras came to my attention since the last was published). Yay, naming conventions! Anyway, this week Read More

Bear McCreary provided the fantastic score for Syfy’s Battlestar Galactica prequel series Caprica a few years ago, and the score had a CD release shortly after the series aired. Now the prolific composer is back with an expanded version of the Read More