If parents wanted to get their kids excited about board games, it used to be that the entry point was Candyland, Chutes & Ladders, Trouble, or similarly banal and simplistic games. In recent years things have improved with terrific family-friendly titles like...
One of the more peculiar concepts to catch the zeitgeist of modern culture is the multiverse. The concept that there are an infinite number of alternative realities, some almost indistinguishable from our own, and others quite different, serves as the conceptual...
INT. DAY: tight on Roll Camera game set up on a large, well-lit table. Slow zoom out to reveal game room with shelves full of games and a man [TAYLOR] sitting at the table, staring intently at the game. SF/X: retro sci-fi 'whoosh' sound as from old 40's serials of...
I've always loved 20th Century abstract art, and one of my favorite painters is Piet Mondrian, a Dutch abstractionist known for his bright, playful works featuring different size primary color boxes separated by heavy black lines. I've even had Mondrian wallpapers on...
In an unnamed Central American city, local businessman Maurice Leprince (Jean Servais) is loved by everyone. He's running for a government position and is clearly going to win as he's far more popular than anyone else on the ballot. But is he really as clean and...
Spongebob Squarepants and his pals live in an idyllic spot under the sea called Bikini Bottom. Spongebob works at a popular restaurant called The Krusty Krab where it's endless fun and chaos and, to be honest, he's not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. The problem...
Acura has grown to be a quite successful luxury brand of the Honda Motor Company and I was enthused when the company reached out and offered me a 2022 MDX SH-AWD Advance to drive for a week. Their naming scheme is somewhat opaque, however, so it wasn't until I looked...
Back in 2007, the underappreciated film Spider-Man 3 tackled a rather profound topic in its action hero narrative: What are our responsibilities to our fellow humans? In that context, it was about Spiderman, the wise-cracking costumed superhero, versus meek Peter...
Planet Dave is run by Dave Taylor, who has been writing about film, cars, games, and his lifestyle for many years. He's based in Boulder, Colorado and assures readers he's only occasionally falling into a gravity well or temporal distortion field.
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