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A Mutagen-Filled Origin

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Nathan

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection, Volume 1, by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird – I picked up a digital copy of this from Comixology when they were having a sale, and I kind of wish I’d bought other … Continue reading →

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They’ll Need a Krang

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Nathan

I’ve been led to understand that the newest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie features appearances from several characters introduced in the 1987 cartoon series, including Bebop, Rocksteady, and Krang. I’ll probably watch it at some point, but I can’t say … Continue reading →

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Hey, Let’s Do the Limbo Rock

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Nathan

There’s something I’ve always liked about the word “Limbo,” which has entered into popular usage as meaning a state where nothing can happen until certain conditions are met. It comes from the Latin limbus, meaning an edge or border. The … Continue reading →

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Better Shredder Than Deader

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Nathan

No, I haven’t seen the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. There’s part of me that wants to, but I think I can wait for the video release. It doesn’t look that good, and while it might well not be … Continue reading →

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Taking It to the Streets

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Nathan

While I’ve written quite a bit about video games from my youth, I haven’t said all that much about one of the biggest hits of the early nineties, Street Fighter II: The World Warrior. A one-on-one fighting game that inspired … Continue reading →

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The World’s Most Fearsome Fighting Teens

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Nathan

James Rolfe’s review of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon definitely brought back some memories. I actually stopped watching it around the same time he did, when pretty much every episode was about Shredder and Krang trying to get … Continue reading →

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