Sade — Soldier of Love

6/10 I think 2009/2010 is one of my least favorite periods in music. Last year there was some controversy over comments The Dirty Projector’s David Longstreth made about the current lame state of indie music, as opposed to 2009, when he was culturally relevant, his critical darling, Bitte Orca, receiving rave reviews. The thing is, Bitte

Sade — Love Deluxe

7/10 This is going to get awkward: it’s time to talk about The Nicsperiment’s…awakening. Like…um…er…*shh*…cough…uh…(((of the sexual kind))).One day in 1993, I was puttering around with the TV on in the background. Good old TV. Along came a commercial for an upcoming movie. A voice, sirenic, unbelievably sensual, sang through the tube. Sade. “No Ordinary

It’s Donkey Kong Country 2 Time!

Yes, I just went bananas, monkeying around with a review for the excellent Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest. No one can ape my ridiculous reviewing style, flinging words at your eyeballs with rude unpredictability. Fellow primates, I promise it is worth your time. Also, there’s a reference to both rabies and scabies, so

Awesome Majora’s Mask Material

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is one of my favorite video games of all time, and arguably the Zelda series’ highest achievement. The game stars series protagonist, Link, as he undertakes a strange adventure in the land of Termina. Majora’s Mask was initially given the afterthought stigma, labelled as a quick cash grab by

So Much for R

Poor R! Talk about ending without fanfair. Out of 14 Nicsperiment posts this year, only five are music reviews. Worse still, the letter S is going to feature so many reviews from bands I love, you, R, will likely be greatly overshadowed. To add insult to injury, bands whose albums I only own on vinyl,

Happy Mardi Gras Week From the Nicsperiment!

Pouparts Cream Cheese Kingcake, the greatest thing a man can eat. Well, it is that special South Louisiana time of year where it is inexplicably 70 degrees, we have a bunch of strange parades where people throw beads and novelty items at you, and you eat your weight in cream, fruit, or cinnamon-filled pastries. Everybody has

Super Mario Odyssey!

I’ve reviewed Super Mario Odyssey in my typical rambling fashion, though this review feels a bit more of a ramble than usual. I think this is because I found myself surprisingly opinionated when it came to the Super Mario series. Surprising myself almost accounted for the large amount of rambling more than being opinionated. Fair

Game of Thrones Marathonaganza! The Nicsperiment Reviews Seven Seasons of the Most Watched Show on Earth

I put off watching HBO’s critically acclaimed and massively watched landmark adaptation of George R. Martin’s Game of Thrones for six whole years. This act of pop-culture neglect began as a joke between my wife and I after an SNL skit gave the impression that the show was just a parade of boobs. She jokingly

Rosetta — Quintessential Ephemera

7/10 Rosetta take a step forward in the right direction with 2015’s Quintessential Ephemera (I initially said step back…you have to go back to go forward?). They seem to have realized that their bread and butter isn’t darkness, even though they are quite adept at broadcasting pain. Instead, they reorient their gentle, jangle-to-crushing space metal