A Video Game Review from the Perspective of an Annoying, 13-Year-Old Video Game Developer

A few months ago, I played through Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, which from a gameplay standpoint is very competently made, but from a presentation standpoint, is so idiotically profane, it could only have come from the mind of a 13-year-old boy…an idiotically profane 13-year-old boy who is a savant at programming video games.Written from

Starflyer 59 — Gold

8/10 I’m sure you’ve heard of a sophomore slump, but have you heard of a sophomore downer? For comparison’s sake, let’s use one of Starflyer 59’s old label mates, Slick Shoes. In 1997, Slick Shoes released an upbeat, optimistic debut. The next year, burned out on touring and whatever else, they released an angry, downer

Filmshake is Getting Existential!

I’m excited to say, today is the release of Filmshake’s fourth (technically seventh!) episode. This week we take a look at Akira Kurosawa’s incredible, death-adjacent Ikiru, but not before Jordan talks about the horrible movie I forced him to watch when he lost at trivia, John Boorman’s Where the Heart Is. Personally, I think we’re getting

Ikiru (Film Review)

1952 TohoDirected by: Akira Kurosawa; Written by: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni Starring: Takashi Shimura and Miki Odagiri MPAA Rating: NR; Running Time: 143 Minutes The Nicsperiment Score: 9/10 “You’re gonna die in six months,” Kanji’s doctor tells the sad sack protagonist at the start of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 classic, Ikiru. Well, that’s

Where the Heart Is (1990) (Film Review)

Directed by: John Boorman; Written by: John Boorman and Telsche Boorman Starring: Dabney Coleman, Uma Thurman, Joanna Cassidy, Crispin Glover, Suzy Amis, and Christopher Plummer MPAA Rating: R; Running Time: 107 Minutes The Nicsperiment Score: 4/10 John Boorman has directed Hell in the Pacific, a nihilistic battle of wills between an American G.I. and a

Dark Phoenix (Film Review)

2019 20th Century Fox Written and Directed by: Simon Kinberg Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, and Jessica Chastain MPAA Rating: PG-13; Running Time: 114 Minutes The Nicsperiment Score: 4/10 20th Century Fox’s 2000 release, X-Men, changed cinema forever. By that point, superhero films were a

Starflyer 59 — Silver

9/10 I’ve been trying to get reviews for Starflyer 59’s albums off the ground for a while on The Nicsperiment. Just to get to this second sentence has taken a herculean effort. While my time to write has been short lately, I think there’s a bigger reason I’ve had so much trouble, and it centers

Side-Hustling My Side-Hustles

You may notice that The Nicsperiment’s content has been a little strange lately, and that I’ve only published one of my “Every Album I Own” reviews in the past month. There’s a simple explanation for that:The end of the fiscal year is approaching, and my work centers around accounting, so I’m working extra. On top

This Simpsons: Hit & Run Review Is Coming, with the Fire, and the Impact, and the 100% Chance of Pain, Pain In the Glaving

I know you woke up this morning saying out loud to yourself, “What I’d really like to read today is a review of the 2003 Nintendo GameCube Simpsons title, The Simpsons: Hit & Run.Well, once again, I’ve delivered! Check out the review here: https://classicvideogamereviews.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-simpsons-hit-run.html Woohoo!

Tetris 99 Should Be Illegal

I just reviewed the Nintendo Switch’s free-to-play (for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers) Tetris 99. Holy cow is it addictive. Check out my jonesing review. https://reviewsfornintendoswitch.blogspot.com/2019/06/tetris-99.html