It’s amazing how a person can live in a place for years and never know all the cool things that go on when he’s not looking. In some regions, it’s the cool club or restaurant that serves an exclusive clientele at odd hours in even stranger places. For others, the hidden pursuit is far more dangerous and shadowy and by proxy, far more awesome. I’ve been living in Minneapolis for quite some time and only recently have I learned that a group of folks from the Twin Cities are engaged in something called “Urban Exploration”. They call themselves Action Squad and for the past five years they have made it their mission to go where others dare not.
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If there’s anything that George Lucas has taught us in the past decade-and-a-half, it’s that some things are best left to nostalgia. On second thought, perhaps that wasn’t the lesson. Perhaps the lesson is really that sometimes the geniuses of the past are the boobs of the present. Either way, the point is that fans of Lucas’s earlier, brilliant works took it straight up the pooper with the updates to both Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. And now, with Bush-like determination, he appears to be eager to soldier on in both areas. I mean really, do we need more animated Star Wars tales or another Indiana Geezer and the Battle of Arthreitis?

Ok, that wasn’t exactly fair. Of all the problems with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Harrison Ford’s name is on the lower half of the list. And despite the complaints, the best way to make an aging Indy work is to stick him next to a young punk. Was Mutt Williams a bad character? No. Bad name, yes. But as a character and foil to grumpy old Jones he was just fine.

So I guess the point I’m getting at here is that I picked up Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on Blu-Ray, determined to give it another chance in the desperate hope that I could convince myself that it belongs sitting on the shelf next to the previous three classics. The long and short of it? My hopes were dashed. (more…)

We’ve posted a few articles here on Robot Panic that should give you all an indication that we’re big fans of pinball. From the Midwest Gaming Classic to awesome arcades like SS Billiards, our lives are blessedly filled with avenues in which to play them. Which makes it all the more sad when you notice just how few new pinball experiences there are these days. Sure, the classic games still hold all their power but it certainly is nice to get a new board to play on every once and awhile.

Those that continue to have an obsessive love for pinball all know that there still is one company (and I mean that. Only ONE) still holding the torch aloft. Despite the glory days of pinball going the way of the dinosaur, one company is still giving fans of the silver ball something to look forward to every year. And that company is Stern Pinball.
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Tyler Durden brings us this massive article on his picks for Greatest Movie Scenes of All Time! Presented in 3 parts.

Article By: Tyler Durden

Here are the top 27 greatest movie moments in movie history! Or so I declare. Why 27? Because I said so, that’s why!

Being a huge movie fan, (and who isn’t?), I’ve decided that it is about time to list some of my favorite movie scenes of all time. The only thing is that if you haven’t seen the movies listed, you may encounter SPOILERS!!!!! Be it the ending of a movie or a pivotal point, BEWARE! Also, these are in no particular order. So…yeah. It is just too hard to determine what is the best movie scene because I love them all equally, and because I like to do things differently.

So now that you have been warned, let’s begin!

Alien

This is actually a two parter because I could not find the whole clip. Damn youse, Youtube! Anyway, if you are watching Alien and during the last 20 minutes of the movie, your heart isn’t beating out of your chest, you are dead. Or you don’t have a heart.

I remember when I first watched this and was terrified. I might have been a little young, but this movie puts hair on your chest……and makes you piss yourself at the same time.

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