Did you ever see Are You Afraid of the Dark? Did you grow up on Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark? Then OMG is this series for you. Sam and Dean Winchester are brothers with an unusal side job, they hunt ghosts and demons and just about anything that goes bump in the night. Fueled by the incident of their

Dean Winchester
mother dying at the hands of a demon, the seek revenge on the thing that tore their family apart. Each episode the brothers encounter some supernatural event and a hot girl that seems to be ties up in it somehow. As trite as that may sound, the formula works.
The over arching story is that Sam and Dean along with their Father (who comes and goes) are seeking the demon that killed their mother. They get close but

Sam Winchester
the problem with hunting demons is that they can take over any persons body. There is tension in the family because Sam went off to college abondoning Dean and his Father. However, after a few close calls and saved lives most is forgiven.
The show is a fast paced thriller that sucks the viewer into the story. Definitely worth checking out (your local library should be able to get it for you).
Alex Rider has a tumultuous life at best. An orphan at an early age Alex was taken in by his uncle, Ian Rider. Unknown to Alex, Ian Rider was a spy for the British intelligence agency MI6. Ian had trained Alex in martial arts, taught hims 3 different languages, and prepared him to become a spy without Alex knowing. Tragedy strikes again when Alex is informed that his uncle has died in a traffic accident. Having an uneasy feeling, Alex decides to investigate and discovers that Ian was killed in his car but not in a collision, the car was riddled with bullets. After narrowly escaping a crushing incident at the auto wreckers lot, Alex is invited to his uncle’s job at the bank (or so Alex thought). The bank was not a bank at all but a cover for MI6 and Alex was their newest recruit.
Ichigo Kurosawa is your typical animated 15 year old boy. He’s tall, super-skinny, and sees ghosts. Oh, wait that’s not that typical is it? Ichigo has been able to see spirit’s who have not crossed over (to the Soul Society) yet. Basically, in the world of Bleach there are two spheres of existence, the living world and the Soul Society. From the Soul Society come Soul Reapers which are assigned with returning Hollows (malevolent human spirits) by killing them. Rukia, a Soul Reaper in the living world has been injured and as a last resort she tries to transfer some of her

Little Big Planet is quite possibly the most fun you can have with Playstation controller. Meet Sackboy, yes that cute little character on the front of the box, he/she/it is your representative in the world of Little Big Planet. Here’s the premise: Little Big Planet is a world created by the little bits of dreams that float up and out of our atmosphere and manifest in a completely, dare I say, psychedelic world. In the world of the LBP there are several creator curators that host the different continents you’ll find on LBP. Each of the creator curators has a task or mission for you to accomplish. Along the way you pick various items (housed in little bubbles that make a very satisfying pop as you collect them) used for costumes, stickers, and materials to create your own world.


In a world where everything sounds pretty much the same comes Crystal Castles to save the day. The Canadian duo consists of Ethan Kath and Alice Glass. Kath is responsible for the music end of the group while Glass is the vocalist. The band produces an eclectic mix of electronic, new wave, punk, and dance and while it may be a mix of these genres it does not fit into any of them. Ethan Kath uses an energetic, chaotic samples with blips and bleeps scatteded through out to create Crystal Castles unique sound. Alice Glass’ vocals are reminiscent of Kathleen Hannah and the album does sound like an over-produced Julie Ruin (Kathleen Hannah with keyboards and a drum machine) project.
They frequently tour the US, Europe, Australia, and Japan. You can see them in Chicago this year at Lollapalooza on Friday, August 7th on the Vitamin Water stage.
It’s un-American to not love the Simpsons, however, it is also un-American to play crappy video games. Here in lies the quandary, maybe you see where I’m headed with this. The Simpsons are the most popular family on TV but that does not equate success in the gamer world. In the game you can play as Homer, Bart, Lisa, and Marge with Maggie. Each player has an attack appropriate to them, for instance Bart has his slingshot, homer belches, and Lisa battles with her sax. This part of the game is reminicent of the hilarious Simpsons Arcade fighting game (circa 19-before-you-were-born). The story line is that certain people must be stopped in Springfield, the first foes you face are Jimbo and the gang. There is an element of free play and getting from mission to mission you must walk around Springfield which is rather cool.
Dubbed the greatest anime of all time Cowboy Bebop has something for everyone. The story mostly takes place on the “bebop”, a run down space ship and revolves around a ramshackle crew of bounty hunters, “cowboys”. Spike Speigel, the protagonist, has left “the Syndicate” an organized crime outfit and linked up with Jet Black, the owner/captain of the Bebop. The two of them are wandering through the solar system picking up bounty heads when they start to pick up other crew members: Radical Edward, a androgynous child hacker, Faye Valentine, a mysterious hard luck woman, and Ein, a data dog/Welsh Corgi.

Dethklok, the greatest act in the world, has come to DVD. The first season of Metalocalypse is, in my humble opinion, the funniest show on Adult Swim since Sealab 2021 (Murphy episodes). The story follows the world’s most popular death metal group, Dethklok. The band is made up of 5 not so bright individuals in a quest to “make everything metal”. Meanwhile a secret government agency keeps an ever watchful eye on Dethklok and attempts to thwart their popularity and thus their grip on the world. However, the band goes on, oblivious to the dangers that threaten them as they deal with band issues like: what kind of present do you get a bassist that hates everything, internal disputes betwaeen the rythmn and lead guitarist, and getting a GED. As I’ve said the show is hilarious so I’ll leave with you a quote from frontman Nathan Explosion “Go forth, and DIE”.
Quentin Jacobson (Q to his friends) has lived next to the beautiful, energetic, and mysterious Margo Roth-Speigelman all his life. When the were children they were best friends until junior high when they drifted apart (Margo is a cool kid and Q, tragically, is not). So Q is very surprised when Margo shows up at midnight at his bedroom window dressed in all black with her face blacked out. That night they embark on an 11 step night of revenge. The next Margo ends up missing. Her disappearing is not unusual, but the clues she left for Q to follow are. Q takes it upon himself to follow Margo on her journey, but what he discovers along away may not be what he hoped to find.
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