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“I have a 13-month-old son, and my wife and I have laid down some basics boundaries ...And no Elmo merchandise... for all intents and purposes, Elmo products are banned.” Read more

I know you don’t like elmo, Kevin. Neither do I. I can remember when both my sons received Tickle Me Elmo dolls for Christmas. Those things nearly drove me mad. Read more

I think part of the whole Elmo thing was Sesame Street reacting to competition from other PBS shows that were going after the younger end of Sesame Street’s audience like Teletubbies and Barney and Friends. Read more

I found out today that my wife is pregnant. We’ve been talking about stuff like this most of the day. We both grew up on Sesame Street; we both came to the same conclusion you did about Elmo merchandise. It’s safe to say that was the only easy decision we’ve managed so far. Read more

Elmo has never had a moment that has made me get misty or shed tears. However, things like this were common in the pre-Elmo-dominated era (and still cause tears to well up):

I agree with everything you have said, but I confess: three kids in, and I finally caved to the cult of Elmo. My third son has an Elmo doll, and at his birthday, we played “Place the Nose on Elmo.” He also has a Super Grover toy (version 1.0, thank you very much Sesame Street “new and improved” marketing team), and… Read more

You’re not alone in this, Kevin.

I remember as a kid hating how Elmo was gradually taking over the show and less and less of other monsters were getting to show up. My favorite Muppet on the show as Grover and he got pushed out pretty hard for more Elmo skits. I think I gave up caring about Seaseme Street after attending one of those Live! shows that… Read more

Things like this are one of the biggest reasons I get the majority of my gaming news here. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve had less and less time for video games (stupid real life!), so what I spend my time and money on is more precious. When I shell out cash monies for a new game and decide to dedicate whatever few free… Read more

At this point, who knows? I’m sure that they feel that their actions were perfectly reasonable. But they’re in a different line of work. My focus is telling the truth about games for readers, whether that’s the external truth that reporters discover or that more internal subjective truth about how a critic feels about… Read more

If you’re pissing people off with your journalism, then you’re doing your job. Ruffling feathers, even if you’re entertainment reporters, is par for the course. Don’t stop doing it just because a couple publishers are a wee bit on the childish side of things. Read more

This is a fantastic article on the complex relationship that exists between the developers of art and the people whose job is to review that art. Well written, well stated, A++++ would Kotaku again.
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A long time ago, I read a book written by Nancy Spungeon’s mom. That girl was born bat-shit crazy. She also published letters she received from Sid Vicious while he was in jail, and the letters were shockingly sweet and eloquent. It was a really good book. Read more

Oddly, he walked out of a restaurant to piss in the alley. I would assume the restroom urinals didn't flush or none where available at the moment. Read more

Thank you. It isn't easy at all to shoot a subject in a dark alley and light them with a single speed light. Read more

The photographer actually did a really good job of pulling out details without washing the subjects out. It’s not easy to take pictures of people in the dark while still capturing the darkness around them. Read more

I know this is an old article so I doubt anyone will see this, but I’m a huge Calvin and Hobbes fan and had heard several times where Watterson had talked about the huge influence Peanuts had on his work. As a child of the 90s, this never jived with me. I thought maybe he was an influence in the way certain bands… Read more

Track: Power | Artist: Kanye West | Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

I enjoyed this insightful and heavily researched piece. It’s a perfect example of how, if one wades through enough bullshit, something cool will be found eventually. I’m mostly getting that Peanuts got hit with the Urkel Syndrome, and I agree with that. However, while I do believe that characters should definitely… Read more