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The Middle of CulturE #31 - Influential Albums
We're no strangers to talking about music here on The Middle of Culture. And while, years ago, Eden and Peter shared many similar musical tastes, those tastes have div...
The Middle of Culture #30 - The Witch from Mercury
A discussion of the first three episodes and the prologue of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury.
The Middle of Culture #29 - X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Is Dark Phoenix as bad as everyone seems to think? We will answer that hard hitting question this week on The Middle of Culture.
The Middle of Culture #28 - The Spirit of the Beehive
A discussion of the 1973 film, The Spirit of the Beehive
The Middle of Culture #27 - Logan
This week we land on the penultimate episode of our X-Men journey with Logan.
The Middle of Culture #26 - Tabletop Role Playing Games
This week both Eden and I felt a bit low energy, so we went with a topic that didn't require too much energy or effort to prepare for. And, perhaps a little surprising...
The Middle of Culture #25 - X-Men: Apocalypse
Folks, this has been a real roller coaster. There have been highs, and there have been lows, but this week, I am pretty sure we have hit the very lowest low so far. Jo...
The Middle of Culture #24 - Year End Wrap Up
It should have been another entry in our Winter of Excontent. But alas, life just kicked me hard. In the balls. So, we are just sort of free wheeling it this week, wit...
The Middle of Culture #23 - NaNoWriMo 2022
This episode was a little different. Generally, we talk about the media and entertainment we have been consuming. However, today we wanted to talk about our efforts at...
The Middle of Culture #22 - X-Men Days of Future Past
The Summer of X has become the Fall of X, or even the Winter, depending on where you live. This week we talk a bit about games, music and then dive into the latest X m...
The Middle of Culture #21 - Mechathon
As children of the 80s, the entertainment of that time has always been highly influential for both myself and Eden. One of those influences is that of giant robots. Ye...
The Middle of Culture #20 - The Wolverine
The Summer of X is now the Fall of X officially as temperatures cool off and we follow The Wolverine to Japan. Eden and I discuss what we are in to these days, and the...
The Middle of Culture #19 - Elf Quest and the Art of Reading Comics
Over the course of our lives, we all have opportunities to develop certain skills. Eden and I have both spent many years honing some of those skills. Yet they have, in...
The Middle of Culture #18 - X-Men First Class
Everyone is a fan of something. Or often many things. But do we define ourselves and our personalities by our fandoms? If so, perhaps we should find meaning in somethi...
The Middle of Culture #17 - Simulator Games
These days, you can find a video game for almost anything. A longstanding, but increasingly broad category of games are those that fall under the "simulation" genre. T...
The Middle of Culture #16 - X-Men Origins: Wolverine
This week the Summer of X returns with X-Men Origins: Wolverine. We remembered it wasn't a great movie. Critically it did worse than the previous installments in the s...
The Middle of Culture #15 - Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
War. War never changes. And neither does the world after an apocalypse! Or at least that is how it appears in much of post-apocalyptic fiction. That's on the docket th...