Flemish people of a certain age might remember Nero from the newspapers, in which he featured for decades.1 Regular readers of this blog might know…
CIPC #184: Think like a dog
Is chess in terrible kids movies with talking pets a trend? First there was the horrendous Alvin and the chipmunks: The Squeakquel from 2009 and…
CIPC #183: Energizer ad
A chess player’s biggest dream, a chess player’s worst fear: the battery. A well-crafted battery, pointing confidently to the opponent’s king, is a source of…
CIPC #182: Broken sword: The shadow of the Templars
One upon a time, there were point-and-click adventure games. Sure, the genre still exists, but in the late eighties and the early nineties, when home…
CIPC #181: Yoko Ono, Don’t count the waves
Over the last two blog posts about movies, there was a distinct rising theme in quality. Now, I will make it a crab canon by…
CIPC #180: Timotheus Wang
Today we are delving deep in the archives of Belgian comics to bring to light one of the most obscure subjects yet for this blog:…
CIPC #179: Sleuth
Ah! how marvellous it is to watch a decent movie again! Granted, whatever movie one watches after the disaster called Alvin and the chipmunks: The…
CIPC #178: XTC, The mayor of Simpleton
It is remarkable how little commercial success correlates longevity. Nowadays, XTC is considered one of the quintessential British rock bands from the eighties, but back…
CIPC #177: Alvin and the chipmunks: The squeakquel
My God. What have I come to? You know, I hope you all really appreciate what I do for this blog, because you have no…
CIPC #176: Shera ceiling tiles ad
I have bad news for the regular CIPC readers: today we’re going to tackle a philosophical question. Yes, one of those deep mysteries that bother…