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Issue 13 : The ReBoot

What it means when creative types decide the keys that they’re most interested in mashing are Ctrl+At+Del, and what it means to restart the universe.

Batman Begins (2005) began Hollywood's obsession with dark, gritty reboots.
Issue 13 : The ReBoot 
August 31, 2016October 18, 2016

Why We Shouldn’t Have to Settle for Dark and Gritty Reboots Anymore

Posted By: Eric Seal

Dark and gritty has been film’s go-to solution for reboots for too long. Going grimdark can work well, so long as the world is

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Issue 13 : The ReBoot Reviews 
August 29, 2016October 18, 2016

NiWitty Review : No Man’s Sky

Posted By: Eric Carr

I don’t know what to think about No Man’s Sky. From a mechanical perspective, there’s not enough of a game to make a judgment.

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Issue 13 : The ReBoot 
August 24, 2016October 18, 2016

Rediscovery of an Icon: Tomb Raider

Posted By: Eric Seal reboot, tomb raider

Everything I knew about Lara Croft I had learned from magazine ads. Croft and her well-endowed polygons had an inescapable association with the adolescent

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Issue 13 : The ReBoot The Takedown 
August 22, 2016October 18, 2016

The Re-Write : Fantastic 4

Posted By: Eric Carr

There are a lot of reasons why a movie doesn’t work. Maybe it’s the wrong cast, or the wrong director or whatever. For most

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Issue 13 : The ReBoot 
August 15, 2016October 18, 2016

Reboot the Universe

Posted By: Eric Carr

What would you do if you could do something again? Think about it for a moment, and imagine going back in time and change

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Issue 13 : The ReBoot Reviews 
August 14, 2016October 18, 2016

Star Trek Beyond Review

Posted By: Jordan Feil

 Space folds into self as the Enterprise rides hyper waves in warp 5. Aboard the bridge a young and tired Captain Kirk muses on

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Myrkur is a black metal band of Amalie Bruun.
Issue 13 : The ReBoot 
August 10, 2016October 18, 2016

Exploring the Appeal of Lo-Fi Production in Black Metal

Posted By: Eric Seal black metal

Most of today’s extreme metal music is hard to ignore. Guitar riffs rip through speakers with teeth-clenching sonic clarity. Snare drums crack like lightning

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Issue 13 : The ReBoot Reviews 
August 8, 2016October 18, 2016

NitWitty Review : Ghostbusters

Posted By: Eric Carr

Somewhere along the way, the Ghostbusters became a thing.  But honestly I never understood why. The original is quotable yes, but the actual movie

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Issue 13 : The ReBoot Mangaka Masterworks 
August 7, 2016October 18, 2016

Mangaka Masterwork: Yotsuba&!

Posted By: Jordan Feil Issue 6 : Looking Back

We’re off all week, but that just means that we get to share some of our favorite pieces from Volume 1 of NitWitty Magazine.

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Jill from Resident Evil, playing a grand piano.
Issue 13 : The ReBoot Issue Archives 
August 5, 2016October 18, 2016

Manufactured Fear: How Horror Game Music Makes You Scared

Posted By: Eric Seal Issue 3 : The Horror

After 12 issues of NitWitty, we’re finally taking a week off. But don’t worry – we’ve got you covered. This article originally appeared in

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Issue 13 : The ReBoot Issue Archives 
August 4, 2016October 18, 2016

Nostalgia and Why Your Feelings Are Wrong

Posted By: Eric Carr Issue 6 : Looking Back

We’re still off this week. But that means we get to share this gem from way back in Issue 6 : Looking Back. Hopefully

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Issue 13 : The ReBoot Issue Archives NitWitty's Inside Man 
August 3, 2016October 18, 2016

NitWitty’s Inside Man: Dungeons and Dragons

Posted By: Jordan Feil Issue 4 : Better with Friends

We’re off this week, so we’re using this as an excuse to run some of our favorite articles. This one was written as part

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