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Evolution of Children's Toys
It can be difficult to comprehend that there was even a time when toys were considered to be somewhat of a luxury item. In fact, prior to the 20th century, children had very few toy options available. The children from these early generations spent much of their time helping with simple household or outdoor chores. In those early times before there really ever was a legitimate children’s toy market; parents were forced to innovate their own objects for children to play with. Thus, some ancient cultures even resorted to using the remnants of animal carcasses to create balls, and many other entertaining objects like dice fashioned out of knuckle bones. As each century ran its course, toys continued to advance, and the evolution of children’s toys has progressed to a level that those previous generations could only have dreamt of.
By Patricia Sarkar9 years ago in Geeks
10 Top Macabre Movie Mutilations
The best and brightest have created some spectacular science fiction, creating fantastic worlds, faster than light travel and even entire galaxies, populated by weird and wonderful alien life forms. However, those same creative talents have also given us some peculiar ways to perish. We look at some of the most imaginative ways to meet our end...
By Scott Snowden9 years ago in Geeks
Nat Shapiro & Nat Hentoff's 'The Jazz Makers'
Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Billie Holliday, Fats Waller, Roy Eldridge, and Charlie Christian are a few of the jazz masters whose diverse and several talents, blossoming intensely over half a century like the dramatists of Elizabeth, Charles, and James, meet in The Jazz Makers a set of critics whose gift and moment it is to capture in prose, in virtually every essay herein, some of the most precise verbal pictures of the music these writers have heard.
By Rhonda Taylor9 years ago in Beat
Craziest Series Finales of All Time
A few months ago I wrote an article about crazy Nickelodeon Facts. In the article, I mentioned how the Angry Beavers recorded a finale where Dag and Norb realized they were about to be cancelled and they proceeded to break the 4th wall. This had me wondering, is this the craziest thing we've ever seen from a series finale? Well I did some research and I discovered the answer is no, not even close. Now, when I say crazy moments, I don't mean how crazy the montage was at the end of Six Feet Under, even though that was, in my opinion, the greatest ending of any TV show. I mean crazy like having a children's show end with the main character about to be tortured...
By Jason Schwartz9 years ago in Geeks
"La La Land" Review
La La Land is the most enchanting and whimsical movie I’ve seen in a very long time. I’ll admit, I go to the movies a lot, but rarely do I feel so much escapism as I felt while sitting in my local Regal Cinema, falling in love with this film. Directed by Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), La La Land will make your heart ache, and make you smile, feeling nostalgic for the authentic movie musical, unlike the NBC live productions.
By Marina Caitlin Watts9 years ago in Geeks
4 Reasons Why Nintendo Switch Will Succeed
Mid-January's Nintendo Switch Presentation will forever go down in history as a memorable moment in gaming history. Nintendo provided the public with the most significant look at their new upcoming console and the end result is quite promising.
By BJ "Bunneh3000" Brown9 years ago in Geeks
