Despite bigger games pushing the boundaries of technology, a short little Flash game about robots has more personality and charm than any number of its blockbuster competitors.

If there’s reason to be disappointed in the way Lost ended, it’s only because they attempted the impossible and did a B+ job at it.

Brian and Spencer discuss The Damned United, new albums by The New Pornographers, Broken Bells, Titus Andronicus, and seeing Pavement live. Plus, the friendship-crippling online game Neptune’s Pride and the questionable behavior of Steve Jobs.

A desperate letter from inside the biggest game ever.

The world is full of fascinating stories, and not all of them have to end with a call to action; some, like the documentary 45365, just help us see the world through someone else’s eyes.

The tactic writers are using to consistently produce today’s best comedy: not just joke quality, but joke density.

Brian and Spencer discuss Oscar contenders like Inglorious Basterds and Avatar with returning guest Gino, plus a handful of great new albums by Los Campesinos, Surfer Blood and Beach House. The whereabouts of B.O.B. are still unknown.

Does pushing the boundaries of ‘what a film can be’ excuse a filmmaker from respecting what’s already within them?

The troubling implications of Uncharted 2’s distaste for genuine problem-solving, as compared to Assassin’s Creed II and The Da Vinci Code.

Our panel of two sat down for an epic virtual discussion of our absolute favorites of 2009 — in every category we could think of — and set about explaining why each one made the list.