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Jon Schnaars Legacy Author
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    Silver Screen, Gold Disc

    Mega Man

    As one of the grandfathers of the side scrolling action genre, Mega Man serves as the perfect example of how simple but clever ...
    By Jon Schnaars Legacy AuthorJanuary 23, 2007
    Editor's Choice

    Football as Madden 07

    Writing last August about the release of Madden NFL 2006 in his column, “The Daily Quickie,” former ESPN.com contributor Dan Shanoff made a ...
    By Jon Schnaars Legacy AuthorOctober 24, 2006
    It Came From The Escapist

    Pleasurable Genres

    Genre, as a tool for cinematic analysis, didn’t really come into its own until the 1960s. Drawing on their literary predecessors, critics during ...
    By Jon Schnaars Legacy AuthorJune 27, 2006
    The Revolutionaries

    Nintendo’s Power

    A company’s narrative is equal parts public back story and manufactured idea created by the company’s image. By creating a theater in which ...
    By Jon Schnaars Legacy AuthorApril 4, 2006
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