The Simpsons

Does animation still look as visually unique as it once did? Some people don’t think so. Some believe that the modern animation style has fallen into one of two genres: firstly the anime aesthetic, popularised by Japanese animated content;…

It's that most wonderful time of the year when we all sit down to watch the television Christmas specials we know and love. Our Headstuff writers discuss their favourite classic specials along with some curveballs to add a twist to the…

Your favourite character writhes in pain, a scared look on his face. His arch nemesis stands over him, an energy blast building in his hand. Is this the end for our hero? How will he get out of this one? The screen cuts to black. Then those…

Television offers a lot of storytelling benefits. TV gives writers an opportunity to immerse viewers visually in a world longer than any other medium. It also allows audiences to spend tens or hundreds of hours with a character, to the…

The Simpsons are no strangers to video games. As their popularity would suggest, they've had a number of games since Simpsons mania in the early 90s with terrible Bart based adventures leading into the 2000s with the likes of The Simpsons…

We had a scheduling mix-up so Alan and Ellen sat down and had a chat about the thing that they'd pick if they were a Juvenalia guest, The Simpsons. This is not a rigorous history of The Simpsons, we jump around a lot and probably get things…

Halloween comes early as resident spookologist and HeadStuff music editor Andrea Cleary makes her NO ENCORE return in the absence of one Craig Fitzpatrick. She joins Dave Hanratty and Colm O'Regan on a packed episode that features a lot of…

Welcome friends and strangers. Are you ready to laugh? If not, I can wait. Effortlessly, in fact. The nature of the medium means that we interact asynchronously, so I can write this now without bothering you and you can read it later…

Greetings reader. How’s your week going? Has it been a funny week? Was it “ha ha” funny or “weird numbness in my elbow” funny? Either way, this week’s digest should increase your “ha ha” quotient and you should always keep an eye on your…

NO ENCORE is, in fact, talkin' U2 to you this week as the boys park the regular album review segment to... construct their very own U2 record! Elsewhere, there's all the usual noise with big news, Songs of the Week and Colm's personal Top…