John Guilfoil

E-Mail: guilfoil.j@blastmagazine.com

Web Page: http://www.blastmagazine.com

Profile: John Guilfoil is the editor-in-chief of Blast Magazine

Posts by John Guilfoil:

July 2nd, 2008

When Blast commissioned an interview feature with Don S. Davis, it wasn’t simply because he was an interesting character actor who our readers know, love, and largely grew up with. It was because I was inspired by the amazing range — actor, stunt man, painter, sculptor, set designer, writer.
He was never really a leading man, [...]

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July 1st, 2008

*Ahem*
The Grammy Award-winning anthem from the 1986 Top Cruise classic “Top Gun” will be available as a free download for Guitar Hero III starting July 3.
The instrumental, riff-heavy movie theme represents a film that created a generation of 20-something and awkward 30-something guys who play beach volleyball, serenade women at bars to “You’ve Lost that [...]

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July 1st, 2008

Following up on my grilling story for The Boston Globe, Weber shared a few ridiculously good-looking burger recipes, and I think you need to have a look.

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June 30th, 2008

Here’s the procedure for making the perfect hamburger straight from the horse’s mouth.
Weber’s “The Perfect Burger”
1. Take meat out of the refrigerator about 20 to 30 minutes before grilling, and cover it well. When cold meat hits a grill, it makes for uneven cooking–and promotes the chances of the burgers not being cooked well enough [...]

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June 28th, 2008

They claimed to be imitating a video game, but the six teens may go to real jail after mugging a man outside a supermarket and attacking motorists with a baseball bat, a crowbar and broomstick.
According to the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service, Dylan Laird, 17, of Southborough, Mass., Stephen Attard, 18, Samuel Philip, 16, Brandon [...]

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June 23rd, 2008

Known for his casual approach to vulgarity, George Carlin executed “The Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV” as well as the more innocent “Baseball and Football” routine.

Mr. Carlin was the first man to host Saturday Night Live and starred in 14 HBO specials in 30 years of a comedy career spanning almost half a century.

He was irreverent, sacrilegious, satirical, controversial, inspirational, hilarious and beloved, and he died Sunday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 71 and suffered heart failure. [...]

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June 9th, 2008

Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that the DEET used in most mosquito repellents is toxic? If so what problems does it cause? And what are some non-toxic alternatives for keeping mosquitoes at bay? – Tom Pollack, Oakland, CA 
DEET is commonly known as the king of mosquito repellents, though not everyone is keen to slather it on [...]

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June 2nd, 2008

So if you’ve had one vodka, you’ve had them all right?
Well … kinda. Yeah.
But one thing’s for sure, there are some brands of vodka that will absolutely make you regret it later. They usually come in a plastic bottle and taste like something used to treat some sort of laceration.
Thankfully, Poland’s inexpensive import is not like [...]

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June 2nd, 2008

Review: The cubular iHome iH12 iPod dock is an iAwesome iWay to iPlay your iTunes and iVideos

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May 24th, 2008

Doomsday and projects like jDoom have kept the game going well into the 21st century, with support for high resolution graphics and textures, OpenGL, new character models, particle effects, high-quality audio and a whole host of hacks, tweaks, mods and fixes for Doom, Doom 2, Final Doom, Hexen and Heretic.
It also brings 16-player multiplayer and [...]

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