FRONTIER POP ISSUES

This issue is about the creation of pop culture and trends by individuals. The main point, too, is that everything is real in its own way.
Everyone should create and express themselves, and, while it is fine to be enthusiastic about interests, it is important not to be obsessive and not to lose your objectivity; don’t be a biased fanboy or fangirl.
Learn. Create. Invent. Express. Write. Come up with your own pop culture content and get excited about it!

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Frontier Pop May 2025 Volume 15 Issue 197 “Game Crash”

The video game industry, as of 2025, in our opinion, is falling apart. XBOX seems to want to publish games from their many acquired studios, everywhere but on their flagship console and their gimped junior console (the useless "Series S" one which dilutes their console brand), taking away any reason to buy any XBOX Series X or Series S (again, why anyone would but that, we have no clue. We will never buy it) Console due to lack of exclusive games to those platforms. Nintendo has released the Switch 2, an underwhelming, overpriced version of the previous Switch console with restrictive and oppressive restrictions and DRM, as well as expensive storage limitations for the forced downloads of games due to the lack of the game software on physical media. That, and their anti-consumer practices, leave a bad taste in the mouths of their fans and gamers. Oh, and this time, there is no Zelda there to sell consoles and to help them establish an install base. Zelda: Breath of the Wild, in our opinion, was the reason that the original Switch sold, and why it succeeded; it certainly did not succeed because it is a hybrid console, or for what it is. They obviously think that it succeeded because of what it was and is. In our opinion, they are wrong, and will soon learn that.
Oh, and Nintendo decided to raise prices and open the Door to overpriced $80 games. No thank you.
Sony’s Playstation 5 is a solid console, but it has few games that we want, mainly due to scalpers keeping gamers from buying the console and being able to play games on it when it first launched, which meant that games didn’t sell. That, and the overpriced “Pro” model (we may get a PS5 for GTAVI next year, however, and to play PS4 games).
All this, and video game developers and publishers going out of business, as well as economic reasons for increased prices, we have to wonder if the video game industry is crashing, again.
Maybe it should.
Gamers have options, including, but not limited to, emulation and collecting past consoles and games. We’ll be just fine. Love that Desert Strike on the Super NES (We have it, but to save wear and tear on the hardware we play it on a pocket emulator, the Miyoo Mini Pocket Plus), and we're not joking!

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Frontier Pop April 2025 Volume 15 Issue 196 “Pop Culture Fanboys”

In this issue, we examine a neurotic, insecure group of amateur pop culture fanboys that we defeated long ago, as well as why we believe that fanboy culture is toxic. We learned a lot as we destroyed their web site, which they used to slander and bully people with.

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Frontier Pop March 2025 Volume 15 Issue 195 “Getting Physical”

This issue of Frontier Pop is about physical media and why it will always be important, as well as multimedia preservation and backing things up.
Streaming is convenient, and we do it. We just don’t rely upon it.

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Frontier Pop February 2025 Volume 15 Issue 194 “Relationships by Numbers”

This issue explores a screwed-up relationship, as well as relationship information, and a strategy, which the author wishes that he would have known when he was 18.
There is no reason to be alone. There is also no reason to define who you are as an individual by your relationships.

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Frontier Pop January 2025 Volume 15 Issue 193 “Emulation Consoles”

Pop Culture and Retro Gaming are awesome, especially when you have access to all of the great things from the past, inexpensively, today. We now build our own video game consoles and arcade machines, and can play just about anything that we want to play.

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UPCOMING PLANNED ISSUES

Publication schedule is planned and is tentative, and may be changed at any time, without warning, depending upon what needs to be covered in that month.

 

Frontier Pop September 2025 Volume 16 Issue 201 “It is God, here!”

The It is God, here issue is in the works,and it is about A.I, mainly the weird reports that people are worshipping it as a God, which is ridiculous. A.I. is a very useful tool for research and productivity, however, and, ironically, it now supports our web sites under our close supervision and direction (the recent cover images for our 2025 issues, minus the January one about Emulation Consoles, were generated by A.I., with sister site Omnicapire, our newest site, the first one to use A.I. We were the second, and it was quickly adopted when we overhauled the design. Our new logo was not done by A.I, however, and neither is our main content. We prefer to create our content, and A.I. often has to be... corrected). Publication schedule is planned and is tentative, and may be changed at any time, without warning, depending upon what needs to be covered in that month.

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Frontier Pop October 2025 Volume 16 Issue 202 “True Horror!”

Are indie horror and exploitation films a horror in another way? Do they hurt the market and its reputation when handled irresponsibly?
When degenerates and amateurs misrepresenting themselves as professionals do production work such as independent film and convince people to get involved, is it good for their careers?

 

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Frontier Pop July 2017 Volume 7 Issue 103 “Switched On”

(Click on the link or on the cover image to partake in our excellence; our issue for July 2017! Taste us! Give us a taste! We know things, and you will, soon, too! DO IT NOW!)

Editorial: Frontier Pop: Are we really back?
Our ultra-awesome editor and chief, C. A. Passinault, is back, and he assures us that Frontier Pop is not only back and better than ever, but that it will now regularly publish new issues, as well as begin filling in those missing and complete back issues (a mission that will take at least two years).
We are back!

Issue main topic and featured content:

The Nintendo Switch
Is the Nintendo Switch the most powerful portable video game console ever made, or is it the most underpowered current home console? Could it be both? What is it that we hear about it being “incomplete” and “glitchy”. What about those damn crashes, Nintendo?!?! Despite the problems, we love our Switch! A Frontier Pop exclusive!

Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The best video game ever made, or something that may transcend video games altogether? After over 180 210 hours experiencing this game in roughly 12 18 weeks, it certainly has the record for keeping C. A. Passinault's attention. He still isn't nearly done with it, and, much like real life, he is powered up to be like a God!

No Virtual Console, but Neo Geo games! Yay! YAY! (Really... These games are AWESOME!)
Here is one of the aspects of the “incomplete” when it comes to the Switch. The eShop is not a mess... It is basically missing! Hell, it is even more of a mess than Frontier Pop is on this fine July day in 2017. Things are getting better, though, in both cases! They are giving us Neo Geo games, at least (although, at the time of this writing, in some cluttered proto eShop, what we really want them to give us Last Blade 2), but that lack of a real D-Pad on the left Switch joycon absolutely SUCKS, especially for fighting and platforming games. Don’t make us use a sloppy analog stick or fork out moola for an overpriced pro controller which complicates the portable form factor of the Switch, Bitch!
That lack of a D-Pad is like something that a non gamer, would design, in our opinion. Fix it, Ninty!

New Frontier Pop format
Frontier Pop is a mess (Nolan and his minions are smiling, we bet, but they won't be for long). We admit it. It will take a while to get this site where it needs to be (to the point that we almost threw it away and started over), but it will get there, eventually (We still rule, and are awesome, however!).
In the meantime, we are going to update the design template and get rid of those redundant, pointless, outdated social media buttons (Done as of 08/17/17, and the entire site has been moved to a secure server account, although the past issues are still in the old format)!

Web Sites
Passinault resumes updating web sites. Here we go!

Nolan Canova and Crazed Fanboy / PCR (Pop Culture Review). My opinion.
An underrated site that needs a new lease on life.
Sure, Passinault’s feeling about Crazed Fanboy are mixed, but he does go on record saying that there is a lot of good information on the web site, and that it needs to resume publication.
Well, kind of like Frontier Pop, although we just resumed publication.
It would be a tragedy if Crazed Fanboy never published again.

300 Web Sites by 2019
Passinault unveils a goal to have 300 web sites online by 2019. How will he accomplish this feat of magnificence?
Better yet, how does he propose to keep up with all of those web sites?

Talent Resource Sites and Security
Passinault reveals next-generation web sites and his plan to deter some people from learning from them.

Independent Film War
The independent film war, which started in 2008, and which Passinault, in our opinion, won, continues on. Why? What is at stake?
With Passinault also managing conflicts in modeling and in photography, how is this a good idea?

The Frontier Society is now the Cypher Society?
Why? How? What is going on?
What exactly IS the Frontier, or Cypher, Society, anyway?

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Frontier Pop August 2013 Volume 4 Issue 56 “Back On Track”

9/04/13/0901: Issue 56 for August 2013: “Back on Track”.
This issue, which was written over the entire month of August in order to help get Frontier Pop back on track and regularly publishing again, as well as to start the process of updating past issues and finishing incomplete issues, is the LARGEST single issue of Frontier Pop, EVER, and it should be, as it is the swan song for the old format of the web site. We are talking about over 45 pages upon initial publication, and it will only get larger over time (If you try to sit down and read this, do it at a computer, make yourself comfortable, and pack a lunch and lakes of tea; you're going to be there a while).
Highlights of this landmark, brilliant issue include:
Animal Crossing: New Leaf impressions and suggestions. Animal Crossing: New Leaf is a video game for the Nintendo 3DS, and it is awesome.
An Artificial Life essay, in reference to Animal Crossing.
Video Game Emulation update.
The Frontier Society Reloaded.
News about the official DJ Frontier and DJ Wiz Kid web sites.
Tentative schedule for C. A. Passinault and his projects from 2013 to 2018, including web site, independent film, film festival, independent film industry, photography, and modeling plans.

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Frontier Pop February 2013 Volume 3 Issue 50 “The Love Issue”

09/04/13/0901: Frontier Pop Issue 50, for February, 2013, "The Love Issue". This issue is a special Valentine’s Day issue of Frontier Pop for 2013. It is about, well, love. It is a little about some ladies by the name of Kristen and Samantha, too, from failed relationships from over a decade ago.
It is also very controversial.
This issue is about heterosexual love, so fanboys need not apply. We know what you are into, and most people are not into that, despite what a vocal few may say! Upon reading this, one of our readers told us that we have a very 90's mindset, which we agree with and are proud of, but we disagree with what they are implying with that term. We do agree, however, with equal rights, although giving anyone special rights is, well, not a good thing. Equality is good.
We do think for ourselves, though, and refuse to think a certain way because the crowd, most of whom have been conditioned since childhood to accept certain things as normal, tell us that we have to think a certain way. Don’t.

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Frontier Pop September 2011 Volume 2 Issue 33 “Video Game Emulation”

08/20/13/0909: Frontier Pop Issue 33 for September, 2011, "Video Game Emulation".
This issue of Frontier Pop is all about emulation, specifically video game emulation. We go into the legalities of video game emulation, the emulators, the rom files, and the recommended emulators for classic consoles and the arcade machines.
Emulators, basically, turn your computer into the video game console or arcade machine (coin op) being emulated. By themselves, emulators are perfectly legal. The rom files which are the actual game, however, are protected by copyright, and are not legal to play unless you own the game, in our opinion.
Although the legality of playing emulated games without owning the actual games is in question, it is possible, although illegal, to play perfect classic video games on your computer free of charge (please read the disclaimers in this issue. We do not recommend breaking the law, and you use this information at your own risk). Most of the time, the emulated games are perfect, but sometimes, due to missing support files or corrupted rom files, the games are not perfect. Galaga, for example, although it looks and plays perfectly, is missing some audio files. Super Castlevania IV for the Super NES crashes. Most emulated games , however, are perfect, although adjusting settings on in the emulator software is sometimes required.
Our favorite games for each emulator are also revealed in this issue. Most importantly, the top games of all time, recommended by C. A. Passinault, who is a video game expert and possibly one of the top experts in the country, are explored.
If you love video games, don’t miss this issue.
Like all issues, this issue remains in play, and is updated as-needed; it is the official issue covering this subject.

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Welcome to the issues archive for Frontier Pop.
Although we have links to a few issues on here, however, this issues archive is far from complete.
On July 30, 2017, we overhauled this page to the new Frontier Pop format, but we can’t link to content which does not exist.
Expect this section to grow in time.

Check out the current issue of Frontier Pop by clicking on the title above, or explore the section links above to find what you are looking for in our vast library of content (Frontier Pop content will link back to its relevant archived issue, too). You can also check out the issues that we have archived, below. Enjoy!

ARCHIVES

09/01/17/0157: Please be aware that these are old, classic issues in the old format, and that some may be incomplete or not even started. Read at your own risk. These issues will be upgraded and completed within the next two years, once we are able to get to them, at which time these issues will be moved to the main issue section above. We will also be adding more in the issue section above as they are completed.

 

 

August 2016: Playing Games
Volume 7, Issue 92
Saving grace in video games. Independent games, retro gaming, and emulators.

 

Frontier Pop July 2016 Volume 6 Issue 91 “Losing the Plot”

Editorial
The video game industry losing its way over the past decade.

The State of the Video Game Industry
Has the video game industry stopped catering to gamers?

Gimmicks, Motion Controls, Mobile Gaming, Portable Consoles, Home Consoles, and Virtual Reality.
The trends, misfires, and fads of the modern video game industry.

E3 2016

Nintendo

Sony

Microsoft

Virtual Reality

Pokemon Go (Needs To Go Away)
Nintendo licenses a third party smart phone app developer to unleash, in our opinion, a scourge on society with the overrated augmented reality/ geocaching “game” Pokemon Go.........

The Nintendo NX

 

Frontier Pop for February 2015: Game On.
Volume 5, issue 74.
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Frontier Pop Reboot.
Call for writers: Looking for Nessa- I mean, Nessie.
Video Games.
Video Game Reviews.
Drones.
Fandom and convention event coverage.
Tampa Bay Cosplay.
Crazy and not cool: Crazed Fanboy / Pop Culture Review VS Frontier Pop war and the results.
Nerd Shuttle?
DJ Frontier progress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frontier Pop Issue 5 - Future video games, video game scapegoats, iPad news, Freedom: The Lie.

 

FRONTIER POP ISSUE 4, VOLUME 1: THE FUTURE? WEEK OF 08/10/10 TO 08/16/10

Support site work. Insurance blues. When animals attack. Army Of Models. Updates.

 

FRONTIER POP ISSUE 3, VOLUME 1: THE FUTURE? WEEK OF 08/03/10 TO 08/09/10

Support site work. Insurance blues. When animals attack. Army Of Models. Updates. I’m creating the future. Today, people are clueless. I75 sucks. DJ Frontier is back.We need fuel! Actually my projects all require a healthy flow of support resources and money. The resource infrastructure is now ready. The Frontier Pop Letters Section for August 2010!

 

FRONTIER POP ISSUE 2, VOLUME 1: LEGACY. WEEK OF 07/27/10 TO 08/02/10

Frontier Pop Issue 2 : Legacy - A first look at Tron Legacy, Videogame Emulation, Charity Scams, and more! First Look : Tron Legacy, Play Now: Videogame Emulation, What A Machine: The Super NES,Best Side-Scrolling Beat Em Up: Capcom's Cadillac And Dinosaurs, Charity Scams At Home: Why We Think That 50% Of All Tampa Bay Charities Are Scams.

 

FRONTIER POP ISSUE 1, VOLUME 1: A NEW FRONTIER. WEEK OF 07/20/10 TO 07/26/10

A NEW FRONTIER
The Revolutionary Frontier Pop online publication finally launches. The world will never be the same.
A NEW FRONTIER: Issue 1, Volume 1, for Tuesday, July 20, 2010. New Issue published every Tuesday, and updated throughout the week. Next issue due online July 27, 2010.
INITIALIZING: ISSUE INTRODUCTION BY EDITOR AND PUBLISHER C. A. PASSINAULT
IN THIS ISSUE
Editorial: Frontier Pop Mission Statement
Short Story: The Point. By C. A. Passinault
Novel Excerpt: Frontier 4. By C. A. Passinault
Frontier Pop Literature Library
Theatre Review: Women Want Everything!
ELSEWHERE - TAMPA BAY SCENE:
2010 Metrocon
ELSEWHERE - NEWS AND CURRENT EVENTS:
Apple gives out free iPhone cases to iPhone 4 customers
The gulf oil disaster.... continues on.
THE LATEST UPDATES AND NEWS ON OUR SUPPORTING WEB SITES AND COMPANIES
Story Series: Born Beautiful. By C. A. Passinault. Only on Independent Modeling.
Modeling Mailbags. By Monica Stevens. Only on Tampa Bay Modeling.
Tampa Indie Film. By C. A. Passinault. Only on the Tampa Film Blog.