Video Games That Sparked an Uproar in the 90s

Controversial Video Games of the 90s

David of Watch Mojo walks down the video gaming memory lane and looks back on the five most controversial video games of the 90s that captured the spotlights of media and one particular game even prompted the US Congress to start formulating the ESRB ratings system. It’s odd how people had hotly wrangled about these videos because of certain elements that can now be commonly found in today’s typical video … [Read more...]

Chicago: A Visual History

First Airmail Flight; Grant Park, 1918

Everybody knows that Chicago is one of the world's most historically significant cities. At least in the past few centuries, that is. Since we at ManCertified are quite the history buffs, we've found this little photographical history of the Windy City. Enjoy, and be sure to comment on your favorite photos!             Related articles The "New" Windy City … [Read more...]

America’s Knife

Image by The Library of Congress via Flickr By 1837 the states of Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama passed laws making it a felony to kill a person with a Bowie knife. Self defense was recognized and acceptable. But even if you justifiably saved your life using a Bowie, you were going to spend considerable time behind bars or outside breaking rocks with a sledge. No such jeopardy resulted from using one of the … [Read more...]

The Man Certified Blog Review Project

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For the next five weeks, we at Man Certified will review two new blogs every week, for a total of ten.  These blogs may be ones that opened our eyes, caught our ears, or rumbled our stomachs.  The point is we thought you needed to know about them. This is our final installment.  The review is now complete.  Read. Comment. Enjoy.   1.)  History is cool.  (No, seriously.) Ok, history may not have been … [Read more...]