Year: 2011
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Links From The Blogroll
Hey, everybody. Haven’t been around much to post here, mostly because I haven’t seen any movies or played any new video games to review. ;) That should change this weekend. What I would like to do is highlight some of the newer additions to my blogroll and give some examples as to why you should…
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On Sequels
Reading some of the reviews and discussions out there on Dragon Age 2 got me to thinking – Did Bioware do a disservice to themselves by declaring this game a sequel? They call it a sequel on the game’s official site, and they put a ‘2’ after it, but it may have damaged the perception…
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Old Game Tuesday – Red Storm Rising
I mentioned previously that a good bit of my early gaming was wargames. This was due in large part to my dad being in the Navy and me growing up obsessed with the massive ships and salty dogs I saw with him. Red Storm Rising is one of my favorite games from that time in…
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Dragon Age 2 Demo Impressions
I played through one full run of the DA2 Demo (male rogue), and to be honest, it’s got me a little worried. The visuals are definitely different, probably better, but with the way combat jumps around so much it feels more like an older MMO. The powers recharge quickly, the action more frenetic (yes, I…
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Future Games I Want
Dragon Age 2. Still gotta try the demo, but really, I’m all over it.  (have it now, see my reviews) The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim. My favorite characters in Morrowind and Oblivion were both Nords. Looks really, really cool. Portal 2. Please assume the party escort submission position. Batman:  Arkham City.  Sweet trailer, sounds like a…
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Old Game Tuesday – Uncharted Waters
This might be surprising, considering how much I love most other Sid Meier games, but I never got around to the original Pirates! game. I was deep into war games and looking at it, it just didn’t interest me. Another thing I found to be cool were Samurai (and by extension, ancient Japan), which led…
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Old Game Tuesday – The Oregon Trail
I’ve spoken about educational games before, and this is one of the big ones, The Oregon Trail. Most people in my generation (or close to it) played this in school, on the Apple IIe or IIgs in my case, and it was one of the first ‘edutainment’ games I played that was actually fun. First,…
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Spring and Summer 2011 Movies
The meat of the 2011 movie season is coming up, including the Summer blockbusters, and I thought I’d run them down and see which ones I’m planning to check out. Note that as a Dad, the list leans towards animated movies as well as comic book movies and summer blockbusters. I don’t like horror and…
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Movies With Repeated Theater Viewings
The title says it all – I thought I’d start a discussion about what movies you just HAD to see more than once in the theaters. Where possible, I will be putting how many times I saw it and any other details I think of. Despicable Me – (2) – Once was at the drive-in…
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Wired: Best Sci-Fi Movie Effects
Wired has an article up about the Best Sci-Fi movie effects scenes of all time, which has some classics, from Godzilla to 2001: A Space Odyssey to Avatar. To be sure, though, they missed some of my favorites: Iron Man – specifically the scene when Tony puts the upgraded suit on for the first time and…
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Movie Review – TRON: Legacy
I caught a 3D showing of TRON: Legacy this weekend, and I love it. I might just be their ideal movie-goer. I did see the original TRON at some point, far enough back that I watched it on one of these bad boys. My Grandfather liked to buy wacky things at auctions, and came home with a…