Year: 2012
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Vintage Gaming – X-Com Series
The Summer Steam Sale has only gotten me for one thing so far, and it’s the X-Com series of games. I’ve never played them, and I figured it’s time. I’ll be updating this post with thoughts on each of the games as time permits. Feel free to comment with your memories or strategies as you…
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Movie Review – The Amazing Spider-Man
Note: some minor spoilers. I’m going to shift things up a bit, as the movie has been out for a while. First, I’d suggest reading this, which compares the Raimi Spider-Man movies with The Amazing Spider-Man. This covers many of my problems with the movie, though I enjoyed it a bit more than that reviewer.…
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Book Review – Caliban’s War
Caliban’s War, the second book in James S. A. Corey’s “The Expanse” series, begins with a bang. Â Ganymede, the moon of Jupiter, is the breadbasket of the outer planets, producing the food needed in all the asteroids and ships out that far. Â Mars and Earth both have domes on the moon, and with the uneasy…
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Movie Review – Brave
I took my daughter to go see Brave yesterday, and we both enjoyed it immensely. She is four, and there were some slightly scary scenes where she hid her face in my shoulder, but she was rivited the rest of the time. Just an FYI if you have a sensitive kid. It’s an interesting movie…
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The Legend of Korra Season Finale – You Gotta Deal With It!
We have watched the Korra finale a few times now in these parts, and I love it. Â There are many who don’t, and they would be wrong. Â That is not to say that there weren’t problems or things that could’ve been tweaked, some silly choices, but you know what? Â I didn’t even think of them…
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The Legend of Korra Season Finale Preview
Well, it seems like the show has barely started, and we are already at the season finale. This Saturday at 11am, we see the endgame with Amon and Korra. From the previews, it’s clear that there is a HUGE battle involving battleships, planes (launched from General Iroh’s ships?), airships, and who knows what else. We…
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Book Review – Dragon Age: The Silent Grove
The Silent Grove is graphic novel set in the Dragon Age universe, written by the same man who was the main writer of the games, David Gaider, along with Alexander Freed and Chad Hardin. If you’ve read this site at all, you know I loved Dragon Age: Origins and it’s related content, and came around…
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Book Review – Redshirts (or: Dead Ensigns is going to be the name of my next band)
If you’re like I was when reading the early reviews, this one might frustrate you, because I’m going to try not to spoil things too badly. Â It’s not going to be easy, though, as Redshirts is not like most sci-fi books you might read. Â You’re going to make assumptions about this book, John Scalzi’s latest,…
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The Legend of Korra: WHOA
Note: Â bigtime spoilers here, if you aren’t fully caught up. I watched episode 8 today (both times it was on!) and am completely floored at what’s happening here. Â The show is moving through plot at a breakneck pace, and just when you think they might take a breather, BOOM, Tarrlok and Korra fight. Â And for…
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Book Review – The King’s Blood by Daniel Abraham
Note: some minor spoilers. The King’s Blood is the second book in Daniel Abraham’s “The Dagger and the Coin” series, and I’ve been looking forward to this since finishing the first book, The Dragon’s Path. Abraham has built an interesting world around the 13 races of humanoids left behind after the rule of dragons had ended. …
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Diablo 3 Is Always On, But I’m Not
Of course, Diablo 3 has yet to actually BE always on, but.. I do not yet own Diablo 3. There was a time in my life, years ago, when I younger me would’ve been shocked at older me saying that. I played the heck out of Diablo 2, and it’s one of the few games…
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Movie Review – The Avengers
Be warned: Spoilers, I have them. I’ve been struggling with how to approach reviewing The Avengers. I mean, I’m a comic guy from way back, but not an obsessive one. Iron Man is one of my favorites, and I’m not sure I can be entirely impartial.  Had I stayed up last night (got home at 1:30am)…