Month: June 2013
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Why you should be reading Hawkeye
I went a long time without reading an actual comic book. Â I gave up on them when they started to get too expensive. Â They cost a buck when I did most of my collecting, and individual issues routinely go for $3-4 now. Â But I really wanted to get into them again thanks to the pure…
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Movie Review – Despicable Me 2
Thanks to the fine folks at Buffalo.com, my 5 year old daughter and I saw Despicable Me 2 last night. It’s got a lot to live up to, as the first is one of our favorite movies as a family, and one of the most-quoted. I’m happy to report that, for the most part, Despicable…
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch – Season Three
DS9 Rewatch: Season One, Season Two Note: To save my sanity, from here on I’m only going to cover the episodes that stand out to me, or ones I have a really funny comment on. Season three again starts with a multi-part episode, and it’s important. Founders! The Dominion! THE DEFIANT. I fucking love that…
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Get to know an MMO – Star Wars: The Old Republic
A continuing series where I look at current MMO games from a Free to Play perspective (as I’m too much of a cheapskate to pay for a monthly fee unless the game is REALLY good). I wanted to try this as soon as I’d heard of it – a new Star Wars game from Bioware? Great! …
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Book Review: Abaddon’s Gate
Abaddon’s Gate is the third book in James S. A Corey’s Expanse series, and it kicks a whole heck of a lot of ass. James Holden is haunted – literally. Miller is dead, but that doesn’t stop the detective from appearing to Holden again and again, each time speaking nonsense, or possibly a warning, to…
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Book Review – The Tyrant’s Law
Daniel Abraham’s The Dagger and the Coin series has gone from a bonus title included when I bought Leviathan Wakes to a day-one read. I really, really enjoy Marcus Wester’s chapters as he and Master Kit hunt the Spider Goddess (and the reveal there, wow). Cithrin gets caught between the advances of Geder and trying…
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Movie Review – Man of Steel
Superman, the character, has never held great appeal for me. I’ve enjoyed some of the movies and shows, read a few comics here and there, but he’s never been particularly interesting. The trailers for Man of Steel, though, intrigued me. They promised a Superman with some depth, played with the mythology a bit, and implied…
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Get to know an MMO: Marvel Heroes
Note: First in a series where I look at current MMO games from a Free to Play perspective (as I’m too much of a cheapskate to pay for a monthly fee unless the game is REALLY good). As you know from this site, I’m a big Marvel comics fan. I read them as a kid,…
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch – Season Two
DS9 Rewatch: Season One The series really starts to round into form with it’s second season, with the actors seeming to be much more comfortable in their roles. More Dominion stuff, more Bajoran stuff, more Garak. Here are my episode thoughts: Episodes 1, 2, 3 – The Homecoming, The Circle, The Siege: A rare three…