Month: October 2013
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Book Review: Hellboy: The Midnight Circus
Chalk this one up as a win for the Hellboy movie franchise! Â I enjoyed both movies (and eagerly await a third, hint hint guys) so when this popped up on NetGalley, it was a no-brainer to check out. Â (Spoilers from here on) Â The Midnight Circus deals with young Hellboy at the BPRD. Â He’s still not…
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Book Review – Code Monkey Save World #1
I’m betting most of you reading this have at least a passing familiarity with Jonathan Coulton, even if it’s just from his song Still Alive from the end of the amazing Portal video game. Â Code Monkey Save World is a graphic novel adaptation of some of JoCo’s music, written by Greg Pak (currently of Batman/Superman…
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Book Review – The Black Beetle: No Way Out
As I’ve eased my way back into comics, I’ve discovered a few artists I like. Â One of those is Francesco Francavilla, who I first saw filling in on Hawkeye. Â His style edges more towards noir and pulp, and it’s never looked better than in his own comic series, The Black Beetle. Â Taking it’s cues from…
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The Legend of Korra – The Sting
Okay, this was a good episode to show off the supporting cast, considering Korra is missing and presumed dead, at least by Unalaq, Eska and Desna. Â We see a ship of Varrick’s (filled with Asami’s mecha-tanks) get attacked, but this time it’s not by spirits but apparent Northern Water Tribe goons. Â Mako, of course, thinks…
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The Legend of Korra – Peacekeepers
Korra just can’t catch a break. Heading to Republic City to seek aid for the Southern Water Tribe only brings tensions with Mako to a breaking point. Then, the President refuses to commit troops help defend the South, and Korra tries to go around him to General Iroh directly. Unfortunately, Mako feels compelled by duty…
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Vintage Gaming – Super Dodge Ball
Super Dodge Ball might just be the ideal game from the 8-bit era that you didn’t play. It’s exactly what the title says, your team (USA in our NES version) battles dodge ball teams from around the globe in a tournament. Each team (from places like Iceland, Kenya and China) had different strengths and weaknesses,…
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch – In Purgatory’s Shadow and By Inferno’s Light
Shifting gears for a bit (mostly because while I was able to watch Season 4 and part of Season 5, I haven’t been able to do my normal rewatch blog posts), I wanted to talk specifically about these two episdoes, In Purgatory’s Shadow and By Inferno’s Light. Despite sharing a plot with Garak, I think…