Month: July 2011
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Movie Review – Cowboys and Aliens
Saw Cowboys and Aliens today, and it was just okay. Â The early parts of the movie seemed to go in fits and starts, though the climactic scenes moved along well enough. Â It’s an interesting mix of Sci-Fi and Western themes, and I do have to admit I had to rethink a few characters after seeing…
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Poll: Best Star Wars Videogame Ever?
[poll id=”17″] Well, here it is. The poll will run for a month, so you’ll have plenty of time to decide and vote.
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Friday Finds – Jumping the Shark
Solid week, things are easy at the office. Here are the week’s posts: Movie Review – Captain America: The First Avenger – Cap rocks, even if the Red Skull didn’t. Old Game Tuesday – Heroes of Might and Magic – Got me playing this again (III Complete), at least until my wife plays me and…
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Growing Older (But Not Up)
Ways I know I still haven’t grown up: Video games are still fun. Most of my favorite movies are animated. Almost all of my t-shirts are either video game or sports team related. I cheer when watching a sporting event…even if I’m at home alone. LEGO stuff is awesome (this will never change). The best…
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Old Game Tuesday – Heroes of Might and Magic
We will be focusing on the first few games in the series, as that’s mostly what I’ve played, but things aren’t too different even now. Heroes of Might and Magic holds a special place for me, if only for the fact that it’s one of the games my wife consistently beats me in. When we…
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Movie Review – Captain America: The First Avenger
I went to see Captain America: The First Avenger this weekend, and I have to say, it was a TON of fun. It comes close, to me, to the first Iron Man as far as quality of the movie. It does lack some small bit of the emotional impact I felt with Iron Man, but…
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Friday Finds – Liquid Breathing and Sand Tiger Sharks
Hope everybody had a great week. I came home from Virginia Beach, and the weather followed me (in the 90s here in sunny Buffalo). Of course, it’ll be in the 70s in a few days…anyway, here are last week’s posts: Movie Review: Transformers: Dark of the Moon – It wasn’t an unholy abomination. I had…
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Call for Contenders – Best Star Wars Game
Since it began all those years ago with Star Wars (A New Hope), Lucas’s universe has spawned dozens of computer and console games of widely varying quality. I’m very curious to see if we can come up with any sort of consensus of what the best Star Wars games are, and if one rises to…
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Old Game Tuesday – X-Wing
First, a confession: I never played X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter. This might wound my geek cred, but I just never got to it, and I had moved on to game styles than the flight sims of my youth. I also was a bit nervous about a ‘multiplayer only’ game being fun since I didn’t know…
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Kung Fu Panda 2 – Sequels 101
I saw Kung Fu Panda 2 this weekend with the kids at the Movieland 8, and we enjoyed it immensely. Even my 3 year old sat through most of it with rapt attention, except for the times when I let her little popcorn tray get empty. ;) Kung Fu Panda 2 is an excellent example…
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Movie Review: Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Dark of the Moon is not a bad movie. I know that seems like faint praise, but considering the flack Michael Bay gets for the first two, I thought I’d put that right out there. I enjoyed myself, and if you suspect that you might as well, go see it without guilt. Wait for…
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Friday Finds – The Original BFG
It’s a light week since I was gone and not posting, due to my Grandmother’s funeral. One post last week: Old Game Tuesday – American McGee’s Alice – Alice’s madness has returned, so play the original before you tackle the new game. Other cool stuff: Gizmodo has links about the original Big F***ing Gun, the…