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Book Review: Hellboy: The Midnight Circus
Chalk this one up as a win for the Hellboy movie franchise! 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. (Spoilers from here on) The Midnight Circus deals with young Hellboy at the BPRD. 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. 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. One of those is Francesco Francavilla, who I first saw filling in on Hawkeye. His style edges more towards noir and pulp, and it’s never looked better than in his own comic series, The Black Beetle. 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. 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. 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…
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Book Review – Steelheart
Steelheart, by Brandon Sanderson, is a spin through a dystopian world where an event (the Calamity) has given a small number of humans super powers. The problem is, they are ALL evil. Even though not all ‘Epics’ are equal in power, there are enough that they pretty much carved the world up into chunks they…
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The Legend of Korra – Civil Wars
I thought Part 2 put a solid finish on the various Civil Wars storylines. Korra learns just how deep Unalaq’s lies and manipulation go, and Tenzin bonds with Ikki, and in doing so has a moment with Kya and Bumi to boot. The Bolin/Eska situation is still less funny and more painful, but at least…
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Vintage Gaming – Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast
First person shooters were huge for me when I was younger, despite the fact I wasn’t very good at them. That meant FPS’s that still had a single player story were much loved and more likely to be bought. Jedi Outcast was the second ‘Jedi Knight’ game but the third game starring Kyle Katarn, one…
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The Legend of Korra Book 2 – A Rough Start
Spoilers, if you must know. I meant to write these weekly, but hey, there’s a ton to process here! The first two episodes set the stage six months after the defeat of Amon. Korra can airbend, Mako’s a cop on the fast track to detective, and Bolin’s remade Fire Ferrets are terrible. Asami is barely…
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Movie Review – Elysium
I really wanted to like Elysium, and I guess I do, somewhat. However, there are some serious problems here that kept me from getting even as far as “I really like it” or “It’s great!”. The first half seemed to drag. Too much establishing of characters, and even then, it didn’t stick. I never got…
