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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Imperial Agent Storyline review

   I short of fell off of these and I'm sorry for that since I intended to review all of the main character quests but ended up only doing the Sith Inquisitor and Sith Warrior. I actually finished the...

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Deep Black Sea review

    One of the most well known ways to do a horror story, at least in Doctor Who, is the "base under siege." Basically, there's a bunch of likable protagonists who are trapped in an enclosed place and...

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Byzantium (film) review

    Neil Jordan created one of my favorite vampire movies of all time in Interview with a Vampire. He didn't make any sequels, though, and left the genre until now. The heart of what made Neil Jordan's...

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Afflicted review

    I hesitate to reveal anything about this movie because one of the major surprises of the story is one I didn't figure out from the trailer. Thus, before I continue this review, I'm going to say the...

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Dragon Age: Origins review

    In the months leading up to the release of Dragon Age: Inquisition, I've decided to do a retrospective series of reviews on what I think of as my second favorite fantasy setting after the Elder...

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Dragon Age: Origins: Awakening review

    Dragon Age: Origins was an enormous success. How big of a success? I spent a week away from my wife (then girlfriend) playing the game when it first came out. Man, was she pissed off. Justifiably...

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Big Ass Shark review

    Big Ass Shark has one of the best titles I've seen in recent years. It's a rare title that manages to explain everything you need to know about a book in three words. Big Ass Shark says what the...

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Dragon Age 2 review

    Dragon Age week continues with our review of the most controversial entry into the series. Dragon Age 2 had a two-year development cycle, a far different plotline than the original, plenty of...

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Dragon Age: Asunder review

    One of the most intriguing struggles depicted in the Dragon Age universe is between the Circle of Magi and the Templar Order. The basic premise is that mages are kept locked up in the setting,...

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Dragon Age: The Masked Empire review

    One of the major problems I had with Dragon Age 2 was the game had something of a monomaniacal focus on the Templar and Mage issue. The Qunari were also present, thank the Maker, but it seemed to...

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Dragon Age 2: Mark of the Assassin review

    Felicia Day is one of my five geek crushes along with Grey Delisle, Gates MacFadden, Claudia Black, and Jennifer Hale. I've loved her characters since Doctor Horrible's Musical Sing-A-Long-Blog and...

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Dragon Age 2: Legacy review

    Dragon Age 2: Legacy, in many ways, is Mark of the Assassin's opposite. Whereas Mark of the Assassin is quirky and humorous, Legacy is a dark and serious. Whereas Mark of the Assassin is mostly...

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The Social Satire of Dragon Age: Mages and Templars part 1

Part 2Part 3    As has been mentioned many times before in this blog, I am a huge fan of the Dragon Age series. I have purchased all of the games, DLC, novels, and comics. It's a world which builds...

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The Social Satire of Dragon Age: Mages and Templars part 2

Part 1Part 3    Perhaps even more controversial than the Rite of Annulment amongst mages, however is the Rite of Tranquility. As mentioned before, this is a supernatural procedure which removes the...

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The Social Satire of Dragon Age: Mages and Templars part 3

Part 1Part 2    The Chantry is an organization which exists, theoretically, impartial to the Mage and Templar struggle with the organization serving as a buffer between them. While I have mentioned the...

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The Dresden Files: Fool Moon review

    I really didn't like this book.    Well, no, that's unfair. I think this is the least of the Dresden Files novels but there's nothing that actually offended me. There's even some good in this...

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The Purge review

    One of the weirdest complaints I have ever heard about a movie is "this could never happen." This was frequently leveled at The Purge when it first came out. Now that its much-improved sequel, The...

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Dragon Age: Last Flight review

    The latest book out from Bioware set in the Dragon Age universe, I poured through Last Flight in a single night. Like all of the Dragon Age novels, it's a cut above your typical Dungeons and...

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The Legend of Korra: Book 1: Air review

    You may ask why I am reviewing a Young Adult cartoon series on my blog devoted, primarily, to horror and science-fiction.     My answer?    It's my blog and I liked it.    I was a big fan of the...

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Horror Short Story Submissions

Have done quite a bit of submitting this month. It's still a year's time until the release of my first Red Room books, so I have plenty of time to do other bits of fiction. It's good to "pad the...

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