The Wolverine review
The Wolverine is a better movie than it has any right to be. After X-men: The Last Stand, the franchise has been on a downward spiral. X-men: First Class was entertaining but a thoroughly flawed...
View ArticleX-men: First Class review
In anticipation of X-men: Days of Future Past, I thought I'd do a review of some of the previous entries in the series. One of the movies I have the most mixed feelings regarding is X-men: First...
View ArticleBite me: Big Easy Nights review
The Wearing the Cape series is one of my favorite new series. It’s very much like a lighter and softer version of George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards series. People are granted superpowers by a...
View ArticleEx-Purgatory review
Ex-Purgatory is the fourth novel in the popular Ex-Heroes series. It's been fun watching the survivors of a comic book universe deal with a zombie apocalypse and try to slowly rebuild...
View ArticleThe Amazing Spiderman review
Warning - nonsensical Spiderman ramblings incomprehensible to the regular reader ahead. The Amazing Spiderman A.K.A Spiderman Begins. When we saw the trailer for this dark and angsty upgrade to...
View ArticleBatman: Arkham Origins review
Batman is one of the greatest fictional characters of all time and I am allowed to say this because, as a blogger, I can make unsubstantiated statements that I claim to be absolutes (he is,...
View ArticleBatman: Arkham Origins: Initiation DLC review
Batman: Arkham Origins had a somewhat unfinished feel. In addition to the many bugs, there was also the fact some quests ended abruptly, even if the storyline implied the game was building up to...
View ArticleJustice League: War review
Where Wonder Woman is a twit and the Justice League kills a lot of people. That's my summary of the movie. I'm usually quite forgiving of big dumb brainless comic book action movies. It's...
View ArticleThief (2014) review
Thief is a difficult game to review because it's incredibly fun but it's also bugged as hell with a weak storyline. Thief strikes me as a game which needed about six months to a year more added to...
View ArticleThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug review
The thing about The Hobbit was, when I first read it, I thought it was a parody. Admittedly, I was about seven-years-old and had been introduced to the world of J.R.R Tolkien by a certain Rankin...
View ArticleInfamous review
Before I begin, I should point out something. The game is technically inFamous, which aside from being bad spelling is actually a way of illustrating the game's duality. The lower-case "in" is...
View ArticleInfamous 2 review
Infamous 2 is the next part of my, well, three review series retrospecting the series before giving my thoughts on Infamous: Second Son. I'm a little late in reviewing this but I wanted to make...
View ArticleInfamous 2: Festival of Blood DLC
There is a very rare video game which cannot be improved by the addition of vampires and the Infamous series is no exception. After the emotionally exhausting ending of Infamous 2, I was interested...
View ArticleI just signed a contract for three books
Hey guys, I have great news. I've just signed a three-book contract for my Urban Fantasy/Supernatural Spy Thriller "The Red Room series" with Permuted Press. The first book, Esoterrorism, is going...
View ArticleBatman: Year One (animated movie) review
As a general rule, I believe that adaptation is a matter of being sufficiently skilled with the medium and having a good story. I believe good stories transcend the form of delivery and what makes...
View ArticleMetal Gear Solid: Peacewalker review
Metal Gear is one of my favorite video game franchises. I played the original Metal Gear on my Nintendo and tried to keep up with the series as it progressed from console to console. It hasn’t...
View ArticleDMC: Devil May Cry review
I was a big fan of the original Devil May Cry series, though not the actual gameplay. Sadly, until recently, I was a fully Xbox fanboy and only was able to watch the game as well as read the...
View ArticleSaints Row IV review
To take a brief break from my Infamous and Metal Gear Solid reviews, I'm going to discuss a game which is about the closest thing we have to an adaptation of Cole MacGrath's adventures....
View ArticleMetal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes review
Way back before the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the Sons of Aryas, in the year 2001, there was a teaser demo for a game called Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. This teaser allowed you...
View ArticleBlood Shadows review
Blood Shadows by Lindsay J. Pryor is a novel which straddles the line between Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance. The two genres sometimes fit together quite comfortably while other times feel...
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