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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (non-spoiler) review

    It's nice to have reminders that while Disney may definitely be on the side of the megacorporations when it comes to the inevitable cyberpunk breakdown of society, they're still capable of...

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (spoiler) review

     So, okay, this is basically Metal Gear Solid: The Movie. Sometimes, Hollywood produces a film which is pretty much the exact theme and mood of a property even if it's a wildly divergent example of...

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Blood Roses review

    Blood Shadows was a book I reviewed a few days ago and, it just so happens, I read the sequel to in that time. Likewise, I'll be diving into the third book in the series soon thereafter. I suppose...

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Pretty When She Dies review

Disclaimer: I am writing novels for Permuted Press now, so I may have a slight bias to liking their novels more than I might. Still, I will attempt to be objective.    Pretty When She Dies is an...

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Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon review

    The relationship between boys (not men) and the 1980s action movie craze is something which is difficult to explain. It's really a meeting of circumstances more than anything else. You see, back...

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Inglourious Basterds review

    Inglourious Basterds is an example of a bait and switch. On one hand, the movie's posters and advertising depict this as a movie about the titular team. It promises revenge porn against the Nazis...

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How to write a zombie novel

     So, you want to write a zombie novel.    There's two ways of going about this.    The first method is write a book and put zombies in them. Bam. You've succeeded. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon has two...

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Zombies vs. Infected

    This is an addendum post to "How to Write A Zombie Novel" based on an observant reader's comment about the controversy over Zombies versus Infected. The difference may not be immediately obvious to...

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Z-Boat review

    When one typically says the word "post-apocalyptic zombie fiction", you assume the former is caused by the latter. The first intriguing thing about Z-Boat is the zombies are completely unrelated to...

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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots review

    Nine hours of cutscenes.    This is going to remembered as the game's most distinguishing feature. In a world where the majority of games tend to cap about eight hours, the vast majority of this...

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Tron (1982) review

    Tron is a movie with a special place in my heart. I watched it when I was a young child and it captured my imagination. Now, in a very real way, the movie makes no damn sense. It's all about using...

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Tron: Legacy review

    I mentioned in my previous review how much I enjoyed the original Tron movie. Yes, I was shamelessly gushing with fan boy nostalgia when I reviewed it but I don't regret doing so. My childhood was...

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Blood Torn review

      The third volume of the Blackthorn series, Blood Torn follows the adventures of werewolf leader Jask and newly empowered serryn Sophia as their world gets turned upside down. Sophia is a vampire...

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Borderlands 2 review

    I came to the Borderlands franchise late due to the fact I'm not a big fan of Gearbox or its business practices. Specifically, I felt Gearbox treated fans of the Aliens franchise horribly with...

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Vampire Apocalypse: Trail of Tears review

    It's been awhile since the last entry in the Vampire Apocalypse series. This has been frustrating to fans because it was a cliffhanger ending, keeping us waiting when a new type of vampire is about...

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Remember Me (video game) review

     I wanted to like Remember Me more than I did. It's not just a game with cyberpunk elements, it's one of the first genuine cyberpunk works in a very long time. It has elements of Total Recall,...

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47 Ronin (2013) review

    The 47 Ronin is an excellent teaching example for writers, because it is a movie which excels in establishing what I call "dissonant themes." This is something I've struggled with in my writing and...

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Borderlands 2: Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty

    Captain Scarlett And Her Pirate's Booty is a deliciously fun romp which parodies a lot of mass-media while remaining entirely consistent with the Borderlands mythos. That's quite the accomplishment...

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Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep

    Everything you need to know about this DLC can be summarized as this: There is a sidequest where you go kill the Hound and the Mountain before slapping the crap out of King  Joffrey on the Iron...

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Young Sentinels review

    The fourth book in the Wearing the Cape series, Young Sentinels continues the adventures of Astra the world's most powerful nineteen-year-old. When last we left our heroine, she was stepping into...

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