January 2012
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Game Review: Jetpack Joyride
Almost considered buying an iPad just for this. Almost.
Honestly, I loved my time with the gadget and there’s a surprising amount of great games for it, but the price is still putting me off. Especially since I have a rooted Nook Color and can play games from the Google Marketplace on it. If the iPad were closer to $200 I would nab one in a second, though.
I went nuts picking up great...
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Board Game Review: Risk Legacy
Received a great response to my review of Risk Legacy! Glad to see that people are as excited about this game as I am, hope it turns a few more people onto the hobby.
Risk. Besides Monopoly, it’s perhaps the most-played board game of all time. You probably have one rotting away in the bottom of your closet, so why should you drop cash on another version? But Risk: Legacy is no simple reskin...
Game Review: Grand Theft Auto 3 Ten Year...
While I appreciate that Rockstar was able to cram GTA3 into your phone, I’m not sure it was the best idea.
http://rocksaucestudios.com/tapsauce/post/game-review-grand-theft-auto-3-ten-year-anniversary-edition/
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Game Review: A Game of Thrones: The Board Game...
True to the nature of George R.R. Martin’s most famous work, A Game of Thrones: The Board Game is epic, complex, and will soak up a lot of your free time. At its most basic it’s a war game that sees you trying to control the castles and strongholds scattered among the territories of Westeros, but there’s a delightful amount of backstabbing, false alliances, and just generally screwing your...
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The Next Great Horror Author
Wife sent me an email a little while ago that actually shocked me. She’s up reading mom blogs (shaddup, she’s pregnant) and came across this innocuous entry, where an overworked mom talks about forgetting her new baby. Queue up this comment by one “Liz”, the comment to end all internet comments and certainly kick off a Bram Stoker-winning career.
I never forget my baby. I...
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December 2011
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Risk: Legacy
Roped the family into a playing my brand-new copy of Risk Legacy yesterday during Christmas and was pleasantly surprised by how much fun it is.
If you’ve never heard of this new iteration, it’s one of the most innovative board games you’ll ever play. Each game will fundamentally change the world for games to come. For instance, you can customize the different armies, giving...
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North Korea's still fucked
Kim Jong Il’s death reminded me of the stunning doc Yodok Stories that i saw at Tribeca a couple years ago (and reviewed at CHUD here.) It’s still unbelievable to think that there are concentration camps still at use in the world at there, and I doubt that Il’s death will change anything, especially with his apparently dim son (Kim Jong-Un) barely prepped for the role.
Because...
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Nightmare
So I had this horrible nightmare last night where I was on a road trip with my wife and three other female friends. We were driving around going to places (as you do) and finally ended up at a video store on the way back. Yes an actual video store. I stayed in the car while the women picked something up to watch for when we got home. As we took off I opened the dvd case and saw that they had...
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Fan films
Has there ever been a good fan film? I can’t think of one. It seems like they crop up every month, and I watch as fans of the property drool over the short or trailer or whatever, regardless of quality, just because it’s cool to see their favorite characters brought to life. But I’m having trouble thinking of a single good one.
Case in point, the utterly awful Bioshock trailer...
November 2011
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Dragonborn! →
Some people cranked out a kid on 11/11/11 and named him- wait for it- DOVAHKIIN. Yes, that’s “Dragonborn” in Dragon Language, as you’d know if you were playing The Elder Scroll V: Skyrim.
This was for a contest for Bethesda. Their prize? Free Bethesda games for life! Certainly something that’s worth hundreds of dollars! And perhaps some traffic to their little...
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New homes on the web
Besides JoBlo I’m going to be contributing some more video game reviews to the newly revamped Badass Digest. I really love this site and think that Devin’s made it one of the more interesting places on the net in just a little over a year, so I’m really proud to be a part of it. My latest review over there is for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
Also, I’m going to be...
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Tim Burton and Ms Peregrine
This news scares me.
The book’s not that great, but I was surprised to see how Lovecraft-influenced it is. It starts off as a spooky Lovecraft story and ends as a kid enrolls in Xaviar’s School For Gifted Youngsters, which sounds great but it really offers nothing new. It’s also basically an origin story that promises (threatens) more installments.
But I was just horrified...
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My review of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim →
When I got a review copy of Fallout 3 they sent it to me the day of release. I didn’t get the review up for almost two months. Thankfully they sent me Skyrim a couple of weeks ago and while I still have so much more to do in the game (so, so much more to do) I was able to get up a Skyrim review on launch day. Tried something a little different with this one, trying to demonstrate what...
October 2011
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JoBlo-ing it up
So, last weekend I decided to accept a job offer from JoBlo as their latest News Editor. I’ve only been working at it for three days but I can’t tell you how incredibly fulfilling it’s been so far. Just the amount of communication I’ve had with the team is far beyond anything I’m used to- and it just feels like the way it should be. Great folks, every one, and...
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My current writing method.
When I have enough time to write an article or review, this is what I’ve been doing.
1. Write it out longhand in my trusty notebook.
2. Transfer it to Google Docs, making changes along the way, especially when I can’t decipher my own handwriting, which happens a lot.
3. Tear the notebook pages out and throw them in the trash. Catharsis!
4. Print the article out of GDocs and read it...
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Game Review: Dead Rising 2- Off the Record →
My first of what will hopefully be many reviews for Joblo.com!
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Netflix's lowest moment.
Doubling the price of the service and losing a million customers in the process? Splitting the service into two different companies and further alienating everyone?
That’s nothing. Netflix’s lowest moment as a company was on September 1st, 2010. On that date we were promised a streaming version of the previously unreleased Fish Story, Yoshihiro Nakamura’s stunning punk rock...
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Microsoft just killed Cable
For me, at least. I’d already cancelled my service a couple years ago but now there’s really no reason to go back. They’ve just announced a ton of new TV and content providers that will be available on the Xbox 360 later this year. Also, as someone who loves barking at his TV to let it know when to pause Mad Men, the Kinect functionality is greatly appreciated. Here’s the...
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Video Game Review: RAGE Is Not Worth Raging Over →
Somewhat surprised at all the gushing I’m seeing for this relatively average game. Not at all surprised that the one outlet allowed to break embargo (EGM) gave it a 9.5.
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Video Game Review: Space Marine →
My latest review is up on Badass Digest. Liked the combat system in this one, just wish it were in a better game.
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What will probably be the worst film ever.
You thought Kirk Cameron’s Fireproof looked bad? Just wait for Courageus.
TriStar Pictures and Sherwood Pictures are pleased to announce that COURAGEOUS, the latest installment from Sherwood Pictures, has reached more than $2 million in pre-sales ticketing in anticipation of Friday’s national release. Pre-sales numbers for COURAGEOUS more than double that of Sherwood Pictures’ most...
September 2011
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Jackie Chan's 100th Film
Seems like there should be more excitement about this, right? That’s one helluva milestone, and one can only hope that people haven’t given up on Chan yet. After all, in between The Spy Next Door and The Karate Kid last year he released his most exciting film in years, Little Big Soldier, which proved that the old man still has a few moves.
1911 certainly looks like the kind of...
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Resident Evil 4- Still Great
Capcom just sent along codes for Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil Code Veronica X, both prettied up in their new HD versions for Xbox 360 and PS3. Resident Evil 4 looks absolutely beautiful and still plays quite well, even though games have made big advances since this one standardized the over-the-shoulder cam for third person games.
More than this I’m excited to play through Code...
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Video Game Review: GEARS OF WAR 3 Is The Best In... →
Absolutely loved this game, can’t wait to play through it again.
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Marlon Brandon, motivational speaker.
Was just lamenting my horrific lack of sleep, my shitty schedule and my current inability to write. Just generally staring at the document on screen, exhausted, with no idea where I wanted to take this piece I’m working on, feeling sorry for myself, when this popped in my head.
Five new paragraphs done like BOOM
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Video Game Review: Rock of Ages →
I dug ACE Team’s latest, their crazy Monty Python/Marble Madness mashup.
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WatchSold!
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Poor Sid Haig
Creature was one for the record books. At 1,507 single-screen locations, the horror movie scared up $327,000, which was the fifth lowest-grossing opening on record for a nationwide release and the second-worst in terms of per-location average. To put it another way, it was the worst ever for a movie playing at 1,500 locations or more. Its per-showing attendance was less than six people, though...
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Meet Human Centipede 2's new Villain
Martin’s got some big shoes to fill, as Dr. Heiter was pretty much the main reason the first one worked. Let’s see how he does.
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Review: The Baconing →
My latest review, of the third installment in the DeathSpank saga.
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Kickstopper
Last week I decided to join up on Kickstarter and help out Eaten By Zombies!, a card game by Max Holliday that’s being published by Mayday Games. The game looks like a lot of fun, a zombie themed take on the deck-building game that Dominion made so popular, with enough of a twist to make it stand out on its own. It was a bit strange to me to see an already-established company use the website...