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Shrek Forever After Review
Earlier today, Chris and I went with my daughter to see the recent, and final, installment to the popular DreamWorks Shrek franchise, Shrek Forever After. The original Shrek movie was fantastic, and the sequel wasn’t too bad, but the third Shrek movie was just too much, and it made me wonder how enjoyable Shrek Forever After would be. I was pleasantly surprised. It all starts out with a male...[Read More]
Fable III
First, I feel I should clear the air about my experiences with Fable II. When last I spoke of Fable II, I believe I was a bit harsh in my judgement of the game. In July of 2009, shortly after we received our Xbox 360 Elite, I set myself to playing Fable II. As my first impression review stated, I was not impressed with it in comparison to the original Fable. I picked the game up again in Novem...[Read More]
The Stuff of Legend
Earlier this month I wrote about our experiences from 2010’s Free Comic Book Day. This year’s FCBD was not my first experience with the event, however. That distinction belongs to 2009’s FCBD. Why do I bring this up, you probably aren’t asking yourselves, but I’ll pretend you are as it serves to further my anecdote? I bring this up because if it were not for 2009&...[Read More]
Review: Dragon Age: Origins Darkspawn Chronicles (X360)
Today BioWare released it’s recent installment to the Dragon Age franchise, downloadable content titled Darkspawn Chronicles. News broke about this a couple of weeks ago, but details were sparse. Finally getting my hands on it, I have mixed emotions. Months ago, the Return to Ostagar DLC was released, amid much hype and lots of drama. Unfortunately, it failed to deliver, and it flat out fail...[Read More]
Iron Man 2 Review
Tony Stark is such a badass. When you think about it, he has everything people want. Fame, fortune, intelligence, good looks, a way with the ladies, and he is a fucking superhero. I loved the original Iron Man movie, and while I was sure I’d love the sequel, I still had some reservations. Chris and I love going to midnight premieres, so it wasn’t even a question if we would be attendin...[Read More]
Street Fighter Fan Films
I love Street Fighter. I may not love all things Street Fighter (I’m looking at you Jean Claude and Kristin Kreuk), but I love the concept of Street Fighter. This week was a great week for fans of Street Fighter. I feel like saying “Street Fighter” one more time: Street Fighter. …Street Fighter. I said Street Fighter (8) seven times in that opening paragraph, and I̵...[Read More]
Review: Dragon Age: Origins (X360 DLC)
I enjoyed Dragon Age: Origins immensely, as indicated in this review. What I didn’t mention in the review is that we downloaded and played all of the DLC currently available as well. Well, to be fair, The Stone Prisoner DLC was included with the game, but we did purchase the Warden’s Keep and Return to Ostagar DLCs. The Stone Prisoner DLC provides a fantastic new character, Shale (wh...[Read More]
Review: Dragon Age: Origins (X360)
Since childhood, I have been a great fan of fantasy. I have played many fantasy-genre RPGs over the last two decades, and they remain one of my favorite genres of video game. Needless to say, I was excited about the release of Dragon Age: Origins. One of my favorite RPGs for a very long time was Neverwinter Nights, released in 2002 by Bioware. Hearing that Bioware, makers of amazing games such ...[Read More]
Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution (Xbox 360)
When I was a yound lad, I came upon a video game called “Sid Meier’s Civilization”.* I played the shit out of it. I then played the shit out of Civilization II. I then kept my shit-playing-out-of tradition alive with Civilization III. By the time Civilization IV came around, I had less playing-the-shit-out-of-things time available, so I was only able to gently peruse the game...[Read More]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Most people know who the Super Mario Bros. are. Even if they don’t know who Luigi is (poor guy), they know who Mario is. New Super Mario Bros. Wii fits in to that famous legacy perfectly. Whoops…Wrong Mario. I know I’ve got it around here somewhere…. *rummage* Aha! I’ve been playing Mario games since I was a kid; my first time playing Mario Bros. on the Nintendo Ent...[Read More]
Taken
If you manage to walk away from Taken having learned one lesson, that lesson would be to never fuck with Liam Neeson. If you do, you will die so hard that your ancestors will feel it. Seriously. Liam Neeson plays Bryan Mills, a retired CIA agent trying to get closer to his estranged daughter. Plot setup ensues, and finally his daughter is kidnapped while on vacation in Paris. He tracks down th...[Read More]