Monthly Archives: June 2016

Legendary – Captain America 75th Anniversary

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Ross Windsor

*I had originally intended to discuss Secret Wars: Volume 2 next, but the flash drive containing my write-up has inexplicably and annoyingly disappeared. Rather than delay longer while I rewrite the article, I’m skipping ahead to the expansion following Secret Wars: … Continue reading →

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Review: The Big Sheep

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Declan Finn

When Rob Kroese he gave me a copy of The Big Sheep to review, I thought it would just be another book that I would cross off of my list and move on. Anyway, this book was quite a surprise. No, seriously, … Continue reading →

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Audible.com 2-for-1 Sale on The Great Courses

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Matthew Bowman

Hello, everyone! I’m dashing off a quick (and rare) Sunday post just because I want to let you all know about Audible’s latest sale: no less than 153 lecture series from The Great Courses! Specifically, it’s a 2-for-1 sale; it only works if … Continue reading →

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The Baen Free Library: “Hey, Kid, the First Taste is Free!”

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Matthew Bowman

Over the last several weeks, I’ve found myself explaining the Baen Free Library to people. Now, I like introducing people to cool stuff, but even the best things can get repetitive, and repetitive can easily become boring, and boring quickly … Continue reading →

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The Best of #E32016, Day 1

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Declan Finn

So I covered Xbox’s abysmal opening.  What about the rest of day 1?   Ghost Recon: Wildlands Last year, this was only a trailer, one that promised the player the ability to tackle the same problem from multiple angles — … Continue reading →

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#E32016’s Xbox Press Conference

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Declan Finn

Xbox One has finally showed us their true colors: almost nothing new. NO, really. First, if I hear the word “diversity” one more time … seriously, stop with the buzzwords. Or at least make new ones. As I watched the … Continue reading →

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Battlefield 1 Drops at #XboxE3

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Declan Finn

Welcome to World War 1. No, that’s really my only commentary on that. It looks like it as all the artillery, vehicles, and weapons of World War i. And if I saw that correctly, there might even by some Lawrence … Continue reading →

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#XboxE3 Reveals a Thinner Console

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Declan Finn

Microsoft revealed the “Xbox One S” at E3 this Monday, June 13. At which point, you have to ask, “And who cares?” Sorry, while this is an improvement over the old school VCR cinder block that was the original XBone, … Continue reading →

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Titanfall Returns at #E32016

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Declan Finn

http://widgets.ign.com/video/embed/content.html?url=http://www.ign.com/videos/2016/06/12/titanfall-2-multiplayer-gameplay-trailer-e3-2016 I think I can say that I’m officially disappointed.  More multiplayer.  Oh yay. If you didn’t see the original Titanfall, it was a lot of this, with a disappointing multiplayer campaign, and barely any story or content to the universe … Continue reading →

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Mass Effect: Andromeda E3 Trailer

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Matthew Bowman

I’m not much of a video gamer, but I finally got around to the Mass Effect trilogy last year and was blown away. Prior to that, I was tooling around with World of Warcraft (I generally only invest my time and energy in one … Continue reading →

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Habitica: Productivity that Grants XP

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Matthew Bowman

A few months ago, I noticed someone in one of my Facebook groups posting about an interesting app called Habitica. It’s one of a host of time-management and productivity-increasing applications, both web- and mobile-based. What sets it apart, however, is … Continue reading →

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A Wizard, a Supervillain, and Death Walk Into a Convention

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Hannah Rose

That sounds like the setup for a joke, but it really was my weekend. I went with CG founder Matthew Bowman to the fourth annual AwesomeCon in Washington, D.C. I had never been to a major convention before, so the … Continue reading →

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