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Legendary: Deadpool Expansion
The rapidly growing popularity of Marvel’s most famous mercenary, capped by a highly successful solo film in 2016, inspired Upper Deck to base an entire small box expansion around the mouthy anti-hero. Featuring characters from Deadpool’s more recent adventures, and … Continue reading
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Quick Anime Review: Mob Psycho 100
It’s been a while, folks! And I’m a good deal late on this review (blame the part-time work I’ve picked up in the meantime–a small blessing, but it does interfere with my blogging), but I’m determined to get it through … Continue reading
Dragon Awards Are Live
Last year, we released footage of the first annual Dragon Awards, the official award of DragonCon, one of the world’s largest SFF conventions. And now, the Dragons are once again upon us. The nominations process has begun. However, I don’t recommend … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Gaming, Horror, News, Romance, Science Fiction, Tabletop RPGs, Thriller, Video Games, Writing
Tagged DragonCon, Honor At Stake, live and let bite
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Legendary Villains: Fear Itself Expansion
Two years after the release of Legendary: A Marvel Deck-Building Game, Upper Deck introduced another core set, Legendary Villains. In this spin-off version of the game the roles are reversed, with players acting as the villains and brawling against various … Continue reading
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Starting a movement
Superversive Science Fiction is not a new term, but a term we really need. It’s the opposite of subversive, obviously, and Superversive is something that builds up a person rather then depresses the reader until they’re halfway to killing themselves. Once … Continue reading
Midseason Review: Legends of Tomorrow and Invasion!
On the one hand, this show has improved since last season. Last season, the writing was so uneven, some episodes were great, and some felt like they were a failed writing class. …. Yes, I am ignoring the episode in … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Reviews, Superhero, Uncategorized
Tagged Legends of Tomorrow, Superhero
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Berlantiverse Review: Flash and Supergirl
This will be a two-for-one review for reasons that shall become apparent as we go along. Item the First: It’s a puff piece, it’s agit-prop, no, it’s Supergirl! Dear, God, SOMEBODY SAVE THIS SHOW. ….Sigh. Too late. Let’s break this down … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Reviews, Superhero, Uncategorized
Tagged DC, DC Comics, Flash, Supergirl
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TV Midseason Review: Arrow
Arrow is, by and large, the best of DC CW TV. iZombie doesn’t count, that’s from Vertigo. When our season opens, Oliver Queen must put together a team of heroes, since he lost his last one to retirement. They include Mad … Continue reading
TV Midseason Review: Quick Hits
I will, of course, make certain to do full reviews about some shows, rather than others. But right now, there are some shows I don’t have a lot to say about. Not to mention that there are some shows where … Continue reading
The Catholic Geek: Mythic Orbits and Christian SciFi
The Catholic Geek: Mythic Orbits and Christian SciFi 01/15 by We Built That Network | Books Podcasts: Sunday, January 15, at 7PM, EST …. //percolate.blogtalkradio.com/offsiteplayer?hostId=533877&episodeId=9745959
Hope For the Rebellion: Reviewing Rogue One
Is it really possible that Disney produced a good Star Wars movie? And not just good, but on par with, if not better, than the original Star Wars film? After the bad fanfiction that was The Force Awakens I didn’t … Continue reading
Fisking: “What Are White Writers For?”
For the record, this is not a joke. This is not a satire. This title HAPPENED. This article HAPPENED. It happened in The New Republic, so no one is surprised at all. Ever. And, like most idiotic things from this … Continue reading
Continuing a Catholic Romance Novel
I had a great many reactions to my novel Honor At Stake. If you read the original Lori review on this site, you may have noticed in is that it’s a romance. It’s also one that doesn’t follow the standard … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Personal Posts, Plugs and Promotions, Writing
Tagged Honor At Stake, Jim Butcher, vampire, vampire novel, Vampires
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Top 10 Catholic Books to Give this Christmas
In my family, the easiest thing in the world is to give the gift of books. And, seriously, who doesn’t read? If your first thought is “I don’t read,” then I will ask you how exactly this post is getting … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Superhero, Thriller
Tagged adam baldwin, Ann Margaret Lewis, baldwin, C. S. Lewis, Dystopia, Dystopian Fantasy, John C. Wright, Larry Correia, Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes
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Review: Ordinance 93
As I tell everyone I know, I can read practically any political message, as long as they tell me a good story. I’ll even take save the whales, as long as it’s as well done as Star Trek IV. Ordinance … Continue reading
Review: Doctor Strange
For those of you who do not know the strange tale of the good Doctor, Dr. Stephen Strange starts out as a neurosurgeon, but is really Tony Stark with a medical degree. In this case, he’s Benedict Cumberbatch, with an … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Reviews
Tagged Doctor Strange, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Comics
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Review: Stealing Jenny
I Ellen Gable wrote a book called Stealing Jenny, and mentioned that it would be free on Kindle early last week, and we could grab a copy and review it. I shrugged, figured “If she likes my book, how bad … Continue reading
Where does Marvel go from Civil War?
Everything below will spoil the franchise to date. If you’ve seen Civil War, the only spoilers will be speculation I might get correct. Also, spoilers for a comic book here or there. Now that Doctor Strange is nearly upon us, it is time … Continue reading
Posted in Superhero, Writing
Tagged Black Panther, Black Widow, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, Infinity Gems, Infinity War: Part 1, Infinity War: Part 2, Iron Fist, Iron Man, Luke Cage, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Civil War, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man, Spiderman, Superhero, superpower, Thanos, Ultimate Spider-Man
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Netflix’s “Death Note”: A Trailer Analysis
Well. It has come to this. Netflix is finally producing a live-action USA-based adaptation of Death Note, the hit manga/anime where a teenager with a god complex gets a notebook that he can use to magically murder people. It’s better … Continue reading →