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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
Battlerite: My Early Impressions
When I started getting into MOBAs like Heroes of the Storm, which I reviewed recently, I ran into mention of an older game called “Bloodline Champions“. Like in MOBAs, you had characters with a diverse set of abilities–but instead of … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming, Reviews, Video Games
Tagged Action, Battlerite, Competitive Gaming
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Review: Bane’s Eyes
After last week’s fisk on the use of violence, I realized that the same argument I made in that post applies to what I thought of Bane’s Eyes. It’s the fourth book in the I Am Margaret book series by … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Reviews
Tagged Bane's Eyes, Corinna Turner, Dystopia, I Am Margaret, Murder, Tyranny, Worldbuilding
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Widow’s Walk – Reenter the House on the Hill!
In 2003, one of the most iconic board games of all time hit the market. It earned a 2nd edition in 2010, but other than that, the world of Betrayal at House on the Hill has never been revisited. Until … Continue reading
Fally 2016 Review: Lethal Weapon
Whose bright idea was it to bring back Lethal Weapon? As a TV show. I’ve tried the original films lately, but I couldn’t make it. In retrospect, they are amazingly shallow. Yes, granted, it created a lot of the tropes … Continue reading
Fall 2016 Review: MacGyver
After years of trying to bring back an official MacGyver reboot, CBS has finally brought back the man whose very name as become a verb. And what’s the verdict? ….Eh. Yes. That’s it. Eh. Just that. Yes, granted, you could do worse … Continue reading
A Review of ABC’s Notorious
Back when first looked at the new shows of the Fall Season, one show was called Notorious. I immediately figured it would not be as interesting as the Alfred Hitchcock film of the same name. I mean, after all, one of … Continue reading
Review: Designated Survivor
A little while ago, there was an article on The Catholic Geeks discussing new fall television. One show was called Designated Survivor, which was an obvious knock off of the Tom Clancy plot point where someone blows up the State of the … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fiction, Reviews
Tagged 24, designated survivor, jack bauer, kiefer sutherland, Politics, television
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Spectre, a Review
For the past few months, there is yet another headline about “Who should be the next James Bond?” Tom Hiddleston or Idris Elba, the occasional actor I never heard of before. At this rate of speed, I’d take Tom Ellis from Lucifer. With … Continue reading
Tom Stranger: International Insurance Agent
Welcome to Larry Correia’s audio book, The Adventures of Tom Stranger: Interdimensional Insurance Agent, narrated by Adam Baldwin. Yes. Really. I’m not making this one up. Have you ever seen a planet invaded by rampaging space mutants from another dimension or … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Fiction, Reviews
Tagged adam baldwin, audio book, Comedy, Honor At Stake, Larry Correia
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Review: Black Tide Rising
If you haven’t read John Ringo’s awesome Black Tide series, you’re missing out. It started as a trilogy, spun out into a quartet, then inspired an anthology….not that I would know anything about that. Heh. The premise is simple: Imagine … Continue reading
Review: Iron Chamber of Memory
John C Wright has pulled off a great trick with his latest novel, Iron Chamber of Memory. What started out as a Nora Roberts style romantic comedy ended in an epic battle on the scale of Mary Stewart and her … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Fantasy, Fiction, Reviews, Romance
Tagged Fantasy, John C. Wright, Romance
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Review: Chasing Freedom
I hang out with a lot of political writers. Then again, most if not all writers still to be political, to some degree or another. And the most common form of political writing lately is the distopia, or perhaps dystopia, … Continue reading
Neeta Lyffe: Dual Review
Today will be a dual review. Why? Because it’s hard to review one book without reflecting on the other. In zombie films, zombies are generally NOT the main bad guys. They set the scene, they act as cannon fodder (for … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Fantasy, Fiction, Reviews
Tagged Funny Zombies, Karina Fabian, Zombie Fiction, Zombies
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Monster Hunter Grunge Review
What happens when you bring together one of the best SF&F writers into one of the best fantasy worlds in books today? Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge. When Marine Private Oliver Chadwick Gardenier is killed in the Marine barrack bombing in … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Reviews, Thriller
Tagged John Ringo, Larry Correia, Monster Hunter International, Monster Hunter Series
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Codex: Card-Time Strategy is Here!
You might recall that half a year ago, I had a post about an upcoming game called “Codex”. I was incredibly excited for it, and at long last it’s shown up! I had a bit of a look through the … Continue reading
Book Review: The Mermaid & The Unicorn
There’s a lot of “urban fantasy” out there, and I’ve only experienced small handfuls of it. I’ve devoured The Dresden Files, caught a few episodes of Buffy, delved into the lore of World of Darkness, and even gotten into Monster … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Reviews, Romance
Tagged Mermaid and the Unicorn, Urban Fantasy
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Review: Exorcist, the series
If you haven’t read The Exorcist, of if you haven’t read the story about the original book, it was originally based off of an actual case of possession in Georgetown. Two of the original priests from the incident showed up in … Continue reading →