Flix!
Brief reviews of two recently-watched Netflix streaming recommendations follow the jump.
Reviews
Zombicide!
So, we’ve played. One scenario, which took two lunch periods, as we needed to suss out the rules. For the non-tabletop gamers out there, this is a cooperative game. The board game genre is more or less split into games… Continue Reading
Stars!
Moons ago on my first Free Thursdays (note to self: should bring back Free Thursdays) I linked to a vlogbrothers post from YouTube by John Green. For those who are unaware of the nerdfighteria concept, Mr. Green (who writes young… Continue Reading
The Walking Dead
AMC’s “The Walking Dead” is now well into its second season, and being a fan of all things zombie, I’m late in giving a review. Warning: contains middlin’ spoilers. Zombie movies hold a particular place in the pantheon of horror… Continue Reading
A Call To The Internet
In 1989, William and Scott Brewing Co. opened and began selling “Rhino Chasers” beers out of Culver City, CA. The brewery closed in 1997; its brands were licensed by the Minnesota Brewing Company of St. Paul, MN, while W&S went… Continue Reading
Book Review: Fuzzy Nation
I’m talking about John Scalzi’s reboot of H. Beam Piper’s classic SF novel, Little Fuzzy. For context, I haven’t read Old Man’s War, his Hugo nominee, or anything else by Scalzi and I love H. Beam Piper. So I was… Continue Reading
Agency!
This review of Dragon Age II has minor spoilers for Dragon Age II and middlin’ spoilers for Dragon Age. Here’s the spoiler-free analogy version of the review: In Dragon Age, to bring up inventory, you pushed one button. In Dragon… Continue Reading
Sunday!
So… what are you reading? I’ve been reading The Ultimates. I never really clicked with Mark Millar until Kick-Ass came out… and even then, I thought that he stumbled across a story that worked with what I assumed his one-trick… Continue Reading
Encumberance!
There is always a problem with writing reviews of matters of taste… specifically, the whole “one man’s DC is another man’s Marvel” or however the statement goes. I know that *I* enjoy games like Space Invaders… but let’s say that… Continue Reading
Metaphors!
The following post contains not just major spoilers for, but a review of, Rango (now in theaters). It also has middlin’ spoilers for a handful of Bugs Bunny cartoons, The Man Who Knew Too Little, and major spoilers for Galaxy… Continue Reading