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Flix!

April 3, 2013Glyph 2 Comments

Brief reviews of two recently-watched Netflix streaming recommendations follow the jump.

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Zombicide!

December 19, 2012Patrick 6 Comments

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 →

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Stars!

March 1, 2012Patrick 2 Comments

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 →

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The Walking Dead

November 11, 2011Patrick 9 Comments

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 →

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A Call To The Internet

November 9, 2011Patrick 2 Comments

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 →

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Book Review: Fuzzy Nation

September 23, 2011Patrick 12 Comments

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 →

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Agency!

March 14, 2011Jaybird 7 Comments

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 →

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Sunday!

March 13, 2011Jaybird 8 Comments

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 →

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Encumberance!

March 13, 2011Jaybird 6 Comments

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 →

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Metaphors!

March 7, 2011Jaybird 8 Comments

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 →

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