By Foodist on Feb 27, 2008 in Featured, Review, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Video Games | 3 Comments
Quiet…. can you hear that? It’s not far off… maybe thirty yards away. That sound- it can only be one thing.
The Suck.
Now I’m not one to usually voice my overwhelming disappointment in a video game ( I usually save that for real people and situations) but this is one infraction I just can’t let slide.
Propaganda [...]
By The Game on Feb 10, 2008 in Featured, Movies, RPG, Review, Science Fiction & Fantasy | 10 Comments
When the announcement was first made, I was excited about the prospect of a Dragonlance animated movie. As the voice cast was announced, I was even more excited. Some big names were there- Kiefer as Raistlin!- which made me think they were sparing no expense in making a cherished novel from my teenage years into [...]
By The Game on Feb 9, 2008 in Featured, Movies, Review, Video Games | 1 Comment
Who knew one giant gorilla could cause so many problems?
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a documentary that primarily follows the story of Steve Wiebe, a laid-off family man who sees the world record in Donkey Kong and decides that he can beat it with the arcade machine sitting in his garage. [...]
By The Game on Jan 26, 2008 in RPG, Review | 8 Comments
To all the DMs out there: how many of you have ever made a house rule? How many of you have changed some piece of description because you felt it didn’t make sense or didn’t fit with what you needed?
Probably all of you.
Wizards of the Coast is undertaking a huge experiment in both of these, [...]
By Bartoneus on Jan 19, 2008 in Featured, Movies, Review, Science Fiction & Fantasy | 16 Comments
Possibly the best way to start this review is to say: go see this movie. Cloverfield is produced by J.J. Abrams of Lost and Alias fame, and also the director of the upcoming new Star Trek movie. The inspiration for Cloverfield is that America has never really had an equivalent to a Godzilla-style [...]
By DarthCthulhu on Jan 15, 2008 in Review, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Television | 2 Comments
I was all set to hate this show. I didn’t think it was going to work in any way, shape, or form.
I was surprised. And, most importantly, I was entertained. There was some surprisingly good writing in the show (as well as some really stupid plot holes).
By Foodist on Jan 11, 2008 in Featured, Review, Video Games | 5 Comments
You hear about them, you see commercials and advertisements about them for months, their release dates are marked on calendars across the globe, and the keywords are getting thousands of hits daily on search engines everywhere….
Maybe you’re first in line on release day, maybe you wait it out and hear good things so you head [...]
By The Game on Jan 8, 2008 in Music, Review | 4 Comments
Freezepop isn’t a household band name, but gamers have a greater chance of recognizing their brand of catchy synthpop. The band has contributed songs to a few video games (most notably for bonus tracks in Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero 2, and Rock Band- one of the members of the band works for Harmonix.) They also [...]
By Bartoneus on Jan 2, 2008 in Featured, Review, Tabletop Games | 3 Comments
If you’ve never played the party game Werewolf (read Dave’s account of a Werewolf game) or Mafia, then the card game Covert Action will be something entirely new to you. This may not be a good thing, because it is clearly inspired by these classics and players benefit from an understand of how this type of game [...]