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Diablo III: Still Relevant?
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Getting to play Diablo III was a treat. It's a franchise I love and one of the most expected games of the year. Well, any of Blizzards games fulfill that role really. Either way, I spent some good time playing the game, and really analyzing what it has to offer the gaming community.
The Avengers
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The Avengers is a fairly unique movie. From everything I know of, no other movie has brought together this many characters from their own, stand-alone films. We’ve had wonderful trilogies and lengthy sagas, but never has Hollywood gambled on such a venture like this. How do you mesh more than a fistful of independent, strong characters that an audience has gotten to know? How do you make a coherent story that wont alienate those that might only enjoy one particular character?
The Hunger Games
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Full disclosure, I haven't read the book, and I don't intend to anytime soon. I was pretty dead set against seeing this movie. Because no matter what anyone says, it does fall squarely in the sci-fi genre, and that made me bias towards this young upstart of a franchise for a few reasons. As a non-reader of the book (of which I appear to be the only one), I entered the theater. At once I found myself emotionally attaching to Katniss. Her situation was at once obvious but complex. The love she had for her sister was palpable, believable and quite real. Immediately my own feelings for those I loved and wanted to protect became intertwined with hers.
Chronicle, Something Refreshing
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A couple friends and I went to see Chronicle last night. None of us really had high expectations but were just curious to see how it was. This movie is about the journey of three high school kids that stumble upon a mysterious object that gives them powers.
I wont give too much more of the plot away, because despite the meager $12 million budget of this film, it's definitely worth seeing. Especially since this weekends re-release of The Phantom Menace in 3D, trust me, see Chronicle instead, it's better.
DC Comics and the New 52
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At the end of the summer, DC Comics did something quite bold. Even in the realm of comic books, a genre that is no stranger to parallel realities, continuity changes and plot bending shenanigans, DC did something that hasn't really be done before. They reset 52 of their comic runs to #1 issues. With the 12 series' I am now following, it's evident that DC Comics has hit a home run. The 'New 52', as they are calling the reboot, is a major success.
A Taste of, Star Wars: The Old Republic
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Recently I've had the opportunity to play the beta for Star Wars: The Old Republic. Since I'm a huge fan of the franchise, I was excited to see an MMO for it. I'd never played Star Wars Galaxies, mainly because I never had the chance, but seeing its sordid history I'm glad I wasn't tainted by it. SWtOR (as I and some friends refer to it) is set 3,500 years before the films, and 300 years after the events of Knights of the Old Republic. You choose between either Republic or Empire as far as factions go. The Empire is the "evil" faction of course and the Republic the "good."
‘Rise’ to the Occasion
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This post began as a reply to a comment a good friend and family member posted to my Google+ post about me thinking Rise of the Planet of the Apes was a smart sci-fi. I've only done some light editing to preserve my reaction.
Cowboys & Aliens; Not All Bad
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After seeing the first preview for this movie, a hefty groan mixed with laughter escaped my lips. My expectations for this movie were pretty low, but as the months to its release became fewer, I found that Cowboys & Aliens became slightly more appealing. This was good, because as I sat in the piss poor excuse of a theater I watched it in, my mind was able to be cleared of any previous judgement. Almost exactly two hours later, walking out of the theater, feelings of satisfaction washed over me. Not overly or underly, just plain old satisfied. And to be honest, that's all this movie is, satisfying.