Jun
25
Lazy Game Design
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My daughter played “Batman: Strength In Numbers”. She outgrew it, and needed something more challenging. After receiving “Batman: Multiply Divide and Conquer”, she told me that the maze is exactly the same, and the villains she fights are also the same. This is lazy game construction. Leap Frog simply took the previous game and changed [...]
Jan
24
The Looking Glass Wars – Arch Enemy by Frank Beddor This is going to be a bit of a stub review so as not to spoil anything for new readers. Beddor has an interesting take on the Wonderland universe. Redd is Alyss’s Aunt, who attempted to usurp Alyss’s rightful place as Queen of all Wonderland. [...]
Aug
13
I came out of the theatre stunned. Simply stunned. Hands down, this is the BEST BATMAN MOVIE EVER. This movie is nine kinds of awesome. Yes, really. Okay, more than nine kinds but here are the nonspoiler versions. 1: Heath Ledger IS the Joker. 2: Aaron Eckhart IS Harvey Dent 3: Maggie Gyllenhaal IS Rachel [...]
Aug
11
Iron Man: A Fan's Review
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I was surprised at how well this movie turned out. I was not certain whether or not Robert Downey Jr could pull off being Iron Man. I knew he could play a jerk and honestly still had Heart and Soul pictured whenever I thought of him. So other than the being a jerk part, Iron [...]
Aug
5
“Yesterday” and Today, Music in SF/F
Category: Auditorial Pleasures, Copperline, SF/F Geekery | Leave a Comment
When I joined N3F many moons ago, I was fourteen. I really didn’t do much with it because I didn’t get this whole “be actively involved” idea as a fan. So, I wasted my big sister’s money. As I got older, but still only about sixteen or seventeen years old (still in high school basically) [...]