The VGAs did this to my soul.
This week I give my thoughts on this year’s Spike Video Game Awards – an awards show so bad, that my camera and the Gods Themselves conspired to save me from having to do a video about that steaming pile of crap.
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This week I have another video game review – as I take a look at the last title to come out of Bizarre Creations, James Bond 007: Blood Stone.
Gameplay footage by:
Shockwave981 – http://youtube.com/shockwave981
TheMediaCows – http://youtube.com/TheMediaCows
Featuring a guest appearance by Diamanda Hagan!
http://diamandahagan.wordpress.com
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This week I’m going off on another rant, as I discuss the opinion voiced by the International Red Cross about depictions of war crimes in video games, as well as giving a call to action on the Stop Online Piracy Act.
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This week I’ve got another video game review, and one of a current video game – Goldeneye 007 Reloaded for the Xbox 360.
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It’s been a long time since I’ve done any wrestling reviews on the blog – it’s time to change that a little bit, as I present a review of some Puro, with Wrestle Kingdom I, one of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s January 4th Dome Shows.
Filed under: Reviews, videos, Wrestling Tagged: AJPW, NJPW, Puroresu, Wrestle Kingdom
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Sorry for this review taking so long to go up – when I originally downloaded the gameplay footage from Skorch82 for this video review, it was somehow corrupted – which meant I couldn’t convert it from FLV, which meant I couldn’t edit it in properly. Thus, I had to re-download all the video on the fly while I was editing the video. Hence the delay. However, the work is done and now my review is presented for your consideration.
Now, without further ado, I prevent my review o
This week I have a review of the second installment of David Eddings’ heroic fantasy series, the Elenium, The Ruby Knight.
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This week I’m back after a computer failure-related absence, I’m back, with a new camera, and a new microphone. Unfortunately, I don’t have editing software as yet, so I’m going with a one-take, this time. Hopefully I’ll have some editing software by my next episode. This week I have a review of Blur for the Xbox 360, by Bizarre Creations.
Filed under: Video games, videos Tagged: Activision, Bizarre Creations, Blur, Xbox 360
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This week I have a review of the first Myron Bolitar mystery novel – “Deal Breaker“.
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This week brings us another video game review, this time of Lego Batman.
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This week I have a proper film review, as I take a look at The Bourne Identity (the little-known 1988 version).
Filed under: film, Reviews, videos Tagged: Bourne Identity, Jason Bourne, Richard Chamberlain
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This week, I’m going a little more topical with my videos and discussing a current event – Harlan Ellison‘s attempt to stop the release of the film In Time.
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On the Books
This week I have another book review, as I look at Robert Ludlum‘s classic conspiracy thriller, “The Bourne Identity”
Filed under: Books, Reviews Tagged: Books, Bourne Identity, Jason Bourne, Robert Ludlum
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Another week, another review – and this time I’m doubling-up on the book reviews with my take on another of this year’s Hugo Award winners – The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms.
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Another week, another video review, this time covering the only licensed game based on the Bourne franchise.
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Another week, another review, this time covering the 2011 Hugo Award nominee, Blackout, by Connie Willis.
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It’s Saturday, so it’s time for another video. This time I’ve got another video game review for one of what is widely regarded as the best series on the Xbox 360.
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As you’ve probably noticed, the video quality for my episodes isn’t great. I’d like to fix that and I need your help to do it. So, I’ve started a fundraising campaign on IndieGoGo to raise the money for new cameras, microphones and other stuff.
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We got a few recent news stories recently about Diablo 3 which I wanted to address now while they’re still topical.
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I’m starting off my character write-ups for the NWCW with two stars from NJPW, and currently one of their top tag teams – Apollo 55: Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi. As a note, as this is a write-up for their status within my fictitious promotion, as opposed to actually being in New Japan, their stats will be slightly different than what their stats would be within New Japan.
Prince Devitt
Height: 5′ 11″
Weight: 178 lbs
Weight Modifier: +0
Attitude: Face
Level: 11
Athleticism: +5
Brawn
I recently picked up the role-playing game Wild World of Wrestling by Timeout Diversions from DriveThruRPG. The game is from the same people who brought us the underrated RPG WWE: Know Your Role, which I also own and like. As I’m reading through the game, I’m also working on setting up my own little promotion. This is partly with original wrestlers and in a large part with adaptations of real-world wrestlers. But, first, I’d like to do a little world-building and set-up the in-game organization.
After a long break between video game reviews, I’m back with a review of Record of Agarest War for the Xbox 360 and PS3. I’m also using a new video editing program, Sony Vegas, for this video, so bear with me as I work on improving the sound and picture quality in future installments.
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I’m finally getting topical for once, with my review of the Hugo Award nominated novel, The Dervish House, by Ian McDonald. I also give my definition of what I define as cyberpunk.
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I’m taking a break from Analog Computing this week to instead take a look at the first issue of Computer Gaming World, for November-December of 1981.
We start off with an ad from SSI, hyping their port of their Civil War Strategy game ?Battle of Shiloh? and the World War II game ?Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow.? It’s kind of interesting. Nowadays we’re used to strategy games which will take either larger battles or even campaigns and allow the player to control them from the strategic
This week I have another book review for you, covering one of David Eddings’ fantasy novels, “The Diamond Throne” – part one of the Elenium.
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