<p>This week I’m reviewing another film in the Criterion Collection – the samurai film “Sword of the Beast”.</p>
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<p>So, I forgot to post part 8 of my Let’s Play of Remember Me yesterday, so I’m going to make up for that today.</p>
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So, this week, with our EGM recaps, we’re skipping ahead another few months, to issue #81 for April of 1996. Our cover story for this issue is Street Fighter Alpha II, and I have to say that the cover art isn’t very good. Frankly, the mid-90s have not been kind to EGM’s covers.
Editorial
This issue Ed Semrad is taking up the pen for the editorial column. It’s been almost a year since the last issue of EGM I recapped, and the Nintendo 64 still isn’t out. That said, at the very least they have d
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There are 4 kinds of documentary that I like. There are nature documentaries, particularly of the bent of PBS’s Nature, and David Attenborough’s wildlife programs, as well as the work of the National Geographic Society. There are Historical documentaries, particularly stuff like the American Experience, as well as stuff like the Connections series and some documentaries like One Day in September. There are Journalistic documentaries, such as the material from PB
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Now that E3 has officially concluded, I’m posting my thoughts on Nintendo’s two – count ‘em – two press conferences, covering the 3DS and the Wii U, with one more video. Next week, my picks for favorite game of the show.
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After a far too long delay, I’m finally carrying on with my Nintendo Power Recaps with issue #49 for June of 1993. Our cover story for this issue is the crossover that nobody was really anticipating ? Battletoads and Double Dragon. It perhaps bears noting that it is the Battletoads which are hogging the spotlight here (no pun intended) while one of the Lee brothers is in the far background.
The letters column this issue has a request of more reviews of alternate controllers. It does bear mentio
<p>We to take on a new type of enemy, and get a new S-Pressin.</p>
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We continue on with the Nintendo Power recaps with issue #40, for September of 1992. The cover game for this issue is Felix the Cat for the NES. I find it interesting that so soon after the launch of the SNES, we still haven’t gotten many SNES games on the cover of the magazine. Most of our letters this issue are about where you’d like to take your Game Boy.
Felix the Cat Guide
We also get complete maps of the first 3 stages, as well as power-up notes and notes on stages 4 through 6.
Prince o
<p>This week I’m reviewing a little known film from the Shaw Brothers. How little known is it? So unknown that I couldn’t find an IMDB page for this film!<span id="more-2595"></span></p>
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<p>This episode I’m continuing to review the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0575094176/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0575094176&linkCode=as2&tag=themillenn0b3-20">Cities in Flight</a><img style="border:none !important;margin:0!important;" alt="" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=themillenn0b3-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0575094176" width="1" height="1" border="0" /> series by <a href="http://www.
<p>Well, this month I’ve been swamped with school, but I have had a little time to watch a couple movies, and read one book, so I might as well give my thoughts on them. Specifically, I’ll be discussing the films <a class="zem_slink" title="Iron Man 3" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1300854/" target="_blank" rel="imdb">Iron Man 3</a>, <a class="zem_slink" title="Star Trek Into Darkness" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1408101/" target="_blank" rel="imdb">Star Trek In
Get Bones: Season 1 from Amazon.com
I enjoy mysteries. I read Sherlock Holmes novels as a kid. I read pulp detective novels and Agatha Christie novels as a teen. As a grown up I’ve found myself drawn to the current trend of forensic detective TV series, like CSI on CBS. After missing the boat early on, I’ve picked up the first season of Bones, and have given it a watch.
The show focuses on Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan (played by Emily Deschanel), a woman with a doctorate in Forensic Anthropo
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<p>Recently, on my YouTube channel, I completed a Halo 4 let’s play. I’m posting the whole playlist here for your convenience and viewing pleasure. Enjoy!</p>
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Ninja Gaiden is one of those series that hold a special place in my heart. It’s a game series, like Castlevania, that is known for it’s steep learning curve, that I can’t beat without using save states, and that I love anyway. Ninja Gaiden Shadow, isn’t exactly in that series. It was originally released in Japan as a port of the NES game Shadow of the Ninja, but Tecmo liked it so much, they bough the game. Well, now it’s time to find out if it was worth their money, and yours.
The Premise
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On multiple occasions, I’ve heard the expression mentioned that restrictions breed creativity. Sometimes that doesn’t hold true. My last Quality Control pick, Raging Fighter, was a great example of this. The game was a fighting game that just didn’t hold up well on what was essentially a 4-bit hand-held system. Such is the opposite with this Quality Control pick, Mighty Final Fight, from Capcom for the NES. Capcom was basically given the task of porting the
<p>This week I’m recapping the last issue of Nintendo Fun Club News. From here on, we enter the realm of Nintendo Power. It’s just a shame that Fun Club News goes out with a whimper.</p>
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<p>On New Years Eve I saw <a class="zem_slink" title="The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hobbit_an_unexpected_journey" target="_blank" rel="rottentomatoes">The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey</a>. Here’s what I thought of the movie.</p>
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<p>I’m continuing with the <a class="zem_slink" title="Dorian Hawkmoon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorian_Hawkmoon" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">Hawkmoon</a> series with the third book – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005IUX8E2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005IUX8E2&linkCode=as2&tag=themillenn0b3-20">The Sword of the Dawn</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" alt=""
With its next episode, one of the Internet’s best retro game podcasts, Retronauts, is coming to an end. This leaves a bit of a void, as I can’t think of a lot of truly great retro game podcasts out there. Destructoid’s Retro Game Podcast, which was okay, but not great, has ended. IGN’s retro game podcast is similarly over. However, I can still think of demand for podcasts in this field, and even material that the Retronauts themselves haven’t covered yet (if only retro Wrestling video games). So
<p>I’ve come to the last installment of the story of <a class="zem_slink" title="Dorian Hawkmoon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorian_Hawkmoon" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia">Dorian Hawkmoon</a> with <a class="zem_slink" title="Michael Moorcock" href="http://www.multiverse.org/" target="_blank" rel="homepage">Michael Moorcock</a>‘s book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005K5URI0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creat
<p>This week it’s time for another book review, as I continue to make my way through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/James-Blish/e/B000APGES2/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=themillenn0b3-20" target="_blank">James Blish</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" alt="" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themillenn0b3-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" />‘s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/g
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