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Vlog: Snowpocalypse Now

This time I’m giving my thoughts on the recent snowstorms in Portland, and why PDX fails at Snow. Please support my Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/countzeroor Member of The Console Xplosion Network: http://www.theconsolexplosion.com/ Watch my Live-Streams on http://twitch.tv/countzeroor/ Filed under: News, videos Tagged: PDX, pdxtst, snowpocalypse 2017, vlog

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Album Review: Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds

It’s been awhile since I’ve done an album review. It’s time to change that, by taking a look at a science fiction concept album adapting one of the first alien invasion novels – H. G. Welles’ War of the World. The album and stage show, unlike most adaptations of Welles’ book, doesn’t shift the time of the Martian invasion to something contemporaneous to the work’s production. Instead, it sticks with the setting of the original work, having the Martians invade in the late 1890s, as per the origi

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Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 32

<p>This episode we get one step closer to the end of Nintendo Power’s 3rd year, featuring the Metal Storm, and the Nominees for the 3rd Annual Nester Awards!<span id="more-2740"></span></p> <p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' height='360' src='href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/videos/'>videos</a> Tagged: <a href='http://countzeroor.wo

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Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 31

<p>This episode I’m moving on to Nintendo Power Issue #21, for February of 1991.</p> <p><span id="more-2737"></span></p> <p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' height='360' src='href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/video-games/'>Video games</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/videos/'>videos</a> Tag

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Book Review – Moon Over Soho

<p>This week I’m continuing to review Ben Aaronovich’s Police Constable Peter Grant series of Urban Fantasy Mysteries with “Moon Over Soho”<span id="more-2735"></span></p> <p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' height='360' src='href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/books/'>Books</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/videos

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Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 30

<p>This week I’m taking a look at Nintendo Power Issue #20.<span id="more-2733"></span></p> <p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' height='360' src='href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/video-games/'>Video games</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/videos/'>videos</a> Tagged: <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpr

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Vlog – Ancillary Justice & The Hollow Crown

<p>This week I’m vlogging on one of this year’s Hugo Award Nominees for Best Novel – Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. I’m also putting my brief thoughts in on the BBC miniseries “The Hollow Crown”, which adapts William Shakespeare’s plays Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, and Henry V.<span id="more-2731"></span></p> <p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' heig

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Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 29

<p>This week we’re coming to Nintendo Power’s final strategy guide issue, featuring a collection of games that support multi-tap.</p> <p><span id="more-2729"></span></p> <p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' height='360' src='href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/video-games/'>Video games</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpr

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Vlog – New Super Mario Bros. DS Review

<p>This week I’m giving my thoughts on New Super Mario Bros. for the DS – which I couldn’t capture gameplay footage of, so I’m not making this a standard review.</p> <p>Please support my Patreon at <a href="href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/video-games/'>Video games</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/videos/'>videos</a> Tagged: <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/new-super-mario-bros/'>New Super Mario B

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Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 28

<p>After a long absence, the Nintendo Power Retrospectives are *back*. This time I’m covering issue 18 for November, 1990.<span id="more-2725"></span></p> <span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' height='360' src='href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/capcom/'>Capcom</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/castlevania-iii/'>Castlevania III<

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New Fanzine Issue is up

<p>The new issue of my fanzine is up on eFanzines.com – and <a href="href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/news/'>News</a> Tagged: <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/fanzines/'>fanzines</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/countzeroor.wordpress.com/2722/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/countzeroor.wordpress.com/2722/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="htt

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Vlog – CCP and the Closing of White Wolf

<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' height='360' src='href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/'>Uncategorized</a> Tagged: <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/ccp/'>CCP</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/rpgs/'>RPGs</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/tabletop-rpgs/'>Tabletop RPGs</

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Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 27

<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' height='360' src='href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/'>Uncategorized</a> Tagged: <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/final-fantasy/'>Final Fantasy</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/nes/'>NES</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/nintendo-power/'>

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Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 26

<div class="embed-blip"><iframe src="href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/videos/'>videos</a> Tagged: <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/game-boy/'>Game Boy</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/irem/'>Irem</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/konami/'>Konami</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/lucasarts/'>Lucasarts</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/ta

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Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 25

<div class="embed-blip"><iframe src="href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/videos/'>videos</a> Tagged: <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/ninja-gaiden/'>Ninja Gaiden</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/nintendo-power/'>Nintendo Power</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/video-game-magazines/'>video game magazines</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/countzer

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A bunch of random thoughts related to discussion coming up around the closure of Irrational Games

<p>What bugs me about people who rip into the stories of games which try to tell good, interesting stories but fail (at least in the eyes of the people doing the ripping), like, for example, Bioshock Infinite, is that the language used to mock the games often comes in the form of saying “Games can’t tell good stories, why should you try?”</p> <p>Not that they’re saying games can’t be art – they know that games can be art, and often the people saying these things want more game

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Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 24

<p><span style="line-height:1.5em;">After a bit of a delay, I’m posting my review of the next issue of Nintendo Power.</span></p> <span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='560' height='315' src='href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/videos/'>videos</a> Tagged: <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/chip-dale-rescue-rangers/'>Chip & Dale Rescue

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Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 23

<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' height='360' src='href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/activision/'>Activision</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/gametek/'>GameTek</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/hal-labs/'>HAL Labs</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/koei/'>Koei</a>, <a href='h

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Let’s Play – Remember Me: Part 21 – Attica! Attica!

<p>We finally finish off Madame and start a prison uprising.</p> <span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' height='360' src='href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/video-games/lets-play/'>Let's Play</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/video-games/'>Video games</a> Tagged: <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/cyberpunk/'>Cy

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Let’s Play – Remember Me: Part 20 – Long Bossfight is Long

<p>The boss fight with Madame continues… and continues…</p> <span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' height='360' src='href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/video-games/lets-play/'>Let's Play</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/video-games/'>Video games</a> Tagged: <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/cyberpunk/'>Cyberpu

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Let’s Play – Remember Me: Part 19 – Intrusion Countermeasures

<p>It turns out Madame has left some traps in her Membrane’s. That doesn’t sound weird, does it?</p> <span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' height='360' src='href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/video-games/lets-play/'>Let's Play</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/video-games/'>Video games</a> Tagged: <a href='http://countzeroor

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Let’s Play – Remember Me: Part 18 – Nephalim and Seraphim

<p>We to take on a new type of enemy, and get a new S-Pressin.</p> <span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' height='360' src='href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/video-games/lets-play/'>Let's Play</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/video-games/'>Video games</a> Tagged: <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/cyberpunk/'>

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Let’s Play – Remember Me: Part 17 – The Warden Is A Jerk

<p>This time we get to meet Madame for the first time.</p> <span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' height='360' src='href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/video-games/lets-play/'>Let's Play</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/video-games/'>Video games</a> Tagged: <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/cyberpunk/'>Cyberpun

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Let’s Play – Remember Me: Part 16 – The Big Payback

<span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='585' height='360' src='href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/category/video-games/'>Video games</a> Tagged: <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/cyberpunk/'>Cyberpunk</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/lets-play/'>Let's Play</a>, <a href='http://countzeroor.wordpress.com/tag/remember-me/'>Remember M

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