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The Future of SHIELD

It's assumed by now that Marvel's Agents of SHIELD will get a second season. I have to imagine that if ratings don't pick up, this season would be its last. The ratings have been ho-hum compared to...

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Death In Comics and Why It Doesn't Matter Anymore

***SPOILERS FOR COMIC BOOK READERS AHEAD*** Wolverine is going to die. Yes, you read that right. The man with the healing ability, who has been alive for over 200 years and even survived having a...

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Halt and Catch Fire

Over the past couple of days I took the time to go through all the television shows I watch and want to watch over the summer. It's a long list that clocked in at around 19 shows. Whether or not I can...

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Transistor Review

Transistor comes to us from SuperGiant Games – the makers of Bastion. It tells the story of Red, a lounge singer whose voice has been stolen. Together with a talking sword called the Transistor, she...

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X-Men: Days of Future Past Review

This has been a long time coming. The X-Men franchise has had its fair share of missteps with entries like X3 and Wolverine Origins. But with subsequent movies they’ve managed to bring the series...

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Into the Dark Tower I Have Looked

*SPOILERS AHEAD* Two months ago or so I finished the Dark Tower series. I’ve spent the time since trying to figure out how I feel about the series as a whole. I started the series three years ago,...

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Post #600! Silent Hill Returns!

When it comes down to it, Silent Hill is one of - if not my absolute - favorite game series. Silent Hill 3 was the first game I played in the series and it opened me up to a whole new level of...

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Makin' Some Food

Today was my girlfriend's last day in town before she left to go back to school. Because of that, I decided to cook her dinner. In the past year we've been together I've only done it one other time and...

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Risk of Rain Review (Late Night Ramblings)

For those who don't know, I had my wisdom teeth taken out yesterday. The pain hasn't been too bad. I have amazing pills for that sort of thing. What's driving me to the brink of madness is the constant...

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Regeneration: Take Two

So I've been gone for roughly a month - maybe a bit longer because I don't recall the exact date of my last post (I'm too lazy to look it up). It's been a wild time since then. A lot has happened, so...

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Rogue Legacy Review

I’ve been really obsessed with Rogue-likes lately. I don’t know what it is, but I can’t get enough of them. Games like Spelunky and Risk of Rain has taken hold of my attention. Rogue Legacy is no...

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Flash Fiction: Red Candy

It's been awhile since I've written something that wasn't for freelance. Even though this particular piece was written for an assignment in my fiction writing class, it still felt good to write...

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Are You a Devotee of Henri Beauchamp?

I love video games. Anyone who's known me for any amount of time has realized this. Since I was little I've always wanted to design video games as well. There are several problems with this though. I...

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The Third Regeneration: It's Time to Come Out

Many of you (even fewer than before actually) don't know me in real life. In fact many of you who are still on here probably don't know me at all. The old guard has gone and moved on to their own...

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CallSignStarbucks's Top 10 Games of 2014

It's been a long year. Hell, it's been quite awhile since I've even looked at this blog. But every year I like to look back on the games I played this year and organize the ten best into some sort of...

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Goals

I'm not really one for resolutions. They're just funny things that people say because they wish they would actually accomplish them. Instead I'm just going to set a few goals for the year, most to do...

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FANTASTIC FOUR

If you haven’t heard by now, Fox Studios released the first trailer for their new Fantastic Four movie. If you don’t remember (and who could blame you), Fox had put out two previous films nearly ten...

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I let you see me Know me I gave you a gift You accepted me Taught me Without you I would not be me.

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Review: Life is Strange, Part 1

Life is Strange is an episodic adventure game developed by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Square Enix. The star of Life is Strange is Max Caulfield, a lonely and awkward college student. It...

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We Need To Talk About Gotham

Comic books are in. Not just in the movie sphere, but in the television world as well. Between Marvel and DC alone there are roughly seven shows on air that spawned from comic books. DC itself...

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The Road to Blizzcon: Part 1

Today marks a fascinating occasion. For the first time ever, I will be attending Blizzcon! I really enjoy about half of Blizzard's games. I don't care for WoW too much (MMOs just aren't my thing) and I...

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The Trouble With the “PC Gaming Show”

As it turns out, this E3 is going to be the most popular in years. Not only do the "big 3" have conferences this year - that being Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo* - but there are several third party...

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The Fall of Infinite Crisis

Due to the rising popularity of games like League of Legends and DOTA 2, everyone was looking to get in on the MOBA action. EA had Dawngate in production for awhile, Crytek has Arena of Fate, WB put...

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The Problem With Magni Bronzebeard

Did you hear? Hearthstone is getting new heroes! It's about time right? People have been clamoring for something to shake up the game for some time now. Sure there are new cards and adventures, but a...

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Stitchers: The Next Eureka or Warehouse 13?

So far only two episodes of Stichers have aired, but I've decided that there are some thoughts worth putting to paper. The show, for those unaware Stichers is a show about a secret government...

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Review: The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt

You know, I wasn't really hyped at all for Witcher 3 until it came out. Seeing everyone talk about it definitely grabbed my attention. I'd played a little bit of the first Witcher game, but it was a...

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Skipping the WiiU Altogether

I've owned every Nintendo console and handheld since the N64 and Gameboy Pocket. Now, that isn't too many, but it's roughly fifteen years of Nintendo. I love Smash Bros. and games like Mario Party or...

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The PC Gamer Show Was Still Unnecessary

I already made a post a few weeks ago about why the PC Gaming Show was a bad idea. It's linked there if you're curious about the whole thing, but I'll summarize for you: PC Gamer, the website where...

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Batman: Arkham Knight Review (PS4)

"This is it... This is how the Batman died." Such are the first words of Arkham Knight, uttered by none other than Commissioner Gordon himself. Even if you've been living under a rock, or didn't read...

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The Rising Tide of Popular Culture

Yesterday came news via The Hollywood Reporter that the Russo brothers - responsible for the last three Captain America movies - are opening a studio in China to help produce movies by Chinese...

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