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Film Review: Magnificent Warriors

Magnificent Warriors is another of the early films in Michelle Yeoh’s career – made a little before Royal Warriors. As with Royal Warriors – the film has Michelle Yeoh in the lead, along with another male co-lead in a similar action role, and the third male lead being a comic relief character. However, that’s pretty much where the similarities end. Read more

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Adventure Review: G2 & G3 – The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl & The Hall of the Fire Giant King

A while back, I reviewed G1: The Steading of the Hill Giant Chief, an adventure that launched AD&D’s first real adventure path, and had some really interesting adventure design concepts.  The other two adventures in the series – G2: The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl and G3: The Hall of the Fire Giant King,  are much more conventional dungeon crawls, so they’re worth discussing together. Read more

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Vlog: Final Fantasy Distant Worlds (Portland 2018)

I went to see Final Fantasy: Distant Worlds on the latest concert tour, so here are my thoughts on the show

Distant Worlds 1: MP3 – http://amzn.to/2BUkKjA, CD – http://amzn.to/2EDeu2M
Distant Worlds 2: MP3 – http://amzn.to/2nJ7b1l, CD – http://amzn.to/2FHKbas
Distant Worlds 3: MP3 – http://amzn.to/2FJ0dkk, CD – http://amzn.to/2FIIRnX
Distant Worlds 4: MP3 – http://amzn.to/2FIlVF5, CD – http://amzn.to/2nL8qxl

All 4 albums are also currently available for free streaming via Amazon Prime (as of 2/4/2018). Also, as of this recording, all 4 albums are in print, and were available for purchase at the concert for $15-20, so keep that in mind when shopping on-line.

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Anime Review: Fate/Apocrypha (First Half)

In a few days (as of when this goes live) the second half of Fate/Apocrypha will come out on Netflix. This show was licensed as part of Netflix’s first really large anime licensing initiative, and was split into two chunks, one per “cour” (Japanese TV season) of the show. So, as we wait for the show’s second half, I might as well talk about the first half of the show. Read more

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Video Game Review: Beneath a Steel Sky

Point and Click adventure games are interesting from a review standpoint. They are a lot more narrative focused than, say, shooters, because they rely so heavily on their story, and the puzzles, if executed well, feed into the narrative.

So, Beneath A Steel Sky is a point-and-click adventure game made using the SCUMM engine (at least the version that’s available on GOG), put out by Revolution Software in the UK (the same people who do the Broken Sword series). It’s a cyberpunk story that focuses on Foster, a part of a society of scavengers living in the Gap, outside of a cyberpunk dystopian city that Foster’s mother died trying to flee from with her son. Presumably this is set in Australia, as Foster is named after Foster’s Lager, but considering that brand of beer is now available all over the world (and considering a few other UK-isms in the game’s dialog), it could be in Australia or the UK. Read more

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Test Drive: Need For Speed Rivals

Today I take a look at the tutorial sections of Need For Speed Rivals – as those are the parts are less likely to get me Content ID’d.

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Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 75

We move on to issue #58 of Nintendo Power, featuring Wario’s first starring role.

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Games Reviewed:
NBA Jam – Midway
Wolfenstein 3D – ID
Stunt Race FX – Nintendo
R-Type III – Irem
Metal Marines – Namco
Flintstones: Treasure of Sierra Madrock – Taito
Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land – Nintendo