DOTA 2

I watched a friend of mine play hours of Dota before I ever decided to try it.  There were a couple of reasons for my not picking it up then, primarily my lack of a gaming computer that could handle it.  But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't put off by the infamously toxic community and by the immense difficulty wall that fuelled it.  Since then, it's become one of my favorite games.  Why?

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Shadowrun Returns

You know, I legitimately thought this genre had gone the way of the dodo.  Apparently not! The turn based squad based strategy lives and it's in ruder health than ever.

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Joker Rising

It's an odd place, this here internet, and one of my favorite outpourings of that oddness is the phenomenon of the fan film.

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Doctor Who - The Tv Movie

[Due to starting a new job, I'm going to start posting these updates at nine instead of six]

Here's a bit of fanboy blasphemy.  I don't hate the doctor who movie.  I know I made that joke about it earlier, but in all honesty, it really could have been much worse.

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Dead Rising 2

Dear Dead Rising 2.  I've tried.  I really have. 

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The Warriors

Somewhere in the future, 1979.  That's the only way I can describe the setting of this movie.  It almost plays out like an american Clockwork Orange.  Lets take a look at one of the greatest films to ever come out of the 70's.

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The Mountain Goats - No Children

If this song doesn't break your heart, I suspect you might not have one.

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Breaking Bad - Buried

Walt's time as Heisenberg is coming to an end.  Now, as the lies he's built around himself begin to crumble, we begin to see his third transformation.

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Spec Ops - The Line

This game is not fun.  Graphically, it's rather dated.  In terms of gameplay, it's rather formulaic.  So why am I joining thousands of other critics in hailing it as the best game of 2012?

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Bastion

"Now this right here is a curious tale.  An Isometric action rpg right out of the days of yore, upgraded for our modern times.  Lets see what the kid thought"

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Kavinsky - Nightcall

This time, I take a look at Kavinsky's Nightcall, otherwise known as that song from Drive.

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Breaking Bad - Blood Money

Ok, so I know I'm a little behind the curve on this one, but cut me a little slack, I'm watching the show with my girlfriend and we only just caught up.  That said, here's my take on the season premiere of Breaking Bad's final run of episodes.

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Deftones - Passenger

I consider myself to be a touch of a nu-metal apologist.  Hell, I'll even muster up a defence for a few limp bizkit songs (although their newest is astoundingly awful)  But if there's one band I don't ever feel I have to apologise for, it's the deftones.

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Dear White Male Gamers

This is an open letter to White Male Gamers.  Don't worry boys, I'm one of you.  But as I look around myself in this little community that we've built for ourselves and that we're gradually opening up, it seems that one or two of us are a little putout.  This is for you.

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Gaunt's Ghosts - The Founding

Sci fi is an amazing genre, full of depth and possibility.  It offers opportunities for scope and scale.  So why is it that the second best series of sci fi novels out there are a franchise based off Warhammer 40,000's least popular army?  Let's take a look.

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Dredd

What if I told you that in 2012, somebody decided to take another crack at a franchise Sylvester Stallone had poisoned utterly and while nobody was looking, quietly produced one of the best sci-fi action flick in years?

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Doctor Who - Series 7 Part 2

By the way, dear everyone who's bitching about Peter Capaldi being to old to play the doctor and everyone who's bitching about the people who're bitching about Peter Capaldi being to old and the people that Peter Capaldi is neither black nor a woman, I have a message for you. Now where were we?

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Can - Halleluwah

So imagine a german modern classical musician went to New York and met Andy Warhol and more importantly, seen the velvet underground.  So he goes back home and recruits a bunch of friends who don't particularly listen to rock music and they form a rock band.  Their first singer has a nervous breakdown after the release of their first album.  So they recruit a busker off the street despite (or possibly because of) the fact that he knows only three chords and is making up the songs off the top of his head.  With their perfect lineup coalesced they retreat to a castle and record their masterpiece.

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Dwarf Fortress

This game is ugly.  Even with one of the skinpacks, it's ugly.  It's hard.  There are no instructions unless you go out hunting for them online.  So why have I been playing it at least once a week for three years?

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Pacific Rim (or: This movie makes no sense and I don't care)

Go see Pacific Rim. Seriously. As your Lawyer, I advise you to go to the cinema, buy yourself a ticket and see Pacific Rim. Nothing else at the cinema will offer you as much fun as this film will in the two hours you spend watching it. Just... Just leave your brains at the door, k?

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Yila ft Scroobius Pip - Astronaut

Scroobius Pip first showed up on my radar as he did for most people, at the side of his partner in crime Dan Le Sac on their (still to this day awesome) debut single Thou Shalt Always Kill.  Over time, Pip proved that that was not hyperbole, that he would bring gold on anything he worked on.  So in light of their soon to be released next album, I've been going on a bit of a trawl through their previous tunes.

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Grand Theft Auto 4 Recap

Yesterday I posted my thoughts on GTA 4 but as promised today, I revisit the topic.

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Grand Theft Auto 4

3 years ago, I posted this review of GTA4.  In light of 5's upcoming release, I wanted to reexamine my thoughts on the games last entry.  So here's my review of GTA4, circa 3 years ago.  Tomorrow, I'm going to reexamine it, seeing what has changed between then and now and what I want from GTA5.  

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Doctor Who - Series 7 Part 1

BBC America is apparently not happy with the choice of Peter Capaldi as the new doctor. In fact, they're so unhappy that rumour has it they're considering creating an american version of the show.

I mean, of course, it went so well last time they tried.

So beginning my look back at the resurrected Doctor Who I'm going to take a look at the first half of recently concluded season 7 after the jump.

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Kanye West - New Slaves

It seems like, once again, Kanye West is intent on causing controversy.  In his latest of his wide accumulation of headlines, he's caught flak for pronouncing his second verse on "New Slaves" to be the greatest rap verse of all time.

I open the debate… The 2nd verse of New Slaves is the best rap verse of all time….meaning … OF ALL TIME IN THE HISTORY OF RAP MUSIC, PERIOD
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 20, 2013

Is he right?

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