Review – Movie – John Wick (Chapter 1)
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Review – Movie – John Wick (Chapter 1)

Occasionally a movie comes along that's just so simplistically perfect in what it's trying to present.  Recently it seems there have been two such movies, and John Wick is one of them.  Where so many movies try to make everything a deep metaphor or some sort of social commentary on the world at large, John Wick gives us a straight forward tale of revenge, with hints at a deeper world beyond. I feel like this layered simplicity is what really makes this film work.  That and the top notch action choreography.  This movie is loaded with shoot outs and guys…
Review – Gunman Clive (3DS)
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Review – Gunman Clive (3DS)

The Good Quick classic style gameplay Interesting and different art style Game becomes more complex than it initially feels The Bad Game can be frustratingly "cheap" in it's difficulty Not an overly long game with not a ton of replay value Some mechanics such as the weapons could be a little more refined In Depth Gunman Clive is a game that harkens back to a simpler time of gaming.  There isn't a super deep story going on and the levels are all relatively short.  It's very "arcadish" at it's core, with it's time tracking and death tracking, that is to…
S.H. Figuarts – Sailor Mercury
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S.H. Figuarts – Sailor Mercury

Sailor Mercury is the second of the team behind Sailor Moon and the second to get a Figuarts.  She serves the brains of the outfit as well as the techie of the group.  She also has one of the lamest abilities in the history of people with abilities in any medium which involves throwing bubbles at her enemies.  Not even cool bubbles like say, Mega Man's Bubble Man, but lame bubbles. She does gain some more powers as the series progresses though, themed around water and ice.  Plus her usefulness to the team is more than her ability to be…
Review – From Dust (PC, PS3, Xbox360)
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Review – From Dust (PC, PS3, Xbox360)

2011 – Ubisoft – One Player

The Good

  • Interesting Gimmick where you manipulate the world using literal God Power
  • Eventually there is a sandbox mode, which is neat.

The Bad

  • The gimmick is way more limited than it is made out to be and the world tends to “right” itself
  • The above makes a lot of the levels frustrating since you try to do X but it just sort of fails…
  • By the time you unlock the Sandbox, you’ll hate the game play.

In Depth

Ok, I tried… I really tried. If possible, I try to complete a game before I do a review of it. This means being late to the game most of the time but it also means I get to experience all that the game has to offer, which is the way it should be. There are exceptions for various reasons, some games don’t have a real ending, some are repetitious enough that it’s clear nothing more is going to be gained by continuing onward.

Others become so frustrating and irritating I just can’t being myself to finish it no matter how hard I want to. From Dust is one of the latter set there.

Review – Movie – Xmen Origins: Wolverine
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Review – Movie – Xmen Origins: Wolverine

You know what's quickly starting to become a ridiculously overplayed part of the X-Men Cinematic Universe?  The origin story of Wolverine.  I mean, ok, I get that he is a big part of the X-Men universe, and he's been in every X-men movie so far except for Deadpool.  His origin was sort of touched on in X-men 1, X-men 2 went into much more detail as they return to Alkali Lake, Wolverine Origins gives us the details and events actually surrounding one origin of the event, Days of Future's Past touches on it a bit with Stryker, we see it…