Review – Transformers – Titans Return Overlord
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Review – Transformers – Titans Return Overlord

Overlord may be slightly less familiar to a lot of people because he wasn't a part of any major show continuity in the US. He was the big dog Decepticon in the Japanese series Super God Masterforce, and showed up a bit in some of the other Japanese only G1 shows. His other major role was as the protagonist in the popular IDW comic arc, The Last Stand of the Wreckers. In the original continuity he was a double Power Master. He had two Power Master figures who could slot into his chest behind the panels on his chest. In…
Review – MCU – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
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Review – MCU – Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Captain America - The Winter Soldier (2014) Chris Evans Samuel L Jackson Scarlett Johansson Robert Redford Sebastian Stan Anthony Mackie Cobie Smoulders Frank Grillo Spoiler Free thoughts and Notes The second entry in the Captain America series comes in right on the heels of The Avengers, or "Phase 2" of the Marvel Cinematic universe.  I want to take a moment here to comment on how the continuity of these movies have been handled up to this point, since this is the first "post crossover" movie.  This applies to pretty much all of the Phase 2 movies, though it seems to…
Review – Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA)
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Review – Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA)

Konami – GBA- 1 Player Itching for more Game Boy Castlevania action after completing Circle of the Moon, I set out to find a copy of the Castlevania Double Pack.  This is a repackaging of Harmony of Dissonance and Aria of Sorrow onto one Game Boy Advance cart.  Both games are complete and there isn’t any extras so I’lm just going to review them as separate games. Since Harmony comes first in release order, I’ll start with it.  It is however the third game I played through.  I started it second but after about five minutes of play I couldn’t…
Review – Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA)
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Review – Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA)

Konami – GBA – 1 Player Castlevania is a game series I haven’t always cared much for. The early games were just plain too difficult for my tastes. If I was going to play a tough platform game I’d play something fun and fast like Blaster Master or Ninja Gaiden. After many recommendations I picked up a copy of Symphony of the Night. It languished for years, un-played, on my game shelf. I’d never been a big fan of the whole “horror/gothic” thing, why would I want to play a game full of it? I then of course played Symphony…
Review – Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1)
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Review – Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1)

Konami – Playstation – 1 Player Castlevania games are hard. Or at least they used to be. They tend to be kind of random, long and have clunky controls. At least on the NES. I have never really cared much for Castlevania games. The whole “goth” and “vampires” thing never really appealed to me either. Still, Symphony of the Night I one of those games you hear people talk about a lot. When people start saying a game is one of the best they have ever played, it generally is worth giving a little attention to. I had first purchased…