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Preacher – Thoughts on the upcoming series
A few months back, I sat back and over the course of a week or two, read the entire Preacher (Garth Ennis and Steve Dillion) graphic novel series. Being more than a bit into my graphic novels, I’d come across Preacher … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Graphic Novels, Novels, TV
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Lost at Sea by Bryan Lee O’Malley Review
Bryan Lee O’Malley’s first graphic novel Lost at Sea was quite a disappointment to me. I’m a big fan of O’Malley as an author, Scott Pilgrim is obviously a hipsters bible and his most recent effort Seconds is brilliant in … Continue reading
Posted in Graphic Novels, Novels
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Short thoughts 6: Fallout 4, Black Ops 3 and 100 Years of Solitude
It’s been about a week since my last post, which is unusual for me as I try to get a least 3 pieces of content out a week. I do apologise for this break and I would like to say … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming, Novels
Tagged bethesda, black ops 3, blog, call of duty, Dogmeat, fallout, fallout 4, FPS, game, gamer, Gaming, infinity ward, magic realism, Novels, nuka cola, Playstation, ps3, PS4, RPG, skyrim, super mutant, treyarch, twitch, xbox 360, xbox one, youtube
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The Martian Review
The Martian has come at a very appropriate time. Off the back the massive successes of space travel drama’s Gravity and Interstellar, The Martian continues a long line of excellent sci-fi films that have really re-established the genre. To add on … Continue reading
Posted in Films, Novels
Tagged acting, Alien, Andy Weir, book, book adaption, bourne, cinema, cinematography, collection, film, film review, Gladiator, gravity, Interstellar, Jessica Chastain, latest release, Matt Damon, movie, Ridley Scott, sci-fi, Science, science fiction, space, space travel, The Martian
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10 books I’m reading next
I’m an avid reader. I take a book everywhere I go, I have a shelve full of read and unread books and I get through a book probably every fortnight. I’m currently working my way through Stephen King’s The Stand … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Catch 22, classic, Franz Kafka, Go Set a Watchmen, Harper Lee, literature, Matt Damon, Novel, Novels, novels to read, reading, Richard Ayoade, Rick Grimes, Robert Kirkman, story, The Double, The governor, The Hobbit, The Martian, The Walking Dead, Walking Dead, Watership down
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The Culture of Censorship
Watching the recent BBC drama ‘Gamechangers’ about Rockstar’s battle with Jack Thompson got me thinking about the resurgence of censorship within the past year. I remember the Jack Thompson-driven war against video games of a few years ago. We saw … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, AMA, Ask Me Anything, ban, banned, book burning, books, Censorship, film, Fox News, Gamechangers, Gaming, George Orwell, Grand Theft Auto, Into the River, Mass Effect, News, Novels, NZ, parenting, parents, Politics, Reddit, responsibility, Ted Dawe
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Graphic Novel Review: Superior (Mark Millar & Leinil Francis Yu)
Superior is a curious graphic novel. It does a lot of things right but it also seemed to do quite a few things wrong. It’s a classic Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Wanted) affair, in that it is very teen appealing but … Continue reading
