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Telltale’s Game of Thrones Review
Iron from Ice Game of Thrones is just one in a long line of high-profile licenses Telltale Games have made use of in recent years. It was announced with a lot of hype and a lot of fanfare – knowing … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, books, DLC, drama, episodes, episodic content, game, game of thrones, Game of thrones season 6, gamer, Gaming, George RR Martin, HBO, Jon Snow, Kit harrington, natalie dormer, preview, PS Store, ps3, PS4, review, telltale, tv, tyrion lannister, video games, Walking Dead, Writing, xbox 360, xbox live, xbox one
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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
Tagged america, Anna Kendrick, art, artistic, Aubrey Plaza, books, bryan lee o'malley, california, Canada, Comics, coming of age, dc, Edgar Wright, existential, funko, Funko Pops, geek, Graphic Novel, Hot Fuzz, Kieran Culkin, Lost at Sea, Marvel, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Cera, nerd, Novels, reading, road trip, Scott Pilgrim, Sean of the Dead, Seconds, self discovery, teenager, teens, themes, travel, vancouver
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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
Posted in Novels
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
Posted in Films, Gaming, Novels
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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The Hoarding of Pop Culture
The line between hoarding and collecting seems to be a very thin one for me. When I was in my early to mid teens I had a collection of around 40 PS2 games. When the PS3 came out, I sold … Continue reading
Posted in Films, Gaming, Novels, TV
Tagged blog, books, collection, completist, dvds, film, gamer, games, Gaming, Hoarding, Novels, pop culture, ps2, PS2 games, ps3, PS4, xbox, xbox 360, Xbox 360 games, xbox one
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Seconds: A Graphic Novel by Bryan Lee O’Malley – Review
After the wild success of hipster Bible, Scott Pilgrim, Bryan Lee had a huge task following it up. Seconds is a different beast than Scott Pilgrim, but it has the familiar warmth and nergasmic content that drew in the masses. … Continue reading
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Tagged art, books, bryan lee o'malley, Comics, film, geek, Graphic Novel, hipster, indie, literature, nerd, Novel, quirky, reading, Scott Pilgrim, Seconds
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