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Mass Effect 2: Cutting the Fat without Hitting the Bone

I loved the first Mass Effect despite hating certain design decisions: driving the floaty Mako to collect rocks that had insignificant money and xp values; playing Simon Says for rocks and lockers; unlimited ammo; the utter lack of variety in … Continue reading

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The Attraction of Avatar Part II: The Moments

Let me first get my complaints out of the way because there are so few. THIS POST IS ALL SPOILERS: -The hammerhead creature: when Jake encounters this rhino, there is an angled profile shot of it stomping and growling. It … Continue reading

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The Attraction of Avatar Part I: The Director and Technology

Twelve years I’ve been waiting for the next James Cameron movie. Two years I’ve been waiting for his vision of a scifi epic adventure in a time where, hell, I can’t name you the a recent example of its kind. … Continue reading

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My Time With: Borderlands

I’ve always wanted to play a Diablo-type game set in a gunpowder world. The story of Borderlands – does it really matter? I’m sure the quest descriptions are fine, but that’s not engaging me; I see it simply as information, … Continue reading

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Terminator Salvation Review or: Why T2 is the Greatest Movie Ever

Terminator Salvation is 2 hours of post-apocalyptic human versus Machine warfare, and yet the size and scope never achieves what James Cameron did in that two minute and thirty-four second Judgment Day battle scene before the title sequence. Spoilers ahead…

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Star Trek Movie Review

The Star Trek reboot opened on Friday. Did I like it? Do you care? Spoilers ahead…

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