Review – ‘Wearing the Cape: Villains Inc.’ by Marion G. Harmon

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A while back, I did a review for Wearing the Cape, a YA superhero novel by Marion G. Harmon. To sum up the review, the first book was a solid time; although the reading was a bit rough at certain moments tied directly to the main character’s age, those moments were balanced with plenty of … Read more

5 Rules of Etiquette for the Clueless Nerd

In the end, calling someone a noob is as stupid as calling an adorable baby a noob. Seriously.

For a while now, Nerdom has been a thing. I’m old enough to remember when it totally wasn’t—when there wasn’t a possibility of becoming a major league gamer, so your parents always worried when you played video games at all. Back when there was no EVO. And back when people weren’t so proud to be nerds … Read more

PSN Essentials: Future Cop L.A.P.D.

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With news that Sony would be re-releasing it to the PSN, I thought it a perfect time to look back at one of my favorite PSOne titles, Future Cop L.A.P.D., and share with the world how awesome this old game was. Generally I’m known for being a huge advocate of strong video game narratives. I’ve … Read more

Fantasy in Review: ‘The Drowning City’ by Amanda Downum

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I was desperate for something to read and I was browsing the shelves of my local Barnes and Noble when I came across this book.  I decided to give it a shot for a few reasons.  The book said it was part of the Necromancer Chronicles.   I like Necromancers.  I like protagonist necromancers quite a bit … Read more

‘Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes’ – Why You Should Give It an Honest Chance

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If you read my review of the new Ultimate Spider-Man show two weeks ago, you know that I love a good Marvel animated series but judge new ones very, very honestly. In short, I had high hopes for Ultimate Spider-Man because Paul Dini was an advisor for the show and because Spectacular Spider-Man was so great; I was horribly, horribly … Read more

Top 5 Reasons It Would Suck To Live In A Comic Book World

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I’ve been reading comics for a long, long time. I’ve grown up with thousands of adventures that have taken place everywhere, from Earth to Thanagar, from the Microverse to the Speed Force, from the prehistoric past to the 853rd century. And the one thing I’ve come to learn is this: It would really suck to … Read more

Supreme Returns All Over Again

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You may have heard of Alan Moore, but there is a good chance you haven’t heard about his work on Supreme. After Mr. Moore had his falling out with DC Comics, he was never going to write Superman again. However, Alan was working for Image in the mid-nineties, and they owned a Rob Liefeld character … Read more

Emerald City Comic Con 2012

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So I’m a fairly recent transplant to Seattle.  I’ve been here about a year and I got here just in time to miss Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC) last year.  This year, having heard so many good things about ECCC, there was no way I was going to miss it.  Luckily for me I had attended … Read more

“Journey” Review

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Journey has been in the works a while now. Developer ThatGameCompany has suggested the beauty of Journey lies within the simple level design and the immense vastness of the world. This vastness leads to a desperately lonely world, based in part on the solace of space, according to game designer Jenova Chen. The end result … Read more

Fight Your Rival! – The Batman VS The Doctor

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I remember when I wrote our very first Fight Your Rival. It was last year and I was super excited for this series on Infinite Ammo. I thought to myself, “There are so many possibilities for fights out there! : D I’m going to write another one next month!” Cut to… now. And this—Fight Your … Read more

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