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Month: June 2014

  • War Thunder

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    This is a free-to-play aerial combat (although I believe you can control tanks too, but I haven’t tried yet) sim that came out on PS4 this past week, and I was curious to take it out for a spin. Although graphically it’s fine, I was having some issues playing it. The flight controls aren’t so…

  • PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate

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    We got lots of free goodies through PS+ last week, starting with PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate, a combo of the two games that have been released so far, with a fresh graphical paint job on PS4 (as far as I can tell, the Vita version features the same flat graphics from the originals, which I do…

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel

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    What a fantastic film. No big surprise there, considering my love for all of Wes Anderson’s film, but I am happy to report that this is just as good as any of his other films. Beautifully framed, cast to perfection, music to enhance it all, there’s just not much to not like about it. By…

  • 300: Rise of an Empire

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    Here’s why I wanted to watch this: Eva Green (no secret there, I’ll watch pretty much anything she’s in) and I do really dig action movies set in ancient times. I liked the original 300 – was a huge fan of Frank Miller’s book before that – and although I wasn’t particularly excited at the…

  • Halt and Catch Fire

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    A show set in the 80s, with the dawn of personal computing as the setting? Holy shit, it’s as if a show creator read my mind, and created exactly the kind of show I’d love to watch. Think Mad Men, but with computers. The show debuted this past weekend, and I absolutely loved the pilot.…

  • Wind Waker HD

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    I’d been wanting this ever since I got my Wii U in January, but being the cheap bastard that I am, was waiting for a deal. I finally picked it up through the Mario Kart 8 promotion (you can get a free copy of this, Pikmin 3, Wii U Party, or New Super Mario Bros.…

  • Mario Kart 8

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    You’ve probably heard all of the praise for this game already (except maybe for the new “Battle Mode,” which is not liked by many, but that I haven’t tried yet). My first impression when I started playing it on the day it came out was that it felt “magical.” That’s the sensation you first feel…

  • Transistor

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    There are so many things I love about this game, and so I’ll just share the two main reasons why I love it so. First are the aesthetics. I love sci-fi/cyberpunk settings, and what they’ve done here feels original, and is just so gorgeous at times (on PS4), especially with the look of the levels.…

  • Orphan Black

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    It wasn’t that long ago that I voraciously binged the first season of this series, and I’m just now finally getting to watching season 2 (which started a few weeks ago). This series is just so damn good, and if you’re not watching it, you’re missing out.

  • Robocop

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    Let’s start by saying that this is nowhere as good as the original film, and its biggest fault is that it ignores what made the original so genius and fun: the extremely dark comedy that made it feel like satire more than just your average sci-fi action flick. But looking at this new version as…