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Month: June 2014

  • 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…

  • The Lego Movie

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    Spaceship! Yeah, this was a pretty funny movie, and I definitely had a soft spot for that retro space dude – those Lego sets were my favorite when I was a kid, and just like we see towards the end of the film, I would constantly make battleships using those pieces. Most of the other…