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Month: January 2016

  • The X-Files

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    After an uneven start, I thought the second episode of the new X-Files mini-series was rather good. It felt like one of the better old school monster-of-the-week episodes, and no wonder, since it was written/directed by James Wong, who was good at those. In terms of the first episode, my thoughts pretty much echo the…

  • Clash Royale

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    I’ve dabbled in Clash of Clans, and it never really grabbed me, but I was curious to check out Supercell’s new spinoff game, Clash Royale – what can I say, I tend to be a sucker when the word “card” is mentioned. I’ve played a bunch so far, and I’m still having a lot of fun…

  • Lifeline

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    This game happens to be free this week on the App Store, but I bought it over the holidays, and my wife and I ended up having quite a bit of fun with it – in fact, we bought the bundle that includes all 3 games in the series. It’s a text adventure game, to…

  • Magic: The Gathering – Puzzle Quest

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    I’ve been playing Magic pretty much since its inception, and I was a huge fan of the original Puzzle Quest game, so seeing that there was a game (on iOS) out that combines the two, I was wondering if this would be the Reese’s Pieces of games. Well, it sure is fun, that’s for sure. I…

  • TurboGrafx-16

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    I of course knew very well of the TurboGrafx-16, and wouldn’t have minded having one back in the day, but that wasn’t the case, and none of my friends had one either, so I never got to play those games other than at demo kiosks at the mall. For some reason, during the holiday break,…

  • Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly

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    Yesterday I got on a free month-long trial of the Mubi service, which I find to be quite a neat idea: it offers up a curated selection of films, 1 new every day, which stays available for 30 days. The selection is on the arty side, which is something I haven’t been consuming a lot…

  • Steve Jobs

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    What a fantastic film. Who cares that it’s a narrative construction that is inspired by the life of Jobs – that’s probably why it’s such an entertaining film to watch. No big surprise that the backdrop for the story is of course something I’d be into – I think I’ve been pretty clear when talking…

  • The Hateful Eight

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    Holy shit did I ever love this movie. I was absolutely mesmerized from start to finish, to a point where I barely felt the time go by, which is saying something for a 3-hour film (I didn’t even want it to end). With everything Tarantino so fresh in my mind, although I still can’t say…

  • Django Unchained

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    And with this, my Tarantino marathon comes to an end (until of course I watch The Hateful Eight). As with Inglourious Basterds, I’d only watched Django Unchained once, and so didn’t remember it as much as I did all the other Tarantino movies I’ve watched over the last few days. Also, I seemed to remember…

  • Inglourious Basterds

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    Considering the number of times I’ve watched Tarantino movies in general – especially Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, which I had even on VHS – it was fun watching Inglourious Basterds again because I had only watched it once (and same goes for Django Unchained). I really enjoyed it, much more than I remembered enjoying…