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August 26, 2015August 26, 2015

CALL OF DUTY – BLACK OPS III [Beta Roundtable]: Digital War Never Changes.

Now that we’re halfway through the year, we’re a few months closer to another Call of Duty. Even though Activision’s blockbuster FPS franchise has released a new title every year since the series’ debut in 2003, it’s been almost three years since we’ve gotten an installment in the Black Ops series. With the upcoming release …

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August 24, 2015August 24, 2015

GEARS OF WAR – ULTIMATE EDITION [Review]: Ultimate Warriors.

Bigger. Faster. Stronger. The video game industry's answer to The Expendables just got more Ultimate. At $40, the question is apparent: Is two-third's the cost of a retail copy worth paying for a title we already played nearly 10-years ago? Well, that all depends how much Gears of War truly means to you. Right behind Mass …

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August 24, 2015August 24, 2015

FEAR THE WALKING DEAD [Series Premiere Review]: Pretty Ugly.

What better way to cover AMC's new spin-off series of the smash-hit The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, than a pair of reviews from...a married Los Angeles couple? Scary. Into a world where people have not yet learned to walk into abandoned buildings shouting “Hello, anyone here?” (or, go near people you …

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August 23, 2015August 23, 2015

WHY SO SERIOUS? [Essay]: Grit, Grime, and The Importance of Tone

*This was originally an overview of the second season of True Detective, but wound up becoming much more than that, as you will see...* Tone. It is one of the most difficult aspects of a story to master, yet plays so heavily into the enjoyment for the audience. Two weeks ago saw the airing of …

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August 21, 2015August 21, 2015

HOWARD the HUMAN / JUSTICE LEAGUE / WELCOME BACK / RAI / SECRET LOVE [Reviews]: The Voice of Honesty.

As anyone who’s ever talked to me about the state of comics knows, I don’t say what I’m about to say very often: Howard the Human, part of Marvel’s 001 Secret Wars series, is really… REALLY… good. I mean, good in the way where I read it and I have to try to enjoy it …

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August 19, 2015August 19, 2015

HITMAN – AGENT 47 [Review]: Zero Absolution.

It's been one hell of a summer for movies, especially that of the big-action/superhero/spy variety. I'd even argue that the seasonal line-up, (whether you loved 'em or despised 'em) from the mind-blowing Mad Max to the earth-shattering San Andreas to the bombastic Jurassic World to the sleek Terminator Genisys to the couragerous capering Ant-Man to …

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