Adventure
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Scott Lynch’s The Thorn of Emberlain Slated for Release in September
A mostly official release date has been set for the fourth book in Scott Lynch’s critically acclaimed The Gentleman Bastard Sequence. Note the ‘mostly’ in…
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Remembering the Mighty Monty Oum: A Review of RWBY
This review contains spoilers. On February 1, 2015, the world lost a great animator, director, and creative genius. Monty Oum suffered a severe allergic…
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A Love Letter To Dragon Age: Inquisition
2014 was a good year for dragons— and dragon-themed games. Dragon Age: Inquisition, the third instalment of Bioware’s well-received Dragon Age series, made a name…
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Hack the World with the Touch of a Button: A Critique of Watch Dogs
Have you ever wanted to change the traffic lights from red to green whenever you reached an intersection? Do you ever feel low on cash…
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From Deerstalker Hat to Black Wool Overcoat: Timelessness in Sherlock Holmes’ Speculative Stories and Drama
This review contains spoilers. BBC’s Sherlock is my favorite TV series. The 2012 reboot of the Victorian detective solving mysterious crimes retains the curious aura…
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Chain Saws and Jump-Scares: A Peek Inside The Evil Within
With all the amazing games that came out this year, there was one highly anticipated horror that combined strategic thinking, conservative survival, and jump-scares galore.…
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Big Hero 6 is Missing some Big Ideas
I would be lying if I said I didn’t come out of Big Hero 6 grinning like a fool. I wanted a cute, fun watch and…
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Grad School or Dragons? Thoughts on Why We Love Speculative Fiction
There is something about lovers of speculative fiction that is different from the lovers of strictly garden-variety fiction. You cannot compare the passions of a…
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Objects in Your Mind May be Larger Than They Appear: In Praise of a Psychic Adventure
Have you ever wondered what the inside of your friend’s mind looks like? How about your enemy’s? We all see the world differently, but what…
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