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Archive for February, 2010

On Justice League: The New Frontier…

On Justice League: The New Frontier...

As I prepare to write my “Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths” review, I thought it’d be fitting to go back and look at one of the earlier works in DC’s direct-to-DVD line of movies. This isn’t an actual review of Justice League: The New Frontier as it’s a little difficult to dissociate myself from [...]

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Posted in Animation, Comics | 1 Comment »

A “Plants vs. Zombies (iPhone)” review.

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Tower defense games are perhaps the most thriving and successful video game genre on the iPhone right now. The more passive nature and the “tap to select, tap to place, tap to upgrade” nature of these games lend themselves very well to a device that, I think, has yet to prove itself as a true [...]

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Posted in Reviews, Video Games | 2 Comments »

Lantern Draft a.k.a. Revelling in my Dorkiness.

Lantern Draft a.k.a. Revelling in my Dorkiness.

UPDATE: Finished illustration can be found here. One of the cool things about Geoff Johns’ Green Lantern epic is thinking about which power ring would go to which character. But let me start at the beginning before I continue. Before, there was only the Green Lantern Corps and they wore a green ring powered by [...]

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Posted in Comics | 4 Comments »

My Top 10 Video Games of the Decade – Addendum

My Top 10 Video Games of the Decade - Addendum

Choosing the ten best video games from ten years’ worth of titles is hard. I made such a list and did so with a lot of thought and honesty but two months after throwing them on the web and I’ve realized that I made a huge disservice to one game in particular. Now, I’m not [...]

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A friendly reminder…

A friendly reminder...

The entirety of Megadeth’s seminal Rust In Peace (perhaps my favorite album ever) is now available for Rock Band as DLC. Time to dust off those plastic guitars and rock out to Holy Wars.

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Why multiplayer doesn’t work in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

Why multiplayer doesn't work in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

I got a chance to play New Super Mario Bros. Wii with two friends a few months ago. I played it for about an hour or two and soon came to realize that, while stupid fun at times, the Mario Bros. franchise just isn’t tailored for anything other than one player action. Let me expand [...]

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Posted in Video Games | 3 Comments »

Pixar’s UP nominated for Best Picture.

Pixar's UP nominated for Best Picture.

It seems at times like the Academy created the Best Animated Feature Film category just to relegate animation to its own little corner of the Oscars and collectively forget about it so it’s refreshing to see UP running for Best Picture this year. I saw UP like five times and it truly is an amazing [...]

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Posted in Animation, Movies | 3 Comments »

Sketchbook Update – Almost Done Edition

2009 has been over for a month but I still have some pages that need to scanned from my ’09 sketchbook. I’ll be scanning the remainder of it in two sets and this is the first one. The second and final set will be coming around the end of the month most likely and it’ll [...]

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