Mass Effect: The Return of the Quest Genre
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When I was but a wee lad, cutting my gaming teeth in the early nineties, there was one genre of gaming which stood out above the rest. This was the period when the games of today were taking shape. Dune 2 was the forerunner of the RTS (Real Time Strategy), Wolfenstein 3D paved the way for the FPS (First Person Shooter) - but Sierra held the title f...
The Dark Knight: This is what a movie should look like
Friday The Queen of the Geeks and I went to see The Dark Knight. If I have to tell you what that is then you have been living under a rock. On to my thoughts on the flick. This was what I would call a perfect movie. From beginning to end there was not one single second of wasted screen time. Every piece of dialog tied into the story and revealed...
Confessions of a Late Bloomer: Two thumbs up from The Movie Whore
When I sat down to watch Confessions of a Late Bloomer I was more than rewarded for my time. Meet Donny. He is 15 years old and is well he is smaller than everyone and gets pushed around quite a bit. Then he comes up with an idea, a bet. If he can get the woman his dreams to give but one kiss then the bully leaves him alone. Watching the things...
Dr. Horrible to the rescue? Nah
In case you have not heard, Joss Whedon got together with some people and created Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. This wonderful tasty morsel of a treat stars none other than Neil Patrick Harris. That's right kids NPH would do that. Anyway Dr. Horrible is trying to get into the league of evil run by none other than Bad Horse. Don't ask they have...
Good Thinking 99
Anyone who hasn't seen the old Get Smart T.V. show and are wondering about whether they should see the new Get Smart movie with Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway, the answer is clearly YES!!! Of course those who have seen the original T.V. show don't need to be told, they probably beat me to the cinema. I don't want to go into spoilers or anythi...
In Defence Of Food
In Defence of Food is a follow on to Michael Pollan’s Omnivores Dilemma. And what a great follow on it is. Having explored where food comes from Pollan has gone on to explore what food really means to us here in the West; what is meant when we speak of the “Western Diet”. Its divided into three sections: The Age of Nutritionism...
