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The Chronicles of Narnia – (1950-1956 book series), by C. S. Lewis

2017-12-05

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Some kids are given Lantern rings for transporting around.

I read a decent ways in before getting bored. The combination of language (English-age) and language (audience-age) made it tiring. It’s definitely a book to be read aloud to a 10 year old girl, and I respect that. I’d, even, be the one to do the reading aloud.. but not the listening.

This is a seven volume unabridge compilation, presented in the author’s intended reading order.

Published 2001-10-01, by HarperCollins
ISBN-10 0-06-623850-1
ISBN-13 9-780066-238500

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Travelers – (2016 show)

2017-11-20

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5651844/
was showcase.ca/travelers

Hundreds of years from now, surviving humans discover how to send consciousness back through time, into people of the 21st century, while attempting to change the path of humanity.

Kinda not bad.

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Much Ado About Nothing – (1623 play), by Shakespeare

2017-11-05

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Much Ado About Nothing - (1623 play), by Shakespeare - Signet Classic image

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An man works to undermine his brother’s happiness by meddling with his son’s marriage. Also two smart people dual with words.

A pretty good book, though my reading of the Signet Classic was seriously interrupted by footnotes. Not because of the shifting up/down to read them, but because the footnotes are crammed all together. Given that this book is 1/4 commentary, axing one for clearer footnotes would have been amazing. Maybe another edition will be better. I intend to collect many of this particular play.

I highly recommend Much Ado About Nothing – (1993 movie), even for those who have no interest in this book.

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Father Ted – (1995-1998 show)

2017-09-18

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111958/
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/father-ted

Two priests, exiled to an island in the middle of nowhere in Ireland, try to make due.

A mid-1990s British comedy with a laugh track. If you aren’t positive you can handle that, then pass. It has only a few moments, but is otherwise crap.

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Continuum – (2012-2015 series)

2017-08-18

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954347/
was showcase.ca/continuum

A cop from an authoritarian future is caught up in a daring time-travel jail-break, to become stranded in present-day Vancouver Canada.

Overall this is adequate, but with several plot points and character traits which are difficult to believe. The biggest problem I have is the various brushes against citizen-terrorism apologetics. My takeaway is that this show is “safe”, with some edginess fabricated for the kids.

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Sacred Citadel – (2013 game)

2017-08-15

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was sacred-world.com/citadel/

A basic side-scroller beat-em-up.

Swings between too-easy and too-hard.

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Just Cause 2 – (2010 game)

2017-08-15

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(on Wikipedia)
https://justcause.square-enix-games.com/en-us

Spiderman, but with guns.

I get that this has some interesting core gameplay, but it’s just not fun because the controls are too awkward.

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Sacred 3 – (2014 game)

2017-08-14

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https://web.archive.org/web/20130109035443/sacred-world.com/

Well-polished, and with solid mechanics, this is recommended for people who would, at a glance, like this sort of brawler. Ultimately, it’s like Diablo 3 – (2012 game). While a clone in many ways, it’s quite a bit more fun and simple, with subtle extras that make it at least visually unique.

This would be ~~great~~ good, if it were free. It’s just not for me, and I think my tastes have been changing lately.

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Risen 3 – Titan Lords – (2014 game)

2017-08-13

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Gameplay not as shown

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https://www.deepsilver.com/en/games/risen-3-titan-lords-enhanced-edition/

Slash a things and miss a lot. Get hit a lot. Uninstall.

What a shit fighting system. With a fundamental flaw as glaring as this, there’s no way in hell I’ll play this.

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/512250/
http://vilemonarch.com/oh-sir-insult/

Like scrabble with words, assemble phrases to do varying degrees of insult-damage.

This definitely should appeal to some people, but it doesn’t appeal to me. I think this would be especially attractive to people with an Android phone.

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The Chronicles of Narnia – (1950-1956 book series), by C. S. Lewis

Travelers – (2016 show)

Much Ado About Nothing – (1623 play), by Shakespeare

Father Ted – (1995-1998 show)

Continuum – (2012-2015 series)

Sacred Citadel – (2013 game)

Just Cause 2 – (2010 game)

Sacred 3 – (2014 game)

Risen 3 – Titan Lords – (2014 game)

Oh…Sir!! The Insult Simulator – (2016 game)

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