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The Bureau – XCOM Declassified

2018-04-29
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The bits and pieces thing makes no sense.
The bits and pieces thing makes no sense.

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.2k.com/en-US/game/the-bureau-xcom-declassified/

You are part of an elite squad who freeze time to move near cover and get shot in the head.

I guess they didn’t play their own game, because there are obvious flaws. This would have been more fun if they got rid of the whole moving around like an RPG. Like the old X-COM ga– oh wait, the old games are just better. Why was this game made?

  • Properly titled The Bureau: XCOM Declassified



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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – (2014 movie)

2018-04-27
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I guess he's kind of interesting.
I guess he's kind of interesting.

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1872181/
https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/theamazingspiderman2

Our favorite web slinger has relationship problems.

Still quite a good movie. Recommended if you liked the earlier one.



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The Amazing Spider-Man – (2012 movie)

2018-04-27
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The moderately-interesting spider-dork
The moderately-interesting spider-dork

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0948470/
https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/theamazingspiderman

A breakthrough in rapid genetics-alteration has unintended side-effects.

I’m fond of the earlier ones, but I think they get classed as “nostalgia”. This is a very good movie, and that’s likely enhanced by Emma Stone, who is incredibly attractive in dress, appearance and action.



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Kingdom – Classic – (2015 game)

2018-04-26
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Kingdom - Classic - (2015 game) image

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.kingdomthegame.com/

A fauldschool resource game that would have made for a fine free Flash game, but is instead for-pay.

Fair.

  • Properly titled Kingdom: Classic

    • aka Kingdom

  • Also Kingdom: New Lands



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Homefront – (2011 game)

2018-04-26
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Homefront - (2011 game) image

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
(https://web.archive.org/web/20120504005225/http://www.homefront-game.com/ |archived home page]])

The Koreans invade the United States, and you are a freedom fighter who hides behind invulnerable cover in an on-rails playable cutscene.

alt-F4 as soon as I was placed in a “home base” which forced me to RP-walk everywhere. Inexcusable.

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Orphan Black – (2013 show)

2018-04-22
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Orphan Black - (2013 show) image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2234222/
https://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/orphan-black–1010578

An underclass punk, returning from a ten month flight from the country, happens upon a suicide that reveals that she is part of a larger picture.

The lead actor is particularly good, as is all the acting. The story is poor in a number of places, and it is particularly jarring to have literal-faggotry forced into it. I don’t mind there happening to be gay characters, but when they’re gay characters being gay because gayness yay gay gay as opposed to just being people who happen to be gay, it’s so obvious and so insulting as to taint the whole fucking show.

I’ll flag this as liked and lightly-recommended. It’s really not all that awful, but it rubs me the wrong way. It’s like girly science fiction drama-whatever.

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Ready Player One – (2018 movie)

2018-04-18
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Nerd.
Nerd.

Entertainment > Movies, Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1677720/
http://www.readyplayeronemovie.com/

In a dystopic future akin to Brave New World – (1932 book), by Aldous Huxley, everyone is lost in a virtual reality, playing a game to take control of the world’s largest corporation.

This movie is parasitic to the childhoods of old men and permanent-children. It’s worth a watch if you’re over 40, otherwise it’ll be a fairly confusing mess of references.


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Dungeon of the Endless – (2014 game)

2018-04-14
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Dungeon of the Endless - (2014 game) image

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/249050/

A semi-roguelike tower defence-ish game.

Utterly impossible. Doesn’t make a lick of sense. Unlimited waves of stuff, for some reason. Can’t build enough, the resource limitations are obscene.

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Seasons After Fall – (2016 game)

2018-04-14
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Software >

(on Wikipedia)
http://www.swingswingsubmarine.com/games/seasons/

So cute! Whenever I play a game with a little fox type thing, I will always think of Okami – (2006 game).

I ended up getting stuck at the winter/summer level, trying to go east with the spirit. I guess I’m the first person to ever play this, ever.

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Last Knights – (2015 movie)

2018-04-13
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Last Knights - (2015 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2493486/

Inspired by the story of the forty-seven rōnin . If you don’t know it, then don’t look that up. I can’t give a description without spoiling it. Consider yourself lucky to have a fresh mind.

This is a patient yet tense movie. I have next to no notes, because there’s really nothing to write or even think about. Recommended, though not “highly recommended”, as there are a lot of movies which execute this general manly-man theme extremely well. Though it’s not among its number, anyone who likes the samurai genre should give this a watch.



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