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The brilliant re-imagining of Sherlock Holmes on the BBC this past year, simply titled Sherlock will be making it’s American debut shortly. The Sherlock Blu-ray release seems to have gotten a rapid release due to the huge buzz in it’s native UK, and will be released on November 9th, 2010.
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American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot is the autobiography of Craig Ferguson, whom most of you will know as a)Host of the Late Late Show or b)that guy that played Drew’s boss on The Drew Carey show. His journey from the small Scottish town of Cumbernauld
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This is the sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and the second in the Millennium trilogy. The Millennium trilogy is a series of novels from the late Swedish author Stieg Larsson. It is called a trilogy, though a 4th book is partially completed and outlines for many more
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I have heard a lot of people talk about The Last Starfighter as a “guilty pleasure”. I definitely won’t call it that. I have very few guilty pleasures in life as I feel no guilt for the things I have liked in my lifetime (well in film and music anyway…).
Mafia 2 Review Well, the Mafia 2 Review is in the books over at Associated Content. Check out the Mafia II Review – “Family” is Thicker Than Blood article, and please share your thoughts on the game and feedback on the article. Although the overall scores for the game are
**** UPDATE, Full Mafia II Review – “Family” is Thicker Than Blood has been published, check it out! **** Play the Mafia 2 Demo yesterday through steam. Actually I played it several times. The first time I just went through the demo mission, the second time I used my fully
Fallout 4 Preview Updates Check this link for the Fallout New Vegas Soundtrack & Music List. Fallout New Vegas has updated it’s voice cast with a personality that really embodies the Vegas spirit. “Mr. Vegas” himself, Wayne Newton will provide the voice of himself as the Radio DJ pre-recorded before
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Hey folks, this evening I wanted to share two mini-reviews for a movie and a game. The movies is Moon and the game is Darksiders, hence the oh-so-clever post title. For you non-gamers, I will start with the Moon review. Moon – Sam Rockwell I finally got to watch Moon
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Hey all, I published a small set of Photos from my recent coast trip finally. Didn’t get as many shots as I would have liked, but used a lot of duplicates to composite a few high-res images. The published gallery is here Oregon Coast Photography – 2010 . If it
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Check out the Mafia 2 Demo Review. Mafia 2 Preview Fresh off my Mafia City of Lost Heaven short review comes the Mafia 2 Pre-order / Preview. You can read the full Mafia 2 Preview at my usual publishing spot on Associated Content, so please read it and leave some
Hey friends, family and visitors. I realized that I hadn’t got to posting an general thoughts on things apart from reviews and previews lately. I’ve been so caught up in establishing my commissioned/semi-professional writing that I have forgotten to share or discuss normal stuff. I’ll thank Melanie for that. Reminding
Continue readingSo I Married an Axe Murderer on the Oregon Coast
A Deathspank review for the Playstation 3 Deathspank is a new downloadable only game from Hothead Studios and Ron Gilbert, one of the original creators Maniac Mansion and the Monkey Island series. For a discussion of one of the best games of all time, and my favorite, Monkey Island 2,
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