Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 12:41PM Black Panther, Film, Marvel in Cinema, Reviews Monday, January 8, 2018 at 7:51AM 
*ahem*
BIG BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Binary Domain, Toshihiro Nagoshi in Gaming, Reviews Monday, January 1, 2018 at 8:32AM 
Playing the Mass Effect series intermittently for the past six months [summer & winter of 2016]. I believe, collectively I put close to 250+ hours into the series and I’m still debating if I even like what I played. I know I liked the Mako, but I didn’t like using it on every planet [Mass Effect 1]. I know I hated scanning, but I liked the feeling of a cursory search in a galaxy I had a middling interest in. Maybe if I’d chosen Jennifer Hale instead of the dry delivery of Mark Meer to voice my caramel-skinned Commander Shepard -- maybe I’d care to play through this series again. Unfortunately, that won’t happen.
BioWare, EA, Mass Effect in Gaming, Reviews Monday, October 19, 2015 at 11:39AM 
I’ve beaten the reboot of Tomb Raider weeks ago and I’m still befuddled as to why I didn’t like it. On paper, everything is there: great voice acting, diverse looking cast, non-killing activities and beautiful locales. I even cringe as I say, “they even gave her sensible breasts!” I’m still parsing what that even means in my small hetero dude-brain. I’m also processing what Tomb Raider games have to be in order to be deemed successful. I’m still figuring out why this game is another brick in the wall of why, even the best big budget games, are equal parts off-putting in their over-reaching goals.
Crystal Dynamics, Square-Enix, Tomb Raider in Gaming, Reviews Monday, October 19, 2015 at 10:09AM 
Max Payne 3 turned out to be the game people wanted after they realized realistic gun violence needs a better soundtrack. I never was a Max Payne fan. I think this is a result of playing the PS2 games well after the Matrix hype died down. Shooting bullets at a slower rate of speed was cool. I mean “bullet time” became a known term because of Max Payne. What have you done for me lately Max Payne? Have you upheld all the current tropes in gaming? Yes, you have. This video game stars a white dude in a land of poor people of color. He shoots them and the developers made sure it felt mechanically great. This game is well liked in my friend group and I can see its charm, but outside of the dope soundtrack, Max Payne 3 a big budget fart of a game.
Monday, August 5, 2013 at 8:00AM "Do You Feel Like A Hero?" -- A loading screen from Spec Ops: The Line
I’ve been actively trying to promote the power of games and with that the many conversations they can stir. I’ll never never play Spec Ops: The Line again, but I want you to. This game really accomplished it’s underlying goal of horrifying me. I feel, based on the game’s ‘totally bad ass military shooter cover’, it is almost trying to trick an implied demographic. There are so many games out there telling the player that killing can be without conscience and is often better that way. What happens when a game like Spec Ops: The Line comments on soldiers sent to wars they weren’t mentally equipped to fight? What happens when we acknowledge the long-term, and often -- immediate, effects of killing in the name of country and how can a game, effectively, pull that off?
Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 4:49PM 
I’m typing this expecting not many will read it. I’m typing this knowing full well this in a post-E3 week world, everyone is, at the very least, interested in the “what comes next.” With a few empty bottles of syrah on my small table, next to the bills, I’m struggling to think something ‘catchy’ as a headline. It’s probably best to go with the truth.
Indie Games, MIke Bithell, Thomas Was Alone in Gaming, Indie Games, Reviews, Sony Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 4:35PM 
My hope is that I can die in my late 90s having watched, some version of a Fast & Furious film in every year leading up to my timely demise. I’ve written a great deal about games with numbers after them. Snarking on the internet for less sequels. I’d always championed the idea of experiencing something new, though I’m still not sure what that means. I think this is a concept I’d like to think applies to all forms of media. However, in the case of a Fast & Furious film, feelings must be altered. Maybe I need to change how I think about the concept of a sequel.
Fast & Furious, Gina Carano in Cinema, Entertainment, Reviews Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 10:06AM 
Enough time has passed to where even Harrison Ford jokes about how terrible an archaeologist Indiana Jones would be. Prometheus doesn’t have the advantage of a strong character lead, like Indy does. Prometheus’ edge is its beautiful use of cinematography and art direction, accompanied by a multi-million dollar special effects budget. It’s a shame that Michael Fassbender is, once again, the only quality figure in another summer blockbuster. How creepy is that?
Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Noomi Rapace, Prometheus, Ridley Scott in Cinema, Humor, Reviews Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 7:22PM 
So Cabin In The Woods is the greatest movie of the year. No, I haven’t seen every movie released in previous months. Nor do I intend on seeing any other movies in the future. This is it. The last movie I’ll ever need to watch. It’s only fitting I watched this film after watching The Avengers. There should be some sort of barometer to gauge my tolerance of Whedon/Hemsworth exposure, but luckily this movie functioned as an adequate chaser.
Cabin In The Woods, Godard, Hemsworth, Horror, Whedon in Criticism, Entertainment, Reviews 
"Fear For Your Puny Lives!"
