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Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Loki Season 2

Helmed by Eric Martin, Loki Season 2 follows the aftermath of the shocking season finale where Loki (Tom Hiddleston) finds himself in a battle against the clock for the heart of the Time Variance Authority, dealing with the looming threat of Kang (Jonathan Majors) and his variants. Along with Mobius (Owen Wilson), Hunter B-15 (Wunmi

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Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Marvels

Directed by Nia DaCosta, The Marvels follows Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) who has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences as a result of her actions see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: Parker Girls TP Vol 2: Deadlight

Terry Moore wraps up the Parker Girls miniseries with Deadlight as Katchoo and her terrifying sister Tambi try to stop the billionaire Zachary May from gaining global power, and also bring him to justice for murdering his wife (and fellow Parker Girl) Piper. Volume 1 ended on one hell of a cliffhanger. Tambi’s associates Cherry

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Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Gen V Season 1

Helmed by Eric Kripke, Craig Rosenberg, and Evan Goldberg, Gen V takes place in the violent universe of The Boys and is set at America’s only college exclusively for superheroes, run by Vought International. It follows competitive Supes as they put their physical, sexual, and moral boundaries to the test as they compete for the

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Gaming
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Five Nights at Freddy’s

Directed by Emma Tammi and based on the popular video game series of the same name by Scott Cawthon, Five Nights at Freddy’s follows Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson), a troubled security guard, who accepts a night-time job at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, a once-successful but now abandoned family entertainment center. He discovers its four animatronic mascots

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Books
Kathryn Adams

2023 Hugo Awards – The Finalists and Winners

Congratulations to this year’s Hugo Award winners! Here’s an updated list with links to all the Pixelated Geek reviews. 2023 Hugo Award Finalists Best Novel The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey) PG ReviewThe Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi (Tor Books) PG ReviewLegends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree (Tor Books) PG

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Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Killers of the Flower Moon

Directed by Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon is set in the 1920s when members of the Osage tribe in the United States are murdered under mysterious circumstances after oil was discovered on the tribal land, sparking a major F.B.I. investigation. I’ve watched all of Scorsese’s work over the years and in my view,

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Gaming
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Assassin’s Creed: Mirage

Developed by Ubisoft Bordeaux, Assassin’s Creed: Mirage is set two decades before the events of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and takes place in 9th-century Baghdad. It follows Basim Ibn Ishaq (Lee Majdoub), a street thief who will, under the tutelage of his mentor Roshan bint-La’Ahad (Shohreh Aghdashloo), learn to fight for a cause larger than himself

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: Nettle and Bone

The trees were full of crows and the woods were full of madmen. The pit was full of bones and her hands were full of wires. T. Kingfisher’s Hugo-nominated novel starts with the action already in process as Marra – mostly a princess and almost a nun – works to complete one of three impossible

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