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Andrew Plein

Artist by day and a Gamer by night, well that and I manage to squeeze in all the necessary requirements of being a Married Guy. Creative Director
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Andrew Plein

Review – Gotham Season 1

While Comic Book movies have been all the rage, it’s good to see them finally making the transition to television. Marvel has Agents of Shield, DC is absolutely killing it with Arrow and the Flash. As we await Supergirl to make her grand appearance I felt it was time to catch up on a show

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Andrew Plein

Introduce The DC Universe – The Family Friendly Way

After a grueling day at work you return home. You are exhausted and all you really want to do is relax, then you feel the tug at your shirt. Your kid then asks one of the greatest questions possible “Da da, can we watch Batman?” While the instant answer is yes, I then have to

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Gaming
Andrew Plein

Review: PS3 – J-Stars Victory Vs

Back in the day before the wide spread access to Anime, there were very few places to get your fix – let alone very few series you could watch. Let’s break it down: Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z and Ghost in the Shell.  Now I had somehow gained access to the Dark Horse version of

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Andrew Plein

Review – Justice League: Gods and Monsters

To say DC Animation has and continues to have a huge impact on my life would be a bit of an understatement. While I may have made a bit of departure from the DC Comics Universe during its New 52 tenure, the TV and Animation departments have certainly picked up the slack. That’s not saying

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Gaming
Andrew Plein

Hands On Impression – Transformers Devastation

I’ve been attending San Diego Comic Con International since the late 90s and there is one booth that always seems to be the first stop. The Hasbro booth is not only one of the largest booths, but you can’t help but stop and admire the rather large collection of Transformers as they are more then meets

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Andrew Plein

Review – Wacom Intous Creative Stylus 2

The trends of digital artwork is always changing, which usually leads to some pretty interesting conversations between professionals. One such conversation brought up something that I hadn’t really considered. I guess you could even say, one of the down sides to going totally digital. As my friend pointed out that he really missed drawing and

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TV & Movies
Andrew Plein

Battlestar Galactica – Then and Now

We are currently experiencing the Golden Age of Geek, where you can literally turn on almost any channel and get some high quality sci-fi, fantasy or even comic book TV shows.  I can tell you, it didn’t always used to be that way. Growing up there was the big two — Star Trek and Star

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Reviews
Andrew Plein

Blu Ray Review – The Cat Returns

Animation is an incredible powerful medium that has the very real capability to freight train you right in the feels. Films like Land Before Time, Up or even Big Hero 6 still hold dear and emotional memories for me. Though there is one animation studio that is the king in terms of the feels: Studio

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TV & Movies
Andrew Plein

Ex Machina – What is alive?

There are only a handful of films that I grant the title of “mind expanding,” even fewer that stand can stand the test of time. While Ex Machina certainly receives the title, I was more intrigued by the question it proposed. How do you go about testing artificial intelligence? More so, how do you determine

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