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[Review] Empowered Special Issue: Nine Beers With Ninjette

Fans of Adam Warren’s sexy superhero series Empowered still have a few months to wait until the next trade paperback; Empowered Volume 8 is due to hit stores on December 18. In the meantime, Adam Warren continues to release one-shot issues in the Emp-verse, written by himself and drawn by guest artists. The latest issue,

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: The Family

The Family is based on the novel Malavita by Tonino Benacquista, directed by Luc Besson (Léon: The Professional, The Fifth Element) and executively produced by Martin Scorsese. This mob comedy finds a mafia boss and his family relocated to a sleepy town in Normandy (France) under the witness protection program after snitching on the mob.

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Review: Frankenstien’s Army

In a time of movie oversaturation, it’s tough to stand out in a crowd, especially when it comes to the horror genre. These days films are judged by their budgets instead of the creativity put into them. That means films like Frankenstien’s Army unfortunately fly below most people’s radar. That’ll be too bad for them,

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Movie Issues: Riddick

Riddick fans rejoice! The long awaited but unlikely anticipated sequel to the Riddick franchise has come to the big screen. Championed by its star Vin Diesel, who’s been rumoring it’s slow progress for the nearly 10 years since he last portrayed the space badass in Chronicles of Riddick, this sci-fi action flick delivers exactly what

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[Review] Game Dev Tycoon

As a simulation of the gaming industry that places you in the driver’s seat of a studio making games, Game Dev Tycoon is meta to the point of textbook definition, but its execution is infectiously charming. Each industry has tricks, tools, hazards and obstacles, and Game Dev Tycoon functions as commentary on the very nature

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: Getaway

If you took the movie Speed, The Transporter, and add just a little dash of any of the Fast and Furious films, but then took out any and all elements that make those movies good, you’d have Getaway, directed by Courtney Solomon, whose only real credit is directing 2000’s Dungeons & Dragons. After seeing Getaway, I hope this is

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Gaming
Leland Pierce

Saints Row IV

Saints Row IV is the fourth in the Saints Row series of open world action-adventure games. Just like in the previous titles in the series, the player controls the leader of the Third Street Saints, who has now become the President of the United States of America. The game takes you back to the fictional

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Review – Mophie Juice Pack Air

Sadly, San Diego Comic Con International comes but once a year. And with it officially behind us, it’s time to remember the fun. Or remember why we had so much fun, being that my iPhone had enough battery power to make it through. Since having a kid last year, it’s been a while since I’ve

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: The World’s End

With all good things there is always an end. With that, The Cornetto Trilogy has reached its end. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, along with director Edgar Wright, the geniuses that brought their genera filled adventures starting with 2004’s horror inspired Shaun of the Dead, seconded by the 2007 action themed Hot Fuzz, finish off with

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