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Gaming
Andrew Plein

Review – Tritton 720+ Headset

Having recently reviewed the Tritton AX 720, I was more than intrigued to take out the newest 720+ for a test ride. I always appreciate when a company chooses not to deviate from former technology, but instead revisits and enhances it to near perfection. Gaming headsets like these are a dime a dozen, but not

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Gaming
Anthony Silva

Review – Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Since their humble beginning, the robots in disguise have built a franchise of comics, movies, TV shows, and many video game incarnations. Everything that’s come from the original Transformers series (Generation One, or “G1”) has been hit or miss, but in 2010 High Moon Studios delivered an old school win with Transformers: War for Cybertron,

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Reviews
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of the best films you will see this year. Based on the book of the same name, writer/director Stephen Chbosky has produced a great coming of age film. Every now and then a coming of age film comes along that is heralded for “defining a generation;” films

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Old Classics: Adolf

Adolf, written by the father of manga Tezuka Osamu, is not your basic average manga.  Rather than using fluffy shoujo plot devices or muscly shounen characters, Adolf ties together three different worlds in a political thriller both intelligent and captivating. Synopsis Adolf, by father of manga Tezuka Osamu, is a microcosm of three distinct societies during the

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Book Review – The Black Prism

I myself had all but given up on reading. Not finding too many titles that interested me, I felt I needed to be a tween to enjoy any of the current medium. (Not to knock Potter or even the Twilight series; I understood the fan base and I was glad that someone was writing for

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Books
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China Miéville’s Railsea

The secret to reading a China Miéville story is this: he’s going to give you an impossible premise to accept. It’s going to be weird and unrealistic and against all laws of nature, but you’re going to have to believe that that’s the way this world works. Once you accept it, your reward is a very

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Movie Issues Review: Lawless

When most people think of Prohibition they picture sexy speakeasies and jazz, the songs of Billie Holiday and sweaty bodies dancing dangerously close together. Others think of Al Capone and the rise of organized crime with all their style, charisma, and money. Adapted from the historical novel The Wettest County in the World, by Matt

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Reviews
Christin Tomaschke

Recent Series: Puella Magi Madoka Magica

A lot of people hear the word, “magical girl anime” and head for the hills. To be honest, I can’t really blame them. While the magical girl genre is fun and interesting the first time, fifty anime series later, it loses its attraction. This genre usually entails a girl between the ages of thirteen and

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Reviews
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: ParaNorman

ParaNorman online pharmacy no prescription is the new stop motion animated movie from Focus Features, who previously gave us the 2009 Coraline. ParaNorman focuses on a young boy, Norman, who is the town pariah because of his unnatural ability to talk with dead people which causes him day-to-day drama. His inability to relate to his

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