Category: Reviews

Review: The Fifth Doll

Matrona shook her head, mulling over Olia’s bizarre words. “What’s ‘snow’?” “I haven’t the faintest idea” – Jaska shrugged – “but she prattles about it from time to time.” That little exchange is the first sign you get that the small village in Charlie N. Homberg’s latest book might be a little…odd. Things aren’t completely

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Review: Thor: Ragnarok

Well, it’s been about four months so it’s time for Marvel Studios to release another movie. This time Thor is back for his third solo feature film: Thor: Ragnarok. Directed by Taika Waititi once again staring Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston, it’s another super action, over-the-top comic book movie with all the right moving parts

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Binary System Podcast #102 – Wonder Woman and Blade Runner 2049

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! The Binary Podcast team may not see the latest blockbusters on opening night. Or opening week. Or the week after that… Okay, so maybe it takes us a while to get around to things. But we make up for it with almost

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Gaming
Jordan Pollock

Review: South Park: The Fractured But Whole

There was a time when nobody thought a good South Park game could be made, and then, in 2014, The Stick of Truth was released. After receiving raving reviews and praise for The Stick of Truth, South Park series creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker vowed to never work on a video game again. The development process

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Review – Behind You: One-Shot Horror Stories

“It’s so funny to discover you’re made of meat and at any moment the world might take a bite. Our species comes wired with a great sense of humor. It’s one of our best traits.” – From the introduction by Joe Hill Brian Coldrick’s Behind You (collecting many of the images from his web series) is

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Review: John Dies At The End

            “Now, this is going to sound crazy…” Picture an empty house, a terrified woman, and a deceased boyfriend threatening her from beyond the grave. Two supernatural troubleshooters – armed with only a medieval torch, a 1987 ghetto blaster, and a dog with no self-preservation instincts – are soon caught in a life-or-death struggle with

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Gaming
Jordan Pollock

Review: Metroid: Samus Returns

Looking back through the Metroid series, there is one game that stands out as the worst Metroid game in the series. No, not Other M, although a strong case could be made against it.  Metroid 2: Return of Samus is an odd duck in the franchise; it maintains the gated progression that Metroid games are known for while failing

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Review – Aquaman #29

Three teams of heroes come closer to meeting in the middle, and it’s all setting the stage for the next landmark issue. Keep reading for a review of Aquaman #29.

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Review – Transformers Lost Light #10

I’ve spent months wanting to punch Getaway and all his stupid mutineers in the mouth: Autobots just don’t turn on Autobots, not to this scale they don’t. I was surprised at how betrayed I felt by the whole thing. Having read this issue, I have some insight. And I’m still completely baffled. And I still

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