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Gaming
James Trauben

“Discover the Dragon Age” trailer released, with commentary

Bioware’s newly-released “Discover the Dragon Age” trailer may as well be a travel brochure for the world of Thedas in the upcoming Dragon Age: Inquisition. “Discover the Dragon Age” pans through grandiose, lushly-detailed landscapes, showing off various features of Bioware’s new Frostbite engine. Certainly Thedas looks like a nice place to vacation, if not for

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Gaming
Nick Melton

Review: “Final Fantasy VI” for iOS

About twelve hours into the new iOS release of Final Fantasy VI, I had a sudden realization: “I still have to write my review!” That’s the hallmark of a great game. No matter how many times you’ve played it you still find yourself sucked into its world, and few games are greater than Final Fantasy VI.

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Gaming
Jordan Pollock

Strider Review

It has been about fourteen years since the last time Strider Hiryu appeared in a proper Strider game. But 2014 is a year of new beginnings, and so the long-awaited and much-anticipated new title in the Strider series has revealed itself. The new game, simply titled Strider, is a platforming action-adventure game in the vein

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Gaming
James Huneycutt

Review: Thief

Thief is the latest installment in a franchise that is near and dear to my heart – in fact, I can think of one title only that predates the first installment in the franchise in my experience, and that was some nonsense pack-in with the first computer my family ever purchased – Thief was the first real

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Comic Issues #160 – Guardians of the Everything Else

You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! Like we said last week, everybody’s busy. But somehow we cram in a few things when we’re not at our jobs. Sometimes it’s freelance work, sometimes it’s getting a new place, sometimes it’s watching COMPLETELY AWESOME TRAILERS. And sometimes it’s dealing with

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[Trailer] TITANFALL goes Gold, Drops a Stunning Launch Trailer

Respawn Entertainment’s Titanfall is unquestionably the most anticipated title of this year and thankfully it’s just days away. Respawn has announced that the title has gone gold, and begun shipping to stores, and earlier today released an action-packed launch trailer.

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: The Night Circus

The Night Circus is the debut book by Erin Morgenstern; at this point it’s also the only book by Erin Morgenstern. She has some poetry and several smaller essays on her website, but for now this is her only novel. And while I’d like to see another book by this author, at this point I can’t

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Batman: Arkham Night Preview Trailer

Hold on to your utility-belts, Bat-faithful, because today brings us some bat-tastic news regarding Rocksteady‘s next entry into the brilliant Arkham franchise! Appearing today on Warner Brothers’ Games UK channel, the new trailer gives us a glimpse of Bruce’s new bat-suit, a smattering of baddies, including fan favorites Harley Quinn and Two-Face, but most importantly a brand-new,

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Movie Issues: Die Hard with a Vengeance

You can listen to this episode on our Movie Issues channel at Anchor.fm! This week we watched Die Hard with a Vengeance! Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson try to stop crazy Jeremy Irons from blowing up New York and stealing billions in gold. Seems like a normal day in the complicated life that is

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