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Jordan Pollock

Battlefield 4 is the best shooter of the next gen consoles so far

It seems like just yesterday that we were booting up our consoles and PCs and loading them up with “Battlefield 3”. But, alas, that was two long years ago. The good news, however, is that we have a brand new “Battlefield” game to sink tens of thousands of hours into. Now normally, there was a

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James Trauben

Tomb Raider Definitive Edition announced for next-gen systems

The critically-acclaimed reboot of Tomb Raider is coming to next-generation systems as Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on January 28th, 2014 for $59.99. Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition has been “fully re-built” for the XBox One and Playstation 4. “This was a continued labor of love,” said Crystal Dynamics Executive Producer Scot Amos.  We pulled the game

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Titanfall – Ogre Reveal Trailer

You ever see a game that you know your are going to have to play? One that motivates you so much that you are even willing to buy a console just to play it? I thought I could hold out, but it looks like I’m getting a Xbox One. Tempting trailers just keep coming, this

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The Sandman: Overture – Special Edition #1

Chances are good you already know that the first issue of Neil Gaiman’s new Sandman series was released this past October; as one of the best-selling comics of 2013, it created quite a splash. What you may not know (I didn’t, but I’m easily distracted) is that for every issue of the series, one month

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Movie Issues: Batman Returns

You can listen to this episode on our Movie Issues channel at Anchor.fm!   The month of Christmas is here! And as we do here at Movie Issues HQ, it time to celebrate! So we kick the season off this 1992 Batman Returns, a movie that is more Christmas adjacent than anything else. But listen in

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NERDS LIKE US: A Midnight Movie Experience

Star Wars hit theaters in 1977 and lines wrapped around theaters consistently, full of fans waiting for the chance to see a cinematic marvel… I wasn’t born yet. Ghostbusters debuted and quickly became a phenomenon in June of ’84… I wasn’t even 2 yet. And when Batman blew Bat-Fans minds in ’89 I was just

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Jeane Ess

Nick and Tesla’s High-Voltage Danger Lab

Danger Danger Danger Danger: “The how-to projects in this book involve electricity, explosions, toxic substances, sharp tools, contents under pressure and other potentially dangerous elements…remember the instructions in the book are not meant to be a substitute for your good judgment and common sense.” Enter at your own risk.

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Comic Issues #147 – Doctor Who: ALL the spoilers

You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! Get ready for a massive, geektastic, spoileriffic podcast as the crew breaks down the awesomeness that was The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode. With Andrew spending some much-deserved time with his family, Leland from the Movie Issues Podcast joins Anthony and Elizabeth

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James Trauben

Setting sail is more compelling than stabbing in Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag

I’d guess I got halfway through Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, and I still couldn’t give you a succinct plot summary. It’s not that Black Flag is lacking in interesting characters or topics. If anything, the game is crammed over-full with features and potential plot arcs, many maddeningly under-explored. Black Flag is overflowing with things that would,

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