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It’s Not A Dream If You Believe (A Totally Amp’d Overview/Review)
It might be public knowledge that I am a Canadaphile, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t ever bear repeating. I’m not just talking about liking certain bands or television shows that have gained release in America or Internationally though, a … Continue reading
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Tagged app, ashley leggat, canada, canadian entertainment, canadian tv, cristine prosperi, dancing, internet, ipad, iphone, jingle punks, Music, shaftsbery, show, singing, smokebomb, television, totally amp'd, xmg
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Nerd Notes for 02/08/2012
All long form essays & reviews are still perculating in their individual cauldrons, and will soon be ready for worldwide consumption. In the mean time here’s some tender vittles or Nerd Notes. – Former child actor Brian Bonsall has finally … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Bonsall, david sedaris, film, gourmet gaming, taikka waititi, ward sutton
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Nerd Notes for 02/01/2012
Over at my Livejournal I used to take various links I found and collate them all into a collection that I called “Nerd Notes”. These links could contain anything from videogames to wrestling to movie trailers to news articles. I … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure games, ags, all-american rejects, books, da new guys, nerd notes, paul mccartney, point and click, sumo cyco, the future, wadjeteye games
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Animated Shorts of the 84th Academy Awards (and more)
My concentration on the Oscars each year is focused in one section primarily, the animated shorts. While I tend to only concern myself with the five nominated features I have in the past also made an effort to check out … Continue reading
Posted in TV and Movies
Tagged 84th academy awards, aardman, academy awards, animation, brown bag films, cartoons, cgi, claymation, disney, enrico casarosa, gobelins, grant orchard, jasper morello, logorama, moonbot studios, morris lessmore, national film board of canada, nick park, oktapodi, oscar awards, oscars, paths of hate, peter lord, pixar, richard condie, the lost thing, tim hittle, warner bros., will vinton, william joyce
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Law & Order’s Legacy Continues in Interactive Format
I was twelve years old when Law & Order began its long run on NBC. The show didn’t really hit its stride till the late great Jerry Orbach joined the cast in the second season along with S. Epatha Merkeson … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged adventure game, adventure games, law & order, law & order legacies, telltale, telltale games, video games
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FAVORITE CONSOLE GAMES of 2011
Back to the Future-The Game: With Bob Gale along as a supervisor, Mike Stemmle and Andy Hartzell, a fourth Back to the Future movie was realized. One just needs to completely ignore most of Back to the Future: The cartoon … Continue reading
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Tagged cole, cole phelps, ps3, psn, swampy, team bondi, telltale, telltale games, the dragon, video games, yakuza
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Cloak & Dagger (a further review of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows)
My favorite part of Sherlock Holmes: A Book of Shadows involved a flip book. My second favorite scene involved nudity. My third favorite scene involved tons of explosions and some truly fine editing and cinematography. I’m not sure who the … Continue reading
Posted in TV and Movies
Tagged a game of shadows, cinematography, guy ritchie, movie review, sherlock holmes
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Favorite Movies of 2011
Rango: Gore Verbinkski’s animated western affair was a total delight to the eyes. Accompanied by an amazing soundtrack and perfectly well done jokes, I loved every moment of it. I was sorely disappointed when the blu-ray came out without the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, beginners, best of, books, captain america, Comics, drugs, favorites, hanna, hugo, marvel, overview, reviews, sex, sherlock holmes, TV and Movies, violence, year end
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Console Games scheduled for 2012 that catch my attention
Be aware that I like puzzle games, adventure games and third person action adventure games with platforming. I Am Alive: An Ubisoft productiion, the trailer shows an awesome combination of platforming, third person action, puzzles, first person shooting and more. … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, naughty dog, ps3, psn, puzzle, rockstar, shooter, suda51, ubisoft, video games
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Tributes to the Fallen 2011 Collected Post
As promised in Part 1 here is a post quickly linking you to each section so you can easily find them till well the next time I create an entry which should be soon. Part 1 (Comic Books and Artists) … Continue reading
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