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Review – Fallout New Vegas (PC)

Posted on September 19, 2011 by chris

Platform: PC One Word: Sprawling Two Words: Vegas, Baby! Worth It: Yes Scale: terrible | poor | fair | good | great As a reward to myself for finishing Blood Hunt, I finally got around to buying and playing Fallout … Continue reading →

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Books – Justin Cronin’s “The Passage”

Posted on August 8, 2011 by chris

The Passage by Justin Cronin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Justin Cronin’s “The Passage” is a complex novel that at, over the course of its reading, left me at times enthralled and at other times enraged. I think that’s … Continue reading →

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Books – Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian

Posted on July 14, 2011 by chris

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy My rating: 5 of 5 stars What a remarkable writer Cormac McCarthy is. This is the second of his books that I’ve read, and while it was more … Continue reading →

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Books – China Miéville’s The City And The City

Posted on September 8, 2010 by chris

The City and the City by China Miéville My rating: 4 of 5 stars There is no Orciny … is there? The City & The City is a somewhat difficult book to start, and it evolves into a difficult book … Continue reading →

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Review – Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360)

Posted on March 29, 2010 by chris

The Short Version Platform: Xbox 360 One Word: Streamlined Two Words: Shepard Lives! Worth It: Yes Scale: terrible | poor | fair | good | great This review contains spoilers from the first 15 minutes of the game, where something … Continue reading →

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BioShock 2 (Xbox 360) Review

Posted on February 26, 2010 by chris

The Short Version Platform: Xbox 360 One Word: Depth Two Words: Swarming Splicers Worth It: Yes Scale: terrible | poor | fair | good | great The Long Version I’m pretty torn about giving BioShock 2 only a “good” and … Continue reading →

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Music – Three New Albums (Our Lady Peace, Decemberists, Silversun Pickups)

Posted on August 19, 2009 by chris

I don’t normally post a lot about music on this blog because I’m way too old and boring to be on the cutting edge anymore (if, indeed, I ever was … which is questionable). Also I’m really picky so it’s … Continue reading →

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Books – J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”

Posted on August 4, 2009 by chris

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling My rating: 4 of 5 stars In the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling really begins to embrace the darker tone that she first begins to explore in the Prisoner of … Continue reading →

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Books – Hubert Selby Jr.’s “Last Exit to Brooklyn”

Posted on July 30, 2009 by chris

Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr. My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really didn’t expect that it’d be so easy to find a book that’s even more depressing, startling, and at times outright uncomfortable than Requiem for … Continue reading →

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Books – Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight”

Posted on June 17, 2009 by chris

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer My review rating: 2 of 5 stars I’m going to go ahead and guess that my review of Twilight is going to sway neither the book’s legion of fans, nor its serious detractors. In all honesty, … Continue reading →

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