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Kung Fu Panda 3
I am impressed. I was not expecting the Kung Fu Panda franchise to become an epic martial arts trilogy, but with Kung Fu Panda 3 the writers looked sequelitis in the eye, and then shot for the moon....
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Hail, Caesar
So far this year I’ve seen three movies, and all of them have been a lot of fun. Hail, Caesar currently sits at the bottom of my list, but it’s well above the Threshold of Disappointment. Hail, Caesar...
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In Lieu of a Full Review…
I’ve been playing XCOM 2 lately. A full review is coming eventually. Until then, here are some screenshots which I dragged into Photoshop, and then applied artsy-filter stuff to. The Load Screen, which...
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These are fun to make…
More screen-caps from XCOM 2. I really like the posterization and cutout filters in Photoshop.
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Gods of Egypt
Gods of Egypt is a secondary world fantasy which, for reasons I cannot divine, was branded with Egyptian mythological names. It didn’t need Egypt at all, and probably would have been stronger if it had...
View ArticleHow about 36?
The folks who say “oh, that means you’re only…” when they find out someone is born on Leap Day probably are not TRYING to be mean, but let’s think about this for a moment. Calling an 8-year-old “two”...
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A birthday gift from my friend Lar
Beyond saying that Lar DeSouza is a wonderful person, and an outstanding artist, I present to you his gift to me with twenty-seven words of no commentary whatsoever.
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A Planet Mercenary Update
I just posted an update to the Planet Mercenary Kickstarter page. Here’s most of it: We plan to ship in September 2016, rather than in May as originally planned. May is now impossible, and even July...
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Zootopia
I went in to Zootopia knowing very little about it beyond the fact that it was computer animated “anthro.” It was delightful. I’ll be buying the Blu-Ray, because this is one of those films I’ll just...
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London Has Fallen
Clearly, Americans have gotten tired of seeing American landmarks blowing up in movies, because this film, the sequel to Olympus Has Fallen, featured London’s landmarks getting blown up in the sort of...
View ArticleXCOM 2: The Legendary Super-Squad Mods
I promised I’d document my XCOM 2 tweaks. My goal, as stated elsewhere, was to create a “casual mode” for taking on Legendary levels of enemies in XCOM 2. It’s not the same as playing on “Rookie”...
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A Casual, Hacked Review of XCOM 2
I have loved XCOM 2, but not unconditionally. There are some things you should know when you consider my review: I’m a “hardcore casual” gamer. I will spend dozens of hours exploring all the corners of...
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Experimenting with Storify
You may already know that I tweet. I’m trying out Storify to collect groups of tweets. This is from last night… Note: The original Storify iFrame was breaking the Schlock Mercenary mobile app, so I...
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Come find me at Salt Lake City FanX!
FanX, the spring installment of Salt Lake Comic Con¹, is this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. I’ll be in Artist’s Alley with my friend Jim Zub at tables Berry 5 and Berry 6. Jim and I also have three...
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Renee Collins, one of the author guests at FanX, walked into the green room shaking her head in mild disbelief at an encounter she’d had in the hallway. Someone had pitched his writing tutorials to...
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Javelin Rain, by Myke Cole
Javelin Rain is the sequel to Myke Cole’s Gemini Cell, and if you thought the first book was riveting, you’ll likely find Javelin Rain to have even more rivets, and maybe some arc welding. “Gripping”...
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Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice
This review can be summed up by giving it a different title. Batman vs Superman: It’s Not as Bad as All That, But Please Can We Have Some Color? Original movie poster on the left, saturation-adjusted...
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Sunset Is a Pretty Word, But…
When I worked in the software industry a decade ago there was this lovely term we used when a particular product or code-base was being terminated. We called it “sunset,” and that lovely, red-orange...
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Force Multiplication almost ready to go to print…
Sandra and I have been grinding hard for the last week in order to get Force Multiplication out the door to the printer. Saturday we¹ arrived at a final cover. Monday we got test prints, in color, for...
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Hardcore Henry —a Guest Review from Bob Defendi
Howard here… I couldn’t bring myself to see Hardcore Henry. I was too busy, and too stressed out, and this did not look like something that would make me in the least bit less anxious. Fortunately for...
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