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Movie Review: ‘Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead’

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Director: Kiah Roache-Turner Cast: Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradley, Leon Burchill, Luke McKenzie Plot: After an asteroid shower lights up the sky of Australia a large chunk of the population turn into zombies. When… Continue reading

Tabletop Tuesday: ‘The Doom That Came to Atlantic City’

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Publisher: Cryptozoic Players: 2-4 Play Time: 45 Minutes Genre: Dice rolling, hand management Review: Oh dear. Oh dearie dear. Here’s a game that went from Kickstarter success story to cautionary tale. After the Lovecraftian themed reverse-Monopoly launched… Continue reading

What is the #Clay5? (Hint: An Awesome New Feature!)

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Good morning/evening on this Monday/Sunday wibbly wobbly timey wimey…whenever you are. We do have readers across all the time zones, but some things unite us all. We’re all geeks (or geek-curious) and love… Continue reading

10 Tragic Love Stories in Geekdom

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Ah, the season of romance. And as we all know, a great love story comes with tragedy. It’s how things balance. Also good entertainment. While you curl up with a box of chocolates and… Continue reading

Oscar Nominee Review: ‘Boyhood’

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Previously Reviewed: The Theory of Everything The Imitation Game Birdman The Grand Budapest Hotel Selma American Sniper Whiplash Director: Richard Linklater Cast: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Lorelei Linklater Plot: Young Mason is… Continue reading

Cheap Game Tuesday: ‘This War of Mine’

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War is hell, man. Not that you’s know it from the average output from the video game industry. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare had a fairly well executed anti-war message but it kinda… Continue reading

Oscar Nominee Review: ‘Whiplash’

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Previous Reviews: The Theory of Everything The Imitation Game The Grand Budapest Hotel Birdman American Sniper Selma Director: Damien Chazelle Cast: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, Melissa Benoist Plot: A first year college student… Continue reading

Oscar Nominee Review: ‘Selma’

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Previously: The Theory of Everything The Imitation Game The Grand Budapest Hotel Birdman American Sniper Director: Ava DuVernay Cast: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Wilkinson, Giovanni Ribisi, Tim Roth, Common, Lorraine Toussaint… Continue reading

‘Shadow of Mordor’ – One Trick Pony?

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So Shadow of Mordor is a game set in the ‘Lord of the Rings’ fictional universe. It came out in 2014 and received many accolades and rank on more than a couple of Best… Continue reading

Exclusive Interview: John Safran

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This week we were fortunate enough to sit down with John Safran, documentarian and author of Murder in Mississippi (God’ll Cut You Down in America), which we reviewed right here, to talk about why he goes… Continue reading