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Book Review: ‘The Cocktail Waitress’

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Author: James M Cain Publisher: Titan Plot: Joan Medford may be young but she has already found herself to be a widow and a single mother. With little in the way of qualifications… Continue reading

6 Reasons Why the Lucasarts/Disney Deal Makes Everyone a Winner

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This week George Lucas announced that he had sold his company Lucasarts and the highly profitable Star Wars franchise to the Disney company for the impressive sum of $4 billion. Going by the… Continue reading

Top 10 Most Underused Batman Villains

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There is an idiom in the comic world that claims that a good hero is measured by the strength of their villains. Part of the reason why Spider-Man has endured across many different… Continue reading

Top 10 Retro Games We Want on iPad

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The simple interface on the iPad has seen a resurgence in games that use very old school concepts, and with it the re-visitation of some classic games. iPad owners are currently enjoying perfect… Continue reading

The Best Obscure Horror Villains

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So Halloween is upon us. Or as it is better known to geeks: epic horror movie marathon time! Naturally we’ve been celebrating this holiday with plenty of features about horror, and decided to… Continue reading

8 Reasons Why This Season of ‘Dexter’ Must be the Last

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Even before the new season of Dexter kicked off there was one thing that was clear to many viewers: it needed to end. Not that it was a bad show or that it… Continue reading

Why ‘Cars 2’ is Totally Bad-Ass

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When Cars was released I met it with a a shrug of indifference. Pixar is the industry leaders in producing high quality, original, heart-lifting movies and while there was no doubt that Cars… Continue reading

‘Aliens’ vs ‘The Thing’: Cinematic Showdown

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Alien movies can be used in many different ways. Independence Day is an example of alien invasions being used for big budget action spectacles, District 9 and Alien Nation went for social commentary,… Continue reading

Book Review: ‘The Martian War’

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Author: Kevin J. Anderson Publisher: Titan Books Plot: Astronomer Percival Lowell and disgraced biologist Doctor Moreau have tracked an envoy from Mars to the Sahara Desert and come face to face with a… Continue reading

The 10 Biggest Facebook Annoyances

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This list has been done by other people, but the fun thing about bitching on Facebook is that there’s always something new to make you grind your teeth. There’s something that’s been a… Continue reading