A good horror show is rare to find. Films are common, but something about the transition in medium from a short to a long form makes it difficult to elicit that same rush of dread and fright. Which is a pity, because the longer nature of television shows offers a lot that is difficult to… Continue reading I Still Can’t Believe This is the Pushing Daisies Guy – Hannibal (show)
I need a recalibration because I haven't been keeping up with these reviews as much as I'd like. Whenever I need a recalibration, I go back to the thing that brings me comfort: the horror genre. I like spoopy stuff. So today, let's explore the first Stephen King book I ever read, which will now… Continue reading The Path Beyond the House – Pet Sematary
Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 7 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 7 Overall Plot: 5 Dialogue: 4 Sum: 30/50 Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Season Four Episode Ten: The Oath in the Tunnel - *** Part One: It's Fine It's fine. It's fine, you guys. It's a fine episode. I… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Four, Episode Ten (Episode Forty-Eight)
Yes, this one was a long time coming, but I owe it to myself to get to it finally. I think it will come as no surprise that I love Breaking Bad. Loved. My feelings toward it have become more complicated over the past few years. Regarded by many as one of the finest shows… Continue reading All Green and Blue – Breaking Bad, Season One
I sometimes find it curious that we group video games together despite many genres having completely different appeal. Sports games rarely overlap with platformers which rarely overlap with simulations which rarely overlap with strategy games. Even within genres, you can often find games that are hardly connected to each other by anything but one mechanic… Continue reading Into the Smoke – The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 7 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 7 Overall Plot: 5 Dialogue: 4 Sum: 30/50 Spoilers: Yes Audience Assumptions: None Season Two Episode Five: Death of the Undying - **** Part One: Just Let Me Do One Synthesis Review, Show! As with many long-running anime series, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Two, Episode Five (Episode Nineteen)
There are hundreds, thousands, maybe even more beautifully-written characters in published works. But what is a character on their own without any connection to the people around them? Isolated characters can only go so far; we are a social species, after all, so relationships of all sorts are important to us. Let's take a look at how fictional relationships work.
Annihilation (novel) Spoilers: Yes Audience Assumptions: None Part One: Biologist, Anthropologist, Surveyor, Psychologist You may have noticed that I like discussing adaptations. You may have also noticed that I'm an extraordinarily slow reader whose penchant for books has diminished in recent years. If you haven't noticed, I certainly have. Lately, I've actively sought out a… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Annihilation (novel)
Series Breakdown Rating: Narrative: 7 Aesthetics and Style: 8 Creativity: 7 Environment: 8 Gameplay: 5 Sum: 35/50 Spoilers: Yes Audience Assumptions: None. A little familiarity with gaming lingo wouldn't hurt, I guess? Firewatch Part One: A Call for Short Games I often run into a problem with video games that has little to do… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Firewatch
Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 7 Aesthetics and Style: 6 Creativity: 7 Overall Plot: 6 Subplots: 7 Sum: 33/50 Spoilers: Yes Audience Assumptions: No familiarity Season Two - **** Part One: Fun With Time Travel When we last left our intrepid heroes, Nick Cutter had gone through the Permian anomaly and lost… Continue reading 3P Reviews: Primeval, Season Two
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