Tag: Sci-Fi
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On (the) Campaign – Halo: Combat Evolved
Apologies for the sporadic posting recently; I just moved to a new apartment (well, I moved the couch, TV, and chinchilla, and got the internet set up) so I’ve been unable to surf the zeitgeist as I usually do. I’m hoping to be back on schedule with my posts within a couple of days, but,…
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Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Part 4
No other way to say it: Obi-Wan Kenobi had an unfortunate dip in quality this week. Not that the sets or CGI looked bad; rather, Part 4 was less engaging than previous installments because so much of it felt like something we’ve seen before. The “rescue a character from an Imperial base” plot has been…
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Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Part 3
This installment wastes little to no time in introducing Vader to the mix. I gotta say, the guy’s morning routine looks rough. And what if he has to piss in the middle of the night? That said, it is pretty metal that he hangs out on the same planet where he got high-grounded and turned…
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Review: Love, Death & Robots (Season 3)
Mild spoilers below. Three Robots: Exit Strategies My overall feelings about LDR’s second season were lukewarm…so seeing the three ‘bots from the very first episode of the series return for more darkly humorous adventures was a good sign. A bit of the intrinsic humor of the situation naturally wears off in a second installment, but…
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Review (kind of): Sable
[Played on Xbox Series S.] I really wanted to like this. I did! And I feel bad about the way it ended, like a relationship with a sweet girl who you ultimately just don’t match up that well with, if that girl also asked you to do annoying fetch quests for beetles. But I’m…
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Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Parts 1 & 2
Hello there. A lot of folks have been eagerly anticipating this – hoping that it would have engaging writing, artistic presentation, and respect for the audience. I think it met these expectations, and, in some cases, exceeded them. What I’m saying is that, yes, this article was worth the wait. I don’t like to toot…
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Review: Halo (TV Series), Season 1, Episode 9
Ugh. Alright, fine. To steal a quote from The Walking Dead,[1] let’s fuck this dog. Last week, I predicted that Reach would fall, Kwan Ha would show back up, and at least one member of Silver Team would die. I was wrong about…all of those. Expectations subverted? Let’s go through the episode from the beginning.…
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Review: Halo (TV Series), Season 1, Episode 8
Well, that’s an improvement. Not a perfect episode by any means, but much better than last week’s instalment of “Kwan Ha’s Magical Misadventures on Madrigal”.[1] Before the episode started, I was treated to a slickly-produced advertisement for the United States Marine Corps. This left me thinking that Halo might not be the best show to…
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Review: Halo (TV Series), Season 1, Episode 7
I have an inkling that this episode of Halo is going to be considered the low point of an uneven season (at least, I hope so). In future discourse, it might even attain the coveted status of “much-maligned”. Let’s start with the fly in the ointment – Kwan Ha. Oh, Kwan Ha. She of the…