Tag: Review
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The Star Beast: A Promising Start to Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary
*Warning! This review will feature spoilers for the beginning of the first 60th anniversary special. I’ll be discussing events up to roughly the fifteen minute mark. If you haven’t seen it yet and you want to go in completely blind, click off this review and go watch it on Disney+. Otherwise, feel free to read…
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Berserk Manga Review: Conviction Saga (Part 7)
We’re getting into the real meat and potatoes of Conviction now! Just a little more table-dressing to take care off, and the Festival can begin! Today, we’re covering: Guts and Casca have finally been reunited! But there’s no time to celebrate. With Apostles on one side and the Holy Iron Chain Knights on the other,…
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The Addictive Loop of Slay the Spire
Roguelikes. A genre built around trial and error. Fast, short, and brutal, they’re all about rolling the dice and honing your skills to their utmost. Deckbuilders. A genre built around patience and strategy. Slow, meticulous, they’re all about careful planning and combinations, about optimizing your cards to bring out your deck’s maximum potential. One is…
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Poirot Adventures: The Theft of the Royal Ruby
You might otherwise know it as ‘The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding.’ Which, quite frankly, is a way better title. Why did they change it? One mystery at a time. First: Who’s ready for a Christmas mystery?! Wait! Can you hear that? It’s the groans of all my American readers, complaining that tomorrow is Thanksgiving!…
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Dune Messiah Review: Chains of the Divine
‘Dune’ is one of the greatest sci-fi novels of all time. It’s also one of the strangest. Drug-induced visions and hallucination sequences. Complex characters and layered, meticulously written dialogue. A universe that captures the imagination, and a world so fleshed out you’d think you could step out onto the sand yourself. It is a masterpiece…
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