As part of a bunch of movies being tossed around the office, I ended up watching Frozen. Disney animated movies haven’t been my movies of choice for quite some time, but I can see why they retain their popularity; Frozen was a decent little feel-good film whose themes rang true to me.
I’ve got spoilers on this one, but it’s a Disney animated film, so your mileage may vary. Continue reading Frozen
As revenge for my movie assignments, another movie came my way. This time, it was Moulin Rouge!, and no, that exclamation point is not because I’m excited about this review. It’s to make sure this movie from 2001 is differentiated from the 1952 and 1938 movies of the same name (without the exclamation point) and I’d rather not disparage a movie I’ve not seen.
Hold on tight, I have words to say about this one. Continue reading Mean Girls Revenge Revenge – Moulin Rouge!
Over the weekend, I finished playing the main story for Grim Dawn. I started this up again mainly because I found myself with enough time to make the next leg of my journey, and then I remembered how much fun it was. I subsequently set aside the blocks of time to play it, and finish up each piece of the game.
Some talk about gameplay and story after the jump. Continue reading Grim Dawn
Troy was my second target for Mean Girls Revenge, as he helped instigate the meme-flinging. I didn’t have to work very hard to get a movie for him, because he straight-up asked to borrow Dune. When pressed for which version of Dune he would prefer, he asked for both, so I lent him both the 1984 movie (starring Sting, Kyle MacLachlan, and Patrick Stewart, Freddy Jones…) as well as the 2000 sci-fi channel mini-series (starring William Hurt). Continue reading Mean Girls Revenge Part 2 – Dune (1984)
Having watched Mean Girls at the behest of a couple of my employees, it was time for me to get my revenge and assign them each a movie of mine to watch. Since Mean Girls wasn’t a terrible movie, I honestly went looking for something they each might of liked. Continue reading Mean Girls Revenge Part 1 – Labyrinth
I recently played an Exit: The Game scenario, and I noticed that I had accidentally stumbled into playing a legacy game. While the game itself was fun, it got me thinking about why this particular game mechanic annoys me so much, and, of course, the answer is much longer than can fit in a single sentence.
There shouldn’t be any spoilers after the jump, but you might find out how certain types of things work in certain legacy games… Continue reading Legacy Board Games
Over the last couple of months, I’ve been watching Stranger Things 2 with Elliot. Like the first series, I feel like the second series really pulls off dark fantasy quite well. There was a fair bit less mystery this season and a bit more reliance on the character dynamics to make the show work, but I thought it worked out well enough.
Standard spoiler warning applies – after the jump. Continue reading Stranger Things 2
I recently finished watching the documentary Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson. I really enjoyed the series, and found myself coming back to watch it more often than I expected at first. My opinion is more complex than that though, so, of course, my more long winded thoughts are after the jump. Continue reading Cosmos
In 2017, I picked up Trine, as it was pitched as, “The Lost Vikings, modernized.” When I was growing up, The Lost Vikings was the quintessential cooperative game for the Sega Genesis, and I played the heck out of it with my siblings. So, something claiming to have that in its lineage is definitely going to get my attention.
I got both Trine 3 and Trine 2 reasonably inexpensively, and played through both with my friend John. We played Trine 3 first, so I’ll cover that first below. Continue reading Trine
I currently bus to work daily, but I wanted to figure out exactly how much that costs me (in both time and money) as compared to driving. Luckily, I have driven to work a few times recently, so I pulled the metrics on my car to figure out just how much that costs, giving me a nice basis of comparison. Continue reading The Cost of Bussing to Work