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Game Dork — I get it, ‘God of War,’ you’re harrrd and I’m stuuupid!
Features Comments Mar 16, 2013 7:00am“God of War: Ascension” is a pretentious title for a video game, so I’m going to call it “God of War: Movin’ On Up!”
“God of War: Movin’ On Up!” is a confusing epic of seemingly impossible...
“Wonderstone” can’t overcome all its problems, but has fun trying
Features Comments Mar 15, 2013 1:36pmIf Las Vegas can take a wide-eyed innocent whose only crime was rocking a mullet well past its expiration date and turn him into a raging narcissistic jerk, what hope is there for the rest of us...
Game Dork — Honey Ball — ‘MLB 13: The Show’ is as sweet as baseball gets
Features Comments Mar 09, 2013 7:01amIf I was the marketing person for “MLB 13: The Show,” this is how I would advertise it: “You can text-message your friends while you bat, because this game moves so slow, you will have all the...
Movie Review — Oz The Great and Powerful
Features Comments Mar 08, 2013 7:00amThe vibrant colors. The terrifyingly aggressive plant life. The talking winged monkey dressed like a tiny bellhop.
This must be what it’s like to get high with James Franco.
From the...
From Lallah’s GardenLet’s enjoy the future
Living Green Comments Mar 07, 2013 4:46pmEnergy follows thought, with planning, our future starts today. Have you planned your spring and summer gardens?
I put my old Cushaw Squash seeds in to soak over night. I’ll see if they...
Movie Review — ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ lacks spark
Features Comments Mar 07, 2013 4:31pmIt looks like a blockbuster. It feels like a blockbuster. On the set, it probably even smelled like a blockbuster.
But for long stretches, “Jack the Giant Slayer” is an awful lot of fee, fi...
Game Dork — The new ‘Tomb Raider’ is what a masterpiece looks like
Features Comments Mar 07, 2013 4:31pmHey, listen, I didn’t want to play a new “Tomb Raider” game. I know you got sick of the series years ago. I did too. But this new “Tomb Raider” reboot is a breathless masterpiece.
It is one...
Game Dork — The Terrorists Lose: Here’s a game where you decapitate hordes of evil ninjas
Features Comments Feb 23, 2013 7:01amIn the new game (hilariously subtitled) “Metal Gear Revengeance,” you kill a lot of evil people in amazingly bloody, vivisection ways. To justify this bloodlust, the game has created terrorists so...
Movie Review — ‘Snitch’
Features Comments Feb 22, 2013 7:00amHe’s made a career out of portraying over-the-top characters, ranging from an ancient Egyptian king to the Tooth Fairy. But in “Snitch,” Dwayne Johnson is finally stymied by his most mundane role...