Any true fan can see the value of a great sidekick. The protagonist can’t be right all of the time, or when they are things get rather boring. We need that extra voice to aid our hero in battle. In television we are given plentiful opportunities for a switch of protagonist with the various characters…
PlayStationers get ready to feel complete horror. In February 2014 Red Barrels’ terrifying first-person game, Outlast, will be coming over from PC to PlayStation 4–for free if you are a PlayStation Plus subscriber. On February 5th the game will be available in the PC Store for download. Sadly if you are not a member of…
Warning, contains spoilers for previous episodes in season one and two. “All in the Family” Recap We join Joan and Sherlock in medias res as they’re wrapping up a museum smuggling case involving a security guard with a prosthetic leg. The detective working with them, Nash, then ushers them out to claim the wrap…
With a new year comes a new batch of movies in the bullpen, and when you’re in the cinema sippin’ on that soda and chompin’ on some popcorn, look around at your fellow moviegoers. There is a pretty specific demographic for PG-13 and R rated films, but what about the less mature stories you may…
WARNING: Spoilers abound beyond the confines of this line! American Horror Story: Coven By season’s end, I’m very scared that I might wind up going bald from the maniacal aggravation American Horror Story: Coven is causing me. Particularly after watching “The Magical Delights of Stevie Nicks,” I felt as torn apart as some dark ages…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv9bQ-siFKg] Immersive Gaming: Xbox Ad Makes It All Real After a couple of minutes of gaming, go to your nearest bathroom, turn on the sink, and look into the mirror. If you’re game consoles aren’t making you hallucinate you’re using the wrong one. Although the latest Xbox One advert may give you reason to…
I’m a pop/country/dance music type of girl, but I once dated a guy who liked hip hop and rap. He used to play a song that I got really hooked on, by Sage Francis, called Make Shift Patriot. One of the lines in the song said, “a typically dark skinned Disney villain,” and that got…
BEWARE: Minor spoilers ahead! One of the primary reasons American Horror Story is such a treat to watch is the prodigious wealth of talent drafted to don the skins (in some cases, literally) of the show’s often engrossing and terrifying characters. We’ve seen big names like Jessica Lange, Dylan McDermott, Kathy Bates, James Cromwell, Zachary…
When the inspiration hits, it hits like a bolt of lighting. Bam! Characters, locations, plot devices, and love interests all come at you faster than a melting snow cone in Mount Doom. It’s a hard life, being a creative, but we deal. What’s really difficult is finding the time to actually sit and bang out…
Tomorrow’s Viking RPG Indie release, The Banner Saga, hits the digital shelves tomorrow for PC Download. Steam, GameStop, and other retailers all have the game listed for $24.99 with a $5 off preorder discount to $19.99. It’s a solid 20% discount, but if you’re still not satisfied GameFly’s digital department has a January themed 20%…
This year’s installment of the Consumer Electronics Show concluded on Friday, but not before showing the world’s press a bevy of eye-catching gadgets and gizmos that will provide them with material for weeks of keyboard-based clicking and clacking (possibly even dull thudding for those with shedding and persistently workstation-adjacent animals.) As is inevitably the case…
Warning, this article contains spoilers for previous Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes and Marvel’s The Avengers. This is it! They’ve been teasing us for ten episodes, but we’re finally going to find out what happened to Coulson after he took a scepter to the sternum in The Avengers! And after that wreck of a mid-season cliff-hanger, they…
It would mean a great deal to designers everywhere if they could undertake site building projects all by themselves, and leave technical skills out of the equation. Not only does an independent approach significantly reduce expenses (because you wouldn’t have to work with a developer), but it is possible to use a professional tool and save a…
In case you have a few millions laying around, here is your reason to splurge: the flying yacht. The seaplane has four masts, giving the plane a wingspan of 90 meters. It is propelled by four engines and can travel up to 390 km/hr. It has two main decks. The lower deck has a bathroom,…
We know all about Natasha Romanov’s work as a former KGB agent. It’s common knowledge that she defected to the United States and became a level 10 agent with with S.H.I.E.L.D. And, of course, her time with the Avengers cannot be ignored. Bottom line, Black Widow is perhaps one of the most badass heroes Marvel…