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    Lords of the Realm - Worthy of the Throne

    I never tried the original Lord of the Realm but the sequel was the first video game I can truly remember playing. It was on my grandfather's brand-spanking new machine in the day that had a huge amount of memory and hard drive space (probably 4mb and 400mb respectively) and I played it as much...
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    Updated: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Announced For 2015

    Looks like this game is alive and well even after all the departures from the company. I love the Uncharted series but I'd really like them to have this be their closing chapter and I'm guessing by the title this game might be it....at least with Nathan Drake and pals. But the trailer wasn't...
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    Star Trek and Star Wars Inspired Rooms in Florida Mansion

    I want that set of samurai armor defending the dinning room. I want that so badly. As for the rest...it's impressive but I feel like I've seen better designed theme rooms. Also, sixteen baths? Full-size? That's...a lot.
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    What is THE Joss Whedon scene?

    "The Body." Written and directed by Whedon and it really is one of the best episodes of any show I've seen. It's also rather well-known for its lack of any music, incidental or otherwise. It's a standout for anything Whedon related. If you had to pick a scene from that episode, I believe...
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    When's the last time you read books like these?

    1. A couple of poetry books by Saul Williams. I particularly enjoyed ,said the Shotgun to the Head, which was really a superb work that had a rather coherent idea strung through his poetry. Definitely recommended. Not sure if his race came into play but I can see where some of his poems did...
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    Movie Defense Force: Event Horizon - You Won't Need Eyes To See

    Skipped all of the comments as I have yet to see it but I certainly plan to now. It's been on my "interesting" to-watch list since I heard of it near its release date and now I should really get to it. Sometimes you find those movies you wished you had seen from Jim's Movie Defense Force...
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    Graphic Novels

    I'll add another +1 for Gotham Central and Superman: Red Son. For the latter, I'm not much of a Superman fan myself but the cover caught me as it passed by me at work (which happens to be a library) and it's definitely worth a read. I'm assuming here that if you've read The Dark Knight Returns...
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    Jimquisition: So, That Facebook And Oculus Rift Thing...

    I'm surprised this got a Jimquisition extra because, in all honesty, I don't see this being as big of a deal as other extra episodes have addressed. And, frankly, I agree with Jim. Or, more like it, I don't have an opinion on it. Facebook has never been an integral part of my life, even when...
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    Do Strategy Guides Still Have a Place in Gaming?

    I think for the same reason why we still have, and people still buy (myself included), collector's editions. They are something extra to add to a collection and occasionally they do add extra value, namely with artwork and presentation. Sometimes I find myself going back to the old Assassin's...
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    Sex with Glass Turns Google Glass into a Homemade Porn Machine

    No one else surprised that it took this long for someone to make an app that was sex-related for Google Glass? Just me? Are we all living on the same internet here? I can understand the appeal and why some would want it but, even if I ever owned one of those devices, I can't imagine any smart...
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    The Big Picture: Blecch, Dull Tests

    I'm pretty sure that when Bechdel created this test in a small comic strip back in the '80s that she would ever have imagined this to be such a big deal today. It doesn't bother me that a film may or may not pass the test as long as it's enjoyable and I am most certainly for more women on both...
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    Recommend/Discuss Good War Films and Series

    I'm going to throw my hat in for The Thin Red Line because I've always found it to be a much better film than the one that got all the attention in 1998, aka Saving Private Ryan. It's an excellent film that, while much of the movie is either in the midst of combat or cowering behind the lines...
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    Fallout 3 Set to Remove Games For Windows Live Functionality

    With regards to Fallout 3, anyone who had ever done modding or ini editing knew how to remove GfWL off of that game. It was rarely intrusive and the only reason you needed it was for the DLC. This is no great loss. If only other GfWL games could have as smooth a transition as Fallout 3. Dead...
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    Escape to the Movies: Lone Survivor

    So, back to the review, I found the whole reason why this movie is bad to be down to one specific reason: war porn. Did I miss something else in this review, which not just seemed rushed (Bob is going to some such event), because it felt like Bob didn't want to review it but still tried to...
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    Americans Paying More For Worse Internet

    I'm more than happy that I don't have to live with this bullshit that America doesn't want to care about (Duck Dynasty is so much more important it seems). I live in one of the few cities in America that has true fiber-optic infrastructure and I get a constant, what I paid for, 20 mb/s...