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E3 2012 Reactions, Press Conference Grades, and Best/Worst Awards
E3 2012 is upon us and with it comes all the new game footage, surprises (or lack thereof, more on that later) and excitement for the next year in gaming. Below are my reactions to each major press...
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Crossing the Streams: Can Hollywood Successfully Invade the Game Industry?
My two biggest hobbies are film and video games. As big of a video game fanatic as I am, my first love will always be movies; I am a giant film geek.As I have gotten older, nearly 22 years of life...
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Dumpster Diving: How Bargain Prices Make "Bad" Games Enticing
I enjoyed Alpha Protocol.I enjoyed Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. I enjoyed Too Human, and I'm currently enjoying The Lord of the Rings: War in the North as well. These games have been derided,...
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The Importance of An Unimportant Story
Recently, I've decided to return to Skyrim to get ready for Dawnguard's PS3 release in a few weeks. Playing through the Civil War questline (which I didn't get to finish during my initial time with...
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"Play It Again, Sam": Criticizing Excessive Sequels (While Also Supporting Them)
How did you feel when you heard that Ubisoft was looking to use the yearly-release model on their biggest franchise, Assassin's Creed? If you were like me, you approached the announcement with...
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The Dark Knight Rises Review - Batman Takes His Place Among the Holy Trilogies
*THIS REVIEW IS 100% SPOILER-FREE*They assured us, in the months leading up to the release of The Dark Knight Rises that a fire would rise. We were told that a legend would end. As the credits rolled...
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Moral Kombat: The Legal Question of State Video Game Regulation (Proposal)
(This is the proposal I wrote in the spring for my Senior Honors Thesis that I will be writing this coming semester at school. I thought that everyone might be interested to see what I'm working on,...
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Marathon Man: The Pros and Cons of Long Play Sessions
With the Fall 2012 school semester complete, I have finally found the time to return to writing about things other than school assignments; I am referring, of course, to video games. While I did...
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Top Tens of 2012
2012 Top Ten ListsI know GI is primarily a gaming site, but I really wanted to do some top ten lists. That said, I am going to be talking about topics other than gaming (but I will get to the games, I...
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Iron Man 3 Review - Commence Phase Two
**THIS REVIEW IS 100% SPOILER-FREE** It's been barely more than a year since the world was completely dominated by The Avengers. Marvel's film studio (with ample help from the Disney Corporation, of...
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Star Trek Into Darkness Review - Boldly Going Where Few Sequels Have Gone Before
**THIS REVIEW IS 100%** SPOILER-FREE**When it was announced that J. J. Abrams would be directing Star Wars Episode VII I was a bit worried. I was not worried about Abrams being selected to helm one of...
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E3 2013: A War Between Principle and Temptation
Last year, in the wake of E3, I posted a comprehensive blog detailing the five major press conferences, their announcements, and how satisfying they were. After sitting through all 12 hours of E3...
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This Is The End Review - The First Great Comedy of the Year
**THIS REVIEW IS 100% SPOILER-FREE**The first four months or so of every year are usually a cinematic wasteland comprised less of "movies" and more of "abominations." Once May rolls around, though,...
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Man of Steel Review - Super Thrills, Super Shills
**THIS REVIEW IS 100% SPOILER-FREE**Superman is such a tough nut to crack.Of course, in a literal sense, Superman himself is invincible; I wasn't trying to be funny there. I mean the character of...
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Only God Forgives Review - Plumbing the Depths of Evil and Violence
**THIS REVIEW IS 100% SPOILER-FREE**One word that gets too-often thrown around when describing modern filmmakers is "visionary." I have seen several directors called visionary whom I would not trust...
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Blue Jasmine Review - Woody Allen's Latest Success
**THIS REVIEW IS 100% SPOILER-FREE**As far as auteur filmmakers go, few in history have been as prolific as Woody Allen. Somehow managing to put out one film a year for nearly all of the past 45...
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My Own Personal Emmys
While I consider gaming and film to be my first true obsessions, television is definitely another area that I devote a decent amount of time to. This Sunday night will see the 2013 Emmy Awards handed...
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Crossing the Streams: Can Hollywood Successfully Invade the Game Industry?
My two biggest hobbies are film and video games. As big of a video game fanatic as I am, my first love will always be movies; I am a giant film geek.As I have gotten older, nearly 22 years of life...
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E3 2012 Reactions, Press Conference Grades, and Best/Worst Awards
E3 2012 is upon us and with it comes all the new game footage, surprises (or lack thereof, more on that later) and excitement for the next year in gaming. Below are my reactions to each major press...
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The Importance of An Unimportant Story
**This isn't a new blog, I actually wrote it last year but when I recently went to revise it, the site deleted it accidentally. I'm just reposting it to have it back on the site.**Recently, I've...
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