Homegrown Cape Bretoner Kate Beaton has released her second book based on hilarious histories, Hark! A Vagrant contains the majority of Beaton’s work from her website (harkavagrant.com) as well as a few more original strips for the book. If you’re unfamiliar with Beaton’s work, she makes comic strips about all forms of history, from the […]
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Real heart in Real Steel
Emotions run high in this beautifully rendered sci-fi/sports movie. An ailing grifter, boxer and deadbeat dad, Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) keeps afloat by taking any robot he can scrap together to the ring to knock the block off any other metal head for money. Silly premise aside, this underdog robo-boxing movie shows real heart and […]
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portal 2
With some interesting additions and a far more compelling story, Portal 2 makes the original Portal look like a small taste of what Valve actually wanted. Doing away with sterile white walls, Portal 2 takes place in a vibrant world with overgrown vegetation, decrepit facilities and much more “behind-the-scenes” areas of the Aperture Laboratories. Despite […]
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Crysis 2
In a world populated with Call of Duty, Halo and Killzone, we have a breath of fresh air: Crysis 2, developed by Crytek Frankfurt and published by Electronic Arts, has shown people how beautiful their shooters can be. Gorgeous lighting effects and fantastic music aside (Hans Zimmer, NBD), Crysis 2 has an interesting way of […]
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Mass Effect 2: The Arrival
The Arrival is the last piece of downloadable content for Mass Effect 2 before the winter release of Mass Effect 3. Unfortunately, this content was not the best that could be added to Commander Shepard’s experience, but it wasn’t terrible. Arrival is basically a rescue mission that goes slightly awry and Shepard doesn’t have any […]