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I just finished up The Children of Húrin. I’d recommend it to Tolkien fans, but it’s a little harder to recommend more broadly. The book is written in a style much like that in The Silmarillion – like a legend from the past being retold thousands of years later – and so it lacks the [ READ MORE ]
Cressa and I saw Spiderman 3 last night at the Imax theatre in Mississauga with some friends. Compared to all of the movies in the superhero genre it was pretty good, but it doesn’t quite live up to the expectations set by the first two movies in the franchise, or other recent franchise “reboots” like [ READ MORE ]
For the past couple months Greg and I have made a weekly (or most-weekly) event out of visiting the comic store on Thursday. Wednesday is officially “new comic book day,” but we figure we miss the rush if we check it out the day after. While we don’t make it every week, we’re regular enough [ READ MORE ]
Lord of the Rings Online currently has a stress test going on, though there’s about a 4gb client download and it ends tomorrow so you’ll need to hurry if you think you’d like to try it out. It also looks like there’s a bigger beta program you can sign up for, but I don’t know [ READ MORE ]
It’s an unfortunate situation: I’ve been wanting to write more about my experiences with Final Fantasy XII, but I’ve been spending so much time playing Final Fantasy XII (close to 50 hours now!) that I haven’t had time. But no more! If I were to boil everything good about the game down to one idea, [ READ MORE ]