Withdrawal
By chance I stumbled into the kind of secret world that you only ever read about or see on TV. I was in the right (wrong) bar complaining to the…
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Kentucky Route Zero – Pandemic Game 01
This will be full of spoilers. I played the entirety of Kentucky Route Zero from start to finish in the space of a little more than a week, a tiny…
The Music Box of Horrors 2019 – Recap
I love the music box theater, I love the programmers there, I love the people that go there, and I love doing this every year. The movies they pick are…
The Films of Roxanne Benjamin
Roxanne Benjamin is the writer and director of some of the most intriguing horror films of the last decade. In this discussion of her filmography we’ll be taking a look…
Star Wars Battlefront II: The Campaign
A few weekends ago I bought into EA’s premiere origin access program to play the Anthem VIP demo (more on Anthem later) and gained access to a large back-catalogue of…
Depression Quest
No medication, no therapist. Alone in a box barely big enough for the bed that came with it (at least it had that). I got drunk and took a lot of midnight walks. I lived next to a bar called “Dive” for fuck’s sake.
Crimes of Grindelwald: The Review
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Johnny Depp is a train wreck in the trappings of a Harry Potter film. There are a few enjoyable nuggets though, so let’s start with those […]
Elle King at the Vic Theater
On November 10th, 2018 I saw Elle King at the Vic Theater in Chicago. I gotta say it was a lot more entertaining than I could have hoped. While most of the credit goes to Ms. King for her enthralling performance, there are a few other things to factor in as well. A couple fights. A touching moment between a mother and her son. All in all, pretty good night. […]
Call of Cthulhu: Official Video Game: The Review
Apparently Cthulhu is an AA sponsor now because I got one of those ornery messages every time my character had a drink.
BLACK OPS 4: REVIEW
From what I’ve heard and seen this is the strongest launch of a Call of Duty title in a long time. I didn’t play any of the preceding titles at launch, so this is a first for me, but the servers are always active and I’ve been [spoiler] really enjoying myself![…]