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Silent Hill: A Love Story

Posted on September 11, 2009 | 6 Comments
Though the original Silent Hill is showing its age, it's still fun to remember how badly this game scared you. Using a flashlight to explore the dark and having a hard time seeing monsters was part of the fun...and also the main ingredient of fear.
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Waltz with Bashir

Posted on July 12, 2009 | No Comments
The Golden Globe's Best Foreign Film of 2008 follows the plight of an ex-Israeli Defense Force soldier as he attempts to reconstruct his lost memories of war.
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Let the Right One In

Posted on April 10, 2009 | No Comments
Let the Right One In strikes a harmonious chord of balance, a tale of teen angst and adolescent love with more charm and “truth” than most other vampire movies of late.
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Shenanigans on Lost

Posted on April 6, 2009 | 7 Comments
One Lost episode ends with the death of a pivotal character long before he becomes a pivotal character. The next episode begins with the producers taking it all back. Psych! Read Dan's analysis and compare the facts.
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It’s Not Reality, it’s Zumanity

Posted on March 26, 2009 | 2 Comments
Cirque du Soleil's Zumanity is a show full of sexiness and zest. While cabaret in style, Zumanity features the eye-boggling acrobatics and contortionist acts for which Cirque du Soleil is so well known.
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Holiday Video Game Buying Guide

Posted on November 5, 2008 | 1 Comment
I’ve divided this year’s hottest games by console and ordered them by quality, with #1 being the best title of the season.
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Man Vs. Vista, or How XP Saved My Life

Posted on October 10, 2008 | 3 Comments
After several years on the market, running Vista is still like navigating a WWII depth-charge field in the Mediterranean Sea with a nuclear sub. The OS’s faults were proven to me again this week when I booted Vista for the first time in three months,...
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Silent Hill Origins: Interview with Travis Grady

Posted on August 14, 2008 | 2 Comments
I do have a few problems with the mechanics in Silent Hill Origins. To address my concerns, I thought I'd head to Silent Hill and interview the man with whom I have the most grievance: protagonist Travis Grady.
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