Thou Shalt Kill With Finesse: Homage to Sam Fisher

Thou Shalt Kill With Finesse Spoilers for the Splinter Cell franchise follow! Over the years gamers have logged onto whatever game that they may be playing to chop down, cut out, slaughter, massacre, and whatever else adjective you can think of to convey the word for "kill" the virtual enemies that have plagued us for so long. In current games the developer gives us an insane amount of choice as far as taking down our prey with a variety of weapons in our kick-ass arsenal. Well I am here today to pay homage to one secret agent that has haunted my victims nightmares and does it with an impressive amount of finesse. I am speaking of course...

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Cartridge Chronicles: A Look Back At Vintage Gaming

Retro is a word we use in today’s society to describe something that is old and no longer part of today’s standard but is still considered cool. Video gaming is one of those categories that consider the oldies as still very much goodies. Perhaps the most iconic video game system that has ever graced our geeky childhoods was none other than the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES for short. Before the NES was created, video game systems were hard to obtain due to cost and the graphics were…well…basically your character was like a dot. The colors were flat and so was the gameplay. The game art on the box made every game look epic, even...

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Redlaw, Real Innovation with Vampires.

One look at the cover of this book and you see a really pissed off individual.  That individual is John Redlaw, or if you look it could be Ray Winstone or Mickey Rourke but who knows.  The reasons that Redlaw is so angry are explained in great detail on the pages between these red covers.  I know though that if Redlaw was privy to the horror show that the modern vampire sub-genre has become he would be just as angry.  Vampires are monsters, not sexy.  They aren't Edward Cullen (it disgusts me to call him a vampire) they aren't rednecks, they don't run around hanging out with their brothers. ...

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WWE Raw Wrapup 7/30/2012

Raw 1001 will set the tone for Raw as we continue into the three hour era.  Tonight, CM Punk addresses his actions from last week, AJ begins her new role as General Manager and John Cena makes 12 year olds happy.  Earlier tonight there was a pyrotechnic mishap and the Titantron caught fire.  People filed in late, but that's got pretty much no bearing on the show itself...or maybe it's an omen. A recap video of last week's Raw 1000 plays to open the show; they're absolutely getting mileage on this video.  The video of course ends with CM Punk's attack on The Rock, which will lead to Punk's show opening promo about his actions. ...

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The Age Of Odin

Odin is not just Anthony Hopkins or "that One-Eyed god" or Thor's dad.  He is the All-Father of the Norse Mythology.  If you were like me and had a minimal knowledge of Norse mythology then reading this book is an awesome wake up call.  I myself knew some of Norse mythology but nothing to the extent of what author James Lovegrove details in this magnificent book.  Most of our knowledge of Norse mythology revolves around Thor and his love/hate relationship with Loki.  Well let me say that Thor is in this book, and he is important.  Loki is in this book and he is essential to the plot.  The epic beatdown that...

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