Tag: Opinions
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On Origin
A major part of consternation when it came to playing Mass Effect 3 recently was the forced alliance I’d have to make (for the sake of the galaxy) with Origin, a digital distribution system whose existence is gloriously unnecessary. As it turned out, Origin wasn’t awful, although the experience was nowhere near as tuned as…
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The Movies and Me
A lot of people have recently been discussing the new sci-fi film Gravity which has been released to pretty good reviews and praise. For me, Gravity is the latest in a long line of films I’m not at all excited for. Let’s discuss. Carrying on with Gravity: my reasons for ignoring it are not to…
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Judging a Book by the Name on The Cover
Yesterday I was discussing sci-fi and fantasy with Sam, a good writer friend of mine and the book Ender’s Game was mentioned. I felt compelled to state that it’s hard to separate the work from it’s author and his extremely bigoted views on marriage and same-sex equality. @rjpholliday It is difficult to ignore an author's…
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