Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Review: NXR-RH3001 Professional 30" Under Cabinet Range Hood

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After our recent remodeling I now have a deathly fear of home improvement projects. Unfortunately, our microwave range hood's microwave...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Review: Never Alone (PS4)

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Never Alone is a puzzle-platformer whose primary purpose is to provide cultural understanding of the Inupiat Alaskan natives. The game tell...
Monday, July 27, 2015

Review: Joss Whedon: The Biography

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I generally enjoy Joss Whedon's work. I hesitate to call myself a fan, since I don't like all of his work. For instance, I enjoyed B...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Review: The Last of Us - Left Behind DLC (PS4)

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I normally don't buy DLC content. Invariably they're either set too difficult (typically only hard-core fans buy DLC, and they want ...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Review: Mindhunter

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I have finally succumbed to the failure of the avid book reader's memory. When I saw that the kindle edition of Mindhunter was at $1.99...
Monday, July 20, 2015

Review: Max Payne 3 (PC)

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I will admit that I'm one of those people who always power down his desktop whenever he's not using it. The reason is that my deskto...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

Review: The Annihliation Score

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The Annihliation Score is Charlie Stross' latest laundry novel. I gave up on the Laundry series after The Apocalypse Codex , but the ki...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Review: Exploring Calvin & Hobbes, An Exhibition Catalog

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I'll admit that I'm a sucker for deals, so despite having had lousy success with comics in the past on the Kindle store, I picked up...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Review: Entwined (PS Vita)

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Entwined is a Playstation exclusive art game. I imagine whoever picks the games to fund must have a fun job: it's a lot like being a VC...
Monday, July 13, 2015

Review: Deadlight (PC)

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The funny thing about PC gaming is that it's filled with deals, humble bundles, and what not. Because of those deals, I sometimes end up...
Wednesday, July 08, 2015

Review: The Order 1886 (PS4)

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After the 25 hour epic Sleeping Dogs , I was in no mood for anything long. Fortunately, Amazon had a sale on The Order: 1886 for $19.95, so...
Tuesday, July 07, 2015

6 Months Followup: PS4

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I've now had the PS4 for 6 months, and it seems like a decent time to follow up. At that time, I said that it was a terrible time to bu...
Monday, July 06, 2015

Review: Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition (PS4)

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Sleeping Dogs is an open world game set in contemporary Hong Kong. The core game play is a Batman-style brawling mechanic with a side-dish ...
Friday, July 03, 2015

Review: Superman - The High Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero

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I will confess that I've always been much more of a Batman fan than I have been a Superman fan. Most of the reason is that from a litera...
Thursday, July 02, 2015

Review: Playstation TV

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I wasn't going to buy a Playstation TV , but a recent deal at $40 made me try it. The PS TV is basically a Playstation Vita with no tou...
Wednesday, July 01, 2015

Review: Velocity 2X (PS Vita, PS4)

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I picked up Velocity 2X as part of the Playstation Plus free games package, and was surprised by how much I played it, and hence feel conf...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Review: On the Steel Breeze

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On the Steel Breeze is Alastair Reynolds' follow-up to Blue Remembered Earth . I call it a follow-up rather than a sequel, because it d...
Friday, June 26, 2015

Review: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

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Being Mortal is Atul Gawande's book about end-of-life care. It discusses the history of end-of-life care, and how the current nursing h...