Aug

Splotted

Posted by MGK Published in Gaming

Splotter Spellen is, in many ways, the boardgame equivalent of a supercar manufacturer like Pagani; it’s a small company that makes expensive, small-print run boardgames that, ruleswise, are of extremely high quality, and which have lovely components, but which are also geared towards serious, high-end users. Many of them are now permanently out of print […]

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Aug

At some point I may regret not watching Grimm but I kinda doubt it

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

11 comments

Aug

part five, page seven

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

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Aug

When Do You Give Up On A Creator?

Posted by John Seavey Published in My Readers Got Comments, Writering

The other day, I sold all of my ‘Sin City’ trade paperbacks. I didn’t do it as a grand gesture or anything; I was making one of my occasional trawls through my bookshelves, clearing out the stuff that I didn’t think I’d miss and selling it to Half Price Books. But it struck me as […]

106 comments

Aug

Easy Improvers, Raging Archies

Posted by MGK Published in Archie (Improved Or Otherwise), Comics, Interactive Fun Time Party

22 comments

Aug

ALIGNMENT CHART! Gary Oldman

Posted by MGK Published in D&D Explains Everything, Flicks, Photoshopp'd

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Aug

finally Olympics are nearly over and we can watch proper TV like Honey Boo Boo

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist. And I strongly advise you watch that Honey Boo Boo trailer. If only to know the future. The horrible, horrible future.

10 comments

Aug

part five, page six

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

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Aug

Single-sentence review of Total Recall (2012)

Posted by MGK Published in Flicks

Why is it that every Len Wiseman film is made on the assumption that an interesting backstory can make up for a total lack of non-trite dialogue, skilled pacing, original plot, intelligible editing, and coherent cinematography?

15 comments

Aug

Black Panther/Storm/Foresight is my OT3

Posted by Jim Smith Published in Comics

Fair warning: I’m going to be discussing events in this week’s issue of Avengers vs. X-Men, so watch out for spoilers. Also, I haven’t read Avengers vs. X-Men, or the vast majority of the storylines I’m about to discuss, so feel free to decide I’m full of crap. I was surprised to learn that the […]

32 comments

Aug

Things I Love About Comics: Tales Of Suspense #83

Posted by John Seavey Published in Comics, Nothing Else Fit

And now it’s time for another one of those posts where I eschew cynicism and snark to just talk about the things I love about comics. Because if you’re here reading this, you probably love them too. Today, I’m going to talk about a single-issue story that always brings a goofy grin to my face […]

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Aug

Kinda already did this one, but

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, Flicks

Michael Busuttil: You’re in charge of doing for DC what Kevin Feige did for Marvel. Go. Avoid Superman and Batman; DC’s problem is that nobody else comes close to Superman and Batman and they need to push their smaller properties. (Green Lantern was a failure in execution, not a failure in concept.) Start with the […]

68 comments

Aug