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  • “The Wolf Among Us” Review: Faith (episode 1)

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    This morning I woke up and played the first episode of Telltale Games’ new episodic game series, The Wolf Among Us. I knew it was based on something — Bill Willingham’s Fables comic book series — but I hadn’t read the comics or heard anything about the story. I only knew that I loved Telltale’s The Walking Dead…

  • “Elysium” Review: An Amazing Sci-Fi Story… Just Poorly Told

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    Lately I’ve been way behind on my movie-going, but I had to see Elysium as soon as it came out. It’s directed by Neill Blomkamp, the man behind District 9. I didn’t expect Elysium to be as good as District 9, but I was looking forward to seeing Blomkamp do his thing: tell a damn good science fiction story. Elysium is very flawed,…

  • “Batman: Dark Victory” — the first graphic novel I could not put down

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    This weekend I read my first Batman graphic novel, Dark Victory by writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale. It’s the sequel to the popular Batman: The Long Halloween, which I should have read first… but I was impatient for a good Batman story involving Robin. Dark Victory definitely delivered on that front and impressed me even more than…