Addressing the claim that the US is behind the Hong Kong protests merely because of the pursuit of Democracy — The Dark Hound

Today’s post will be short and sweet. I’m saving the rest for other posts. I will be posting a “series” if you’d like to call it that, of posts addressing some of the claims that I have read online. They could be sourced from anywhere, mainly social media such as Reddit and Twitter. Right, so […]

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Star Ocean First Departure R (Preview)

First released in the west for the PSP, and prior to that only playable on emulators with translations. Up for preorder now and releasing December 3rd you can finally play it on the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.

First Departure is the HD remake with the standard upgrades to graphics and adds voice-overs some game balancing and a speed upgrade if you want to travel a bit faster. Enjoy the trailer below and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

‘Isn’t It Romantic’ Director in Talks to Helm ‘Zombie Brother’ — Variety

“Isn’t It Romantic” and “Finals Girls” director Todd Strauss-Schulson in talks to direct “Zombie Brother,” an action-comedy from STX Films and China-based Tencent Pictures. The film is an adaptation of Tencent’s digital comic book of the same name, which has garnered more than 24 billion views over 241 episodes. “Zombie Brother” has already been adapted…

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Evil Dead 2 (1987)

Evil Dead 2 has been a pretty debated movie believe it or not. It all comes down to the opening of the movie. It starts with Ash back in the same cabin, with an entirely different group of people. Found the same book, but the reading happened in a different place. This has lead to the debate of is it a remake or a sequel?

The answer is actually quite interesting. The short answer, by the way, a remake and sequel simultaneously.  See as it turns out they couldn’t get the rights to their own movie. The way around this was when they made Evil Dead 2 they opened with a rehash of the last movie, and changed it. The same general idea, different actors (except Bruce still plays Ash)

Interestingly enough they did it in such a way that if you skip that intro and pick up where the first movie left off and just play Evil Dead 2 from where the entity hits Ash at the end of Evil Dead (1981) it actually makes perfect sense.

This one, however, is a bit different. It starts with Ash being possessed by an evil as the sun comes up, which pushes it away.  Meanwhile, we discover that the owners of this cabin are about to have visitors that found more of the book of the dead. These pages are being brought to the cabin so they can be read by the owner that Ash discovered mysteriously disappeared.

Like the first movie the charm of this cult classic is that the effects, story, and acting are all about as cheesy as they come. They aren’t cheesy in a bad way tho, the whole thing is entertaining. The best part is Bruce Campbell however, he truly seems to love the role and his fans.

As the movie goes on and everyone meets up at the cabin, we discover the older couple is trapped in the basement, dead and possessed by evil. This evil wants to kill everyone in the cabin and take their souls, while Ash is determined to survive and the new pages of the book are the way to do this. I won’t spoil the ending but I will encourage you all to see it. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Evil Dead (1981)

Bruce Cambell as Ash Williams. (check out @torstenvblog coverage Evil Dead ) This is one of those cult classics that most people have either seen and love or seen and hate. I have seen it and love it. What is not to love tho? The special effects are cheesy as hell, the story is almost nonsensical to the point of hilarity and I dare you to watch this and not love Ash.

The movie starts off with our group going to an old log cabin for a weekend getaway. During this night of fun, they discover a book in a basement. Now, most people would be smart enough to not read from the book with a face on human skin in a creepy language but these idiots do exactly that. This releases an evil entity that goes on a killing spree and the dead come back to life.

The movie is on Hulu and is a must-see if you are a horror fan. It resulted in multiple sequels and a TV series and even a game. It can’t be bad to get that kind of results right? Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Gears Pop (Mobile)

Gears Pop is a mobile game where you control various people and creatures from the Gears of War universe and attempt to destroy the opposing player’s structures on the opposite side of the map. This all happens in real-time with characters that look like pop figures.

Truthfully as fun as this game is and as fun it is to have a multiplayer game, I feel like if this was just about any other franchise ( Command & Conquer Rivals (Mobile) for example) a lot of people would be giving this a real hard time. There are of course microtransactions which hey I don’t mind, the game is free after all. But we have seen this exact game before, and it got so much more grief for being a cash grab tho this one is getting a free pass.

That being said the sound is great and the controls are nice. The game is easy to learn and hard to master and requires quite a bit of strategy. I have no actual issue with the game and would happily recomend it to Gears fans or fans of this genre of game. I just see it as a bit unfair that many of the people trashing simialr games are praising this one. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Archery Go (Mobile)

Archery Go is one of those games you see an think I’ll give it a go, then after you do you wonder why the hell you did this. Then you keep playing for a while. The game functions fine, tho sometimes its a bit annoying trying to shoot with your own finger in the way. The game, however, is challenging and fun tho and has plenty of variety. You will be shooting at balloons, bottles, and even moving targets.

The game is free so give it a shot and see if you like it, but certainly, don’t spend money on it. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

A Guy Thing (2003)

A Guy Thing is a 2003 romantic comedy that did not do well in the reviews and admittedly, I get it. The movie is fun, the acting was great but all in all the movie itself is pretty mundane. The movie is pretty standard, mangoes to a bachelor party, man wakes up with dancer, man hides it from the soon to be wife. Said man finds out dancer is soon to be wifes cousin.

There are some fun moments of course, and Jason Lee and Julia Stiles are always a joy to watch and they have some great chemistry. The issue is the script is just pretty dull and the story itself is just boring. I love the actors in this movie, some of my favorite movies involve them. This movie however just wasn’t all that enjoyable to me.

I won’t say don’t watch this movie, many of you will probably enjoy it. I simply did not, and that made me pretty sad. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

GreedFall|Fantastic launch trailer! — All The PlayStation You’ll Ever Need.

Today is the day for the GreedFall launch trailer. If you have been following me on Twitter then you know how excited I am for this game. The RPG developed by Spiders Studio has shown great promise with all the information that has released about the game. On September 10th, 2019 we will finally get…

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