Tag: Opinion

Civilization V (5)

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Civilization has always been the king of “one more turn” and that hasn’t changed here. I have been playing since Civilization 2, and while the game has changed massively since those days one thing has not. Every time I play this game i tell myself there is just one more thing I want to do, and one more turn and I am done. It never works out that way, that always happens for about an hour or so.

The basic idea here is you run a historical country as a historical ruler that has a massively long  life span of thousands of years. You would build cities and armies and interact with other countries. The options on what to do are damn near limitless, do you make peace? Prepare for war? Or do you simply buy everything you want with a booming economy and trade? The choice is all yours and yours alone.

The game play is fun and addictive but for many it is simply not fast paced enough and I can totally understand why. From turn to turn there isn’t much excitement, you will some times wait many many turns before a unit or building is even built. If you are patient and have the right mind set for it, you are looking at hundreds of hours of fun, if not you will be bored out of your mind very quickly. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas (2012)

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The other day i’m hanging out with my youngest, I call her baby savior because it makes me laugh, and I decide we need to watch a movie. Now she has probably seen more horror movies than most adults but I see the cat in the hat and know she needs to see this. The movie isn’t bad, its full of music and rhymes as you would expect.

The story itself is pretty much the usual. Reindeer gets lost, gotta get it home for Christmas. The Message is also the same as every other Christmas movie, love, giving, friendship. Come on, its a damn kids movie. Seriously tho, if you are an adult check it out for nostalgia reasons. If you have kids, watch it with them. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

The Christmas Project (2016)

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I really didn’t know what to expect with this movie, tho I did discover it is based off a couple of books by Matthew Buckley called “Bullies in the Headlights” and “Chicken in the Headlights”. So feel free to read those if you are of the books are always better than the movies opinion.

Anyway, the movie it self is a semi comedy semi feel good movie about a family that every December picks a local family to secretly give presents to. This year year however four brothers will end up with the worst job they can imagine. Their pregnant mother chooses the school bully. What follows is almost like a modern version of “A Christmas Story” in a way. ( tho not as good. don’t go watch this and expect an instant classic than come back here screaming at me) The story itself is almost a coming of age story for this family as new friends are made, love is found and a father and son relationship is built that will last a lifetime.

That is not to say it is all rainbows and blue birds. The movie has its ups and downs, its happy moments and its sad moments. But all in all if you are looking for a feel good Christmas movie to watch with your family, look no further. This one has everything you could want, including a life lesson from a war veteran bus driver. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

 

Happy Christmas (2014)

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I hate to write this review because I love Anna Kendrick. I think she is a greatly talented and very underrated actor. I actually chose to watch this for no other reason than she was in the movie. Tho by now you probably already know by ” I hate to write this” this wont be a complimentary review. Also I normally avoid spoilers as best I can. This review I will not. STARTING IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH THERE WILL BE SPOILERS AND I WILL RUIN THE ENDING. STOP READING IF THIS BOTHERS YOU. SERIOUSLY. STOP. I WARNED YOU. THE CAPITAL LETTERS MEAN I AM SERIOUS

Yea I would have kept reading myself. The basically story is simple and actually sets it up for a nice drama comedy, which is actually how the movie was listed. A woman going thru a breaking up (played by Anna Kendrick) moves to Chicago with her older brother, his wife and sister and sends their life into a bit of a tail spin. The movie will never actually get funny. Sure you may find occasional humor here and there, but that is most movies.

The acting is stiff from most of the actors, the camera work looks like it was shot by a film student from 1997 and you know the start of a movie, say the first 30 minutes or so when you get to know the characters and their motives and such? It is usually pretty interesting but you soon want to start the good stuff? That will never end here. There is actually a scene where they discuss the best way for the sister in law writer to write sex scene in a book that like most things in this movie never gets finished and never gets answered.

The ending of the movie may actually be the first movie ending I have ever been offended by as a person watching it. Not by anything bad mind you, that would have at least been artistic and interesting or thought provoking. See Anna’s character is a bit of a party animal,and after a fight with a guy gets really drunk and really stoned. Tosses a pizza in the oven and the oven and passes out in bed.

The brother wakes up to a house full of smoke and as anyone would on Christmas that early thinks the house is on fire and runs downstairs to check on his child as he wakes his wife up and discovers…yup burnt pizza. Small argument, Anna leaves. Next day Sister in law finds Anna in the office they used to write the book, there is a small heart to heart they walk out and…”The End”…no I mean the words “The End” pop up on screen and the credits roll. Nothing is sorted out, none of the questions in the movie are ever answered the book they start writing never gets finished nothing. Just the words The End. Skip this movie people, skip this movie and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Welcome To December

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Welcome to December people, a month of holidays and most importantly my birthday. Well most important to me, you guys probably care about the holidays. This month we here at Savior Gaming will be covering some Christmas movies,(feel free to toss us some request) as well as our usual gaming stuff when we can. (That shit takes time people)

We also have some other things in the works, some of which you may have already seen, some of which will be coming soon. We hope to be getting on Twitch more often, a link to that and the rest of our social media can be found here on our blog as well.

With all that said both Torsten and I would like to thank you all for the support these past few months and look forward to closing out the year with you all. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Sleeping With Other People (2015)

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The name of this movie makes this seem like it will be really weird. It is. First tho, probably don’t watch it around kids. Two college friends lose their virginity to each other, then lost touch for over a decade.

When they finally regain contact they discover that both of them basically can’t be faithful in a relationship.  They go on a date and decide to just be friends, and it is actually very beneficial to their lives. They of course eventually fall for each other. In the mean time some weird stuff happens, like them taking Ecstasy as going to a children’s birthday party. ( actually my favorite scene in the movie) I am actually a huge sucker for romantic comedies, and this one is no exception. If you like that style of movies this one is pretty solid and worth checking out, best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

New Things for Savior Gaming

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Some new things for Savior Gaming are here. The last few months we have had hundreds of new followers and readers from all over the world. Honestly many of you are from countries I bluntly did not know even existed. I had to look up Cameroon and Myanmar for example, and I am glad that every week I see you guys coming back. And don’t think I don’t see you Norway. Seriously if someone can hit up Antarctica we would have collected them all.

With that in mind we here at Savior Gaming have decided to create a Patreon site for those that would like to support us over there as well. That can be found here. Savior Gaming Patreon

For those that like more physical things like T-shirts and coffee cups and stuff, we do have a store where you can buy our logo on a shirt but will be adding more stuff if there is interest. That can be found here. Savior Gaming Store

As always thanks for checking this stuff out and taking the time to read all this, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

 

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

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The other half of Get Him to the Greek, Forgetting Sarah Marshall is about a man trying to, you can guess, forget his now ex girlfriend Sarah Marshall. His plan of running away to Hawaii hits one tiny snag. Sarah and her new boyfriend Aldous Snow ( the same Aldous from Get Him to the Greek)

This actually gets even worse, see they actually share a hotel. Then they end up at the same restaurant. This is really just the last thing a guy wants. He can actually hear their sex life. To combat this he decides its time to take a yoga class. Which they are of course at. And they are both amazing at.

Things aren’t all bad for the poor guy, he make some new friends, meets a girl, finishes his musical about Dracula. The movie is pretty fun. The movie could have been better, but there are worse movies out there. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

 

Get Him To The Greek (2010)

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This seems to be a spin off of another movie called forgetting Sara Marshal, tho I guess it could be a sequel maybe? Either way they are connected. Russel Brand plays rock star Aldous Snow, and Jonah Hill has to you know, get him to the Greek. The Greek is a theater where he will be playing a rock concert featuring his most popular songs in hopes of jump starting his career and helping save a record label.

The antics that ensue would be insane to most people, hell may even kill an average human, but for a rock star? Its just a day in the life. Booze, sex, drugs, an illegitimate child. This movie has it all. It even has P. Diddy chasing people down a hall yelling that they can’t out run him because he is black.

The movie is great as far as comedies go and any fan of the genre or Russell Brand and Jonah Hill should see the movie. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

 

 

Kingdom Come Deliverance

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Kingdom Come Deliverance is set for release February 13th 2018 and is being described by many as realistic Skyrim. The word travels on whether you go to the next place or stop and talk to every NPC you come across actually could make you miss something. This may be interesting or could just be a huge pain in the neck, but personally I am looking forward to finding out. As for the story I will leave a link below for the story trailer. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.