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Merry Christmas, everyone! What did you all get this year...anything particularly special? This year I unfortunately made it a bit harder for the family to find stuff to buy me...as I recently started full-time work for the first time, over December I made a habit of spending large and buying stuff that I'd been eyeing for a while, but hadn't had the funds to afford. This included;
*An Assassin's Creed "Phantom Blade".
*The Extended Edition of "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" on Blu-Ray.
*HTTYD II and X-Men: Days of Future Past on Blu-Ray.
*Two Assassin's Creed novels.
I'd also spent a fair bit of money on some silly presents...two treasure chests full of real money and chocolate money, for instance! In the end, I got a bunch of DVDs and books (pretty much the family staple!) from the family in addition to some other fun things including an iTunes gift card and a Dothraki dictionary, and my friends bought me the Game of Thrones board game! Next step will be going to the Boxing Day sales (although I already took advantage of the Steam sales and bought Stick RPG 2, FTL and a LOT of Paradox Interactive games) and finding time to meet up with the friends...
*An Assassin's Creed "Phantom Blade".
*The Extended Edition of "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" on Blu-Ray.
*HTTYD II and X-Men: Days of Future Past on Blu-Ray.
*Two Assassin's Creed novels.
I'd also spent a fair bit of money on some silly presents...two treasure chests full of real money and chocolate money, for instance! In the end, I got a bunch of DVDs and books (pretty much the family staple!) from the family in addition to some other fun things including an iTunes gift card and a Dothraki dictionary, and my friends bought me the Game of Thrones board game! Next step will be going to the Boxing Day sales (although I already took advantage of the Steam sales and bought Stick RPG 2, FTL and a LOT of Paradox Interactive games) and finding time to meet up with the friends...
Umbar and the Rings of Power
Hrm, how to begin this one…so just recently I was reminded that Rings of Power existed and that a second season was apparently on the way. I hadn’t bothered to watch the original season as it looked like it was going to be a disappointing mess for a number of reasons (and the post-release discourse confirmed that for me), but the reminder inspired me to look over the source material, and a few wiki binges later…well, I ended up with an idea for an original story that would bridge a gap in the timeline and allow for a diverse cast of characters while exploring some interesting themes… Some context will be needed for this to all make sense, so I’ll start by briefly (hah!) summarising the events that Rings of Power was adapting…loosely. The story properly begins about 1,200 years after the defeat of Sauron’s boss Morgoth, at which point Middle Earth is dominated by Elven realms and a few minor kingdoms of Men, with the only one of note being Numenor; an island paradise that was created
Assassin's Creed: Mirage - Review
Well, here's something I've not been able to do in a while...actually recommend an Assassin's Creed game! I mean, it's not a 'rush out and buy this right now' game (unless you're an old fan of the series), but it's a good return to form after the last few games, and I sort of see it as a proof of concept for what a larger game in the series could be. That's also not to say it's perfect; there are a lot of minor quibbles throughout (story's a bit weak at times, combat's a bit clunky at times, map feels a bit empty at times, etc), but looking back after finishing it, I don't think it deserves a critical savaging and would say it belongs somewhere near the high end of my rating scale, falling somewhere between 'had some really good ideas but was held back by something big going wrong' (this includes ACI, Liberation and Rogue) and 'overall good but with some issues' (this includes the entire Ezio Trilogy, ACIV, and Origins). Alrighty, let's get into it; Assassin's Creed Mirage feels like
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - Review
So remember how last week I posted about how Elemental was a film that I thought was okay while my friends disliked it, and also that it was full of ideas and setups that didn't go anywhere? Well, that also applies for this Indiana Jones sequel, except this time I was the one who disliked it while my friends thought it was okay. In the end, I walked away from the film finding myself wanting to revisit the older films, especially Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which, while flawed, was never as bad as people said it was, and as such I'm curious to compare the two (especially since Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was kind of Patient 0 for the whole nostalgic rebooting of old franchises that should have stayed finished). Our story opens with an extended flashback sequence set during the closing stages of World War II, which also happens to be the best part of the film. Indy and Dobby (no, really, that's his actor) are captured while infiltrating a Nazi base to recover the 'Spear of Longinus'.
Elemental - Review
These last few weeks it feels like I've been making up for years of not having easy access to a cinema...just recently I've gone out with friends and seen Across the Spider-Verse (minor pacing issues but otherwise really good!), a re-screening of Top Gun: Maverick (which I enjoyed despite not having seen the original), the Flash (bit of a mess but still...fascinating enough to sort of recommend), and most recently, Elemental...the weirdly generic looking Pixar film with a super generic looking story. I'll go into more detail about the other films some other time, since Elemental is fresh in my head right now and I think I've got more to say about it anyway. So, the verdict...ehh, not a great film. I liked the worldbuilding (or rather, the attempts at worldbuilding; I could see someone else making a good film out of some of the stuff that was explored) and the character designs grew on me over time, but the story and events were a mess that felt like several different drafts that got
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XD My family is always complaining because everything I want is fantasy or swim. Game away buddy!