This article takes a look at Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Is it truly revolutionary, or merely the same old thing? I have a confession to make. I’ve never played Deus Ex all of the way…
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono
Perception of Inception
Getting Specific with Spidey (Part 2 of 2) (Pull List Parables)
- October 24, 2011
- Tagged as: Miles Morales, Spider-Man
Ultimate Spider-Man #1-#3 (Nov.-Dec. 2011). Brian Michael Bendis, writer. Sara Pichelli, artist. “Should it be like this?” In Part 1, I argued that we need to get to know Miles Morales as we would get…
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono
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Re-Read and RetroView: Richard Matheson’s “Steel”
- October 14, 2011
- Tagged as: Richard Matheson, Steel, The Twilight Zone
I admit: Real Steel was not on my movie-going radar. “A movie based on ‘Rock ‘em, Sock ‘em Robots?’” I thought. “What’s next, a movie based on ‘Battleship?’” (Little did I know…) As it turns…
Youngling’s Bookshelf: “The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man”
- October 6, 2011
- Tagged as: children's literature, Jake Parker, Michael Chabon, superheroes
Bestselling novelist Michael Chabon knows some things about superheroes. If you haven’t yet read his Pulitzer-winning The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (2000), I strongly recommend you do. It’s a beautiful novel (at times, heart-breakingly…
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono
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Pilot Review: “Person of Interest”
- September 26, 2011
- Tagged as: J.J. Abrams, Jonathan Nolan, Michael Emerson
Despite multiple genre connections in its credits—executive producer J.J. Abrams (Lost, Cloverfield, Star Trek, et al.—you know the man), creator Jonathan Nolan (co-writer of The Prestige and The Dark Knight with his brother, Christopher), and…
Going Not-So Boldly (Yet) Where Trek Has Gone Before (Comics Review)
- September 25, 2011
- Tagged as: Star Trek
With all the hoopla surrounding DC’s launch of its “New 52,” another comics relaunch taking place this month isn’t attracting much attention. One might even say it’s as though this book were flying while cloaked—but…
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono
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