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The Cthulhu Casebooks: Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities – a review

By: Corey Lack So, the Miskatonic Monstrosities was the second book in the crossover series known as the Cthulhu Casebooks written by James Lovegrove. It is a new adventure featuring the works of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson dealing with the eldritch gods made famous by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. In this, Holmes…

My Life In Night City – A Mostly Unbiased Cyberpunk 2077 review

By: Corey Lack So, I’m one of the many people that got the game Cyberpunk 2077 when it released a few weeks ago and after hearing what seems like the entire internet bash it, I’d like to add my two cents. For those who don’t know, the game is about the adventures of V, a…

Home Alone – A Child Power Fantasy

By: Corey Lack So, I recently took to rewatching Home Alone, a movie from 1990, one year prior to my own birth, but still one of my favorite movies as a kid. As an adult, I can certainly see where a lot of people might have issues with this movie, between the plot and the…

Empire of Sin – Close but No Spaghetti

By: Corey Lack So, I recently got the new Empire of Sin video game that was released by Paradox Interactive. The game is a real time strategy where the player takes control of one of forty-four mob bosses, some historical and some are fictional. The player then helps their chosen mobster create a mafia from…

Supernatural: Heart of the Dragon – Sam and Dean as side characters

By: Corey Lack So, I recently read the book Heart of the Dragon, another book featuring a new story taking place in the Supernatural universe. This one, released back in 2010 and written by Keith R.A. DeCandido, has no direct connection to the previous books I’ve reviewed. There are no references or connection to the…

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla – A Bug-filled Romp

By: Corey Lack Assassin’s Cred: Valhalla is a game that came out a few weeks prior to the writing of this article. It features Layla from the previous two games experiencing the memories of a viking by the name of Eivor as they try to settle in England with the rest of their clan. Let…

Watch Dogs: Legion – More like Legion of Fodder

By: Corey Lack So, like most people, I was intrigued when they announced the next Watch Dogs video game, but unlike seemingly a lot of people, I was more of a cautious interested. This was mostly because I remembered how playing the last two games were, but we’ll get into that later. First, let’s go…

Supernatural: Witch’s Canyon – Paranormal Action with a light Supernatural Coating

By: Corey Lack Witch’s Canyon was another book taking place in the Supernatural universe and describing another “untold adventure” of the Winchester brothers. Even though it is written by Jeff Mariotte, instead of Keith R.A. DeCandido, who wrote the previous book, Nevermore, it is a direct sequel to the aforementioned book with a brief mention…

Supernatural: Nevermore – A Poe-ful Episode in Novel Form

By: Corey Lack The book, Supernatural: Nevermore, was published back in 2007 and written by Keith R.A. DeCandido. As a big fan of the tv series, having seen every single episode at least once, and a long-time fan of Edgar Allen Poe, I was very interested in reading this book. The story starts out with…

The Magnificent Nine – Jayne’s Past Returns

By: Corey Lack The Magnificent Nine is the second book in James Lovegrove’s series of novels taking place in the Firefly universe. Where the first one focused on the past of Malcolm Reynolds, this story focuses on Jayne’s past. An old flame of the brutish member of the Serenity crew contacts them that a vicious…

What Do People want from Video Game Movies?

By Corey Lack When I heard about the announcement of the Monster Hunter movie, I could just hear the fans of the video game series throwing hissy fits already. When the trailer came out and I read the YouTube comments, they did not disappoint. As an avid gamer who’s probably played millions of hours by…

The Mask – Jim Carrey in his Natural Habitat

By: Corey Lack The Mask was a movie released back in 1994 starring Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz and was based off of the comic series of the same name. That said, it is very different from the source material as it is more family friendly than being about what is essentially a super-powered serial…

The Book of Eli – A Journey to the West

By: Corey Lack The Book of Eli was a movie released back in 2010, starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, and Mila Kunis. The movie focuses around Washington’s largely unnamed character, typically referred to as “the Drifter” throughout the movie, taking a book somewhere in the west of a nuclear apocalyptic America at the behest of…

Deadpool: Paws – Dog-walking Deadpool-style

By: Corey Lack Deadpool: Paws was a book in 2015 and focuses on the titular anti-hero mercenary as he seemly goes on a dognapping spree. The story is written a lot like a lot of the character’s comics where even in the middle of the violent action sequences, there are very comedic moments. Additionally, Deadpool…

The Island – A Big Misdirect

By: Corey Lack The Island was a 2005 sci-fi movie starring Scarlett Johansson, Ewan McGregor, Sean Bean, and many others. The movie starts out with seemingly the last surviving settlement after an unknown event ruined a majority of the Earth’s environment with only the bunker and the titular island, where people from the bunker were…

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Wasteland 3 – Morally Grey, Just Very Dark Grey

By: Corey Lack Wasteland 3 was third installment of the long-running Wasteland franchise. It is a very strategic based game that involves a lot of preparation even from the initial character creation. I actually had to restart the game after playing for only twenty minutes on multiple occasions because I didn’t build my characters the…

Hitman 2 – Bringing out the Dark Side

By: Corey Lack The Hitman series a long-running series of video games, having even been made into a couple of movies, and Hitman 2 is the second game in a latest remake of the series. This one features Agent 47, the world’s greatest assassin, going through different locations and taking out different targets in exchange…

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen – Chosen to be a Pain

By Corey Lack The second XCOM game was a 2016 sequel to the previous game XCOM: Enemy Unknown, which was a remake of a much earlier game series. For those that are unfamiliar with the series, XCOM features an invasion by a powerful alien force with the titular XCOM being a globally funded organization created…

Deadpool 2 – X-Force’s First and Last Mission

By: Corey Lack Deadpool 2 is the sequel to the first Deadpool movie that was released in 2018. This one stars Ryan Reynolds again as the titular character and is just as funny and 4th-wall-breaking as he was in the first movie. This movie’s story focuses on the titular Merc with a Mouth as he…

Deadpool – Wild R-Rated Superhero Fun Done Right

By: Corey Lack Deadpool was a movie released in 2016 starring Ryan Reynolds and it was everything that the Birds of Prey movie tried to be. The movie follows the titular main character, at first known only as Wade Wilson, as he gains superpowers and a heavily scarred face, leading him to try and hunt…