It’s a mad house! A review by Ophelia Dupre

August 31, 2009

Okay, yes, my title is a little obvious.  I’ve said it for days, perhaps even weeks.  Arkham Asylum was the Shangrila of gaming that I have been looking forward to with all the jitters and bounce of a school girl on Pixie sticks (what? They’re good).   The game was released to outstanding reviews.  The [...]

This is District 9: A Review by Ophelia Dupre

August 25, 2009

I know that I’m snarky most of the time and have ridiculous and outrageous things to say about movies and games.  Well, maybe not outrageous but certainly different.  I approach all films with a singular viewpoint: was the experience entertaining?  There may be things to tease, parts to nudge and silliness to point out but [...]

Pre-Order Madness: A Gaming Rant by Ophelia Dupre

August 17, 2009

Where do I even begin?  There are so many things coming out and so many that have been promising to appear that I almost lost track.  A few of these we can just take for granted because they’ve become a gaming tradition (see that football Madden thing).  Others are traditionally forever in development and take [...]

The Other Half of the Battle: A Review by Ophelia Dupre

August 12, 2009

GI Joe.  Transformers.  First comic books now toys.  And not Toy Story type toys either but honest to God straight from some people’s childhood toys complete with the same names, cheesy dialogue from the cartoons and shameless capitalizing on people’s nostalgia.  Never mind that these movies are successfully raking in the dough, it’s just creepy [...]