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Stranger Things Season Three: The Wins and the Duds

Stranger Things Season 3 released on Netflix on July 4th, 2019. The hit show is known for its 80’s nostalgia, creepy monsters, fantastic acting, and breakneck binge-able pace. It saw some of the most satisfying wins in the show’s short run… as well as some of the most disappointing duds. In this review, there won’t…

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Outlaw Star – Review

Outlaw Star is an anime that aired in Japan from January 1998 – June 1998. The show was licensed by Bandai entertainment and became a staple of Cartoon Network’s Toonami block in 2001. The main character is Gene Starwind, a womanizing mercenary for hire with dreams of becoming a spacefaring Outlaw. With the help of…

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Brazil: Dystopia and The Social Contract

Brazil is a 1985 film written by Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard and directed by Terry Gilliam. It stars Jonathan Pryce as Sam Lowry, a listless upper class bureaucrat who spends his days fantasizing about being a hero and saving the woman of his dreams, Jill. When Sam is offered a promotion, he…

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LucidSound Brings the Noise with High Quality Headphones

When you’ve been in the gaming and tech industry for the better part of a decade, not much surprises you. Technology advances at an ever-growing, but expected rate. While technical specs progress along the projected path and most companies keep creating variants of the same ole same ole, there are few that do things a…

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Earth Night – An Interview With Rich Siegel

A Project With Passion Sometimes a game comes along that can grab your attention with a single frame of gameplay. Shadow of the Colossus, Ori and the Blind Forest, and Cuphead for example. These games capture our imagination before we’ve even touched a controller, and further enthrall us once we have. At this year’s E3,…

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Good Omens – Review

Good Omens is a 2019 Amazon Prime 6-episode series based on the book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. It follows David Tennant as Crowley, a smooth-talking demon, and Michael Sheen as Aziraphale, a timid angel, as they join forces to try saving the earth from the impending Apocalypse. As the powers of Light and…

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Independence Day: The Perfect Three-Act Screenplay

Independence Day is a 1996 film written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, and directed by Roland Emmerich. It follows a fighter pilot (played by Will Smith), a scientist (played by Jeff Goldblum), and the President of the United States (played by Bill Pullman) as they attempt to save the earth from a hostile alien…

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Alien and the Evolution of Ellen Ripley

Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver, is the heroine of the first three entries in the Alien Franchise: Alien, Aliens, and Alien 3. In this essay, we will discuss Ellen Ripley’s identity and how it changed based on the needs of each film and the franchise as a whole. Warning: This essay contains spoilers for…

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Nerd On! Nation

The Nerd On! Nation is here! It’s time for the nerds of the world to UNITE under a common banner. What is the Nerd On! Nation you ask? It is a community of people from different walks of life who just want to nerd out about the things they love. Through Patreon, the Nerd On!…

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A Review of Godzilla (2014)

Godzilla is a 2014 film written by Max Borenstein and directed by Gareth Edwards. It stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as bomb disposal expert Ford Brody, whose journey to Japan to retrieve his father (Bryan Cranston) turns into a life-or-death struggle against gargantuan ancient radioactive creatures called MUTOs (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms). Ford volunteers for increasingly dangerous…

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