Game Review: Cityville
Summary Judgement: Cityville is another example of how Mark Zuckerberg and Zynga are laughing at you while they light cigars with hundred dollar bills. This isn’t so much a game Continue Reading
Movie Review: Tron Legacy
Summary Judgement: Twenty years ago I would have loved this movie. Eight months shy of thirty, I find Tron: Legacy to be an acceptable action picture, but not much else. Continue Reading
Shaftoe’s Rants: Netflix Canada vs The American Film Institute
I had a little time to think over the last week. Indeed, one sleepless night I found myself reflecting on my last rant about Netflix Canada’s library. Perhaps I was Continue Reading
Shaftoe’s Rants: 20 Reasons Not to use Netflix
Once upon a time, I was having a conversation with a devoted Page of Reviews reader and she asked me, “Adam why don’t you review more recent movies?”
Shaftoe’s Rants: The Grown-up Lan Party
I’m no stranger to the LAN party. After nearly thirty years of geekdom, getting together to game, all the while consuming an alarming amount of cola, pizza and salted snacks, Continue Reading
Book Review: The Big Time
Summary Judgement: My twelve-year-old self was right when he decided that this book is overly convoluted, oddly written and utterly lacking in a meaningful plot. Written by: Fritz Leiber Published Continue Reading
Podcast #4 Book Review/Shaftoe’s Rant: Ender’s Game
Under Review: Ender’s Game Featuring the voice of Adam Shaftoe. Contains spoilers and swears. PS: This is post #50 so everybody should really pay attention to it…please. I’m so desperate Continue Reading
Television Review: The Walking Dead
Summary Judgement: Despite a familiar backdrop, The Walking Dead has the potential to do for horror what the Battlestar Galactica remake did for science fiction. Produced by: AMC Starring: Andrew Continue Reading
Movie Review: Up
Summary Judgement: I hate animated cutesy-poo “fun for the whole family” movies. But I didn’t hate this one. In fact, Up delightfully contrasts escapist fantasy with images of the real world, Continue Reading
Shaftoe’s Rants: Mr. Data, Mental Health and Sex
The Short Version: Mr. Data would have been justified in killing himself in an emo fit of depression, long before he died in Star Trek: Wrath of the Romulan, who Continue Reading