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Talking about superheroes naturally leads to a discussion of comic books. Comic books [...]

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One of the arguments I offered against the stagnancy of fantasy fiction was the proliferation of sub-genres. We’re all familiar with epic fantasies like Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, or the sword-and-sorcery of Conan. Urban fantasy has risen in popularity thanks to Anita Blake and her contemporaries, while Temeraire has lead the resurgence in historical [...]

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I’m impressed with Netflix’s Watch Instantly feature. I’ve only watched two movies this way so far, but both times I never experienced the skipping that frequently happens when I view episodes of Lost online (via ABC’s website). Netflix’s displays the movies at near full screen. If I tried the same with Lost, the picture quality [...]

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This week marks one month since I stopped my subscription to the City of Heroes MMO. (I also realized that this month marks the four year anniversary of this blog!) I’ll admit I’ve been tempted a few times to reactivate the account and log in. It’s not that I miss the gameplay, so much as [...]

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Cryptic Studios launched the website for their latest super-hero MMO, Champions Online, today. It wasn’t that long ago that Microsoft officially announced the demise of Marvel Universe Online, a super-hero MMO that Cryptic was developing. Then comes the announcement that Cryptic purchased the Champions IP from HERO games, the creators of the HERO roleplaying system.
Looking [...]

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