Release Date: Complete Release, December13th, 2016 (USA) Developer: Telltale Games Publisher: Telltale Games System: PC, Android, PS3/4, Xbox 360/One, iOS, OS X Review Spoilers: Medium IGN | Metacritic | Polygon The latest dialogue simulator/quick time event title from TellTale Games has players taking on the cowl of the Batman/Bruce Wayne, navigating crime scenes as the World’s […]
Unboxing: OwlCrate
This month I decided it would be a great time to subscribe to OwlCrate. It’s billed as “a subscription service that sends you magical monthly boxes tailored to a chosen theme. Each OwlCrate will contain one new Young Adult novel, as well as 3-5 other bookish treats to help you get […]
Gotham: Bitter Pill to Swallow Recap
Synopsis of 2×09: Tabitha hires a hoard of hitmen to kill Gordon while he and Barnes look for evidence in Theo’s penthouse. Silver pumps Bruce for information under Alfred’s nose. Nygma looks to Cobblepot for training in how to be a killer. ★☆☆☆☆ About halfway through Garth Ennis and John […]
Gotham: By Fire Recap
Synopsis of 2×06 Bridgit and Selina go on the run from the Pike brothers and the GCPD. Gordon tries to safely arrest Bridgit but she’s almost killed in a police standoff. Galvan and Penguin move against each other and Butch is flipped by Theo. Nygma kills Kringle. Rating: ★★★★☆ One of […]
Gotham: Scarification Recap
Synopsis of 2×05 Galavan tasks Penguin with burning down several Wayne Enterprise buildings, which gives birth to a new Firefly. Gordon and the strike force attack Penguin’s finances. Bridgit and Selina go on the run after killing a cop. Rating: ★★★☆☆ There’s a weird divide throughout “Scarification” between the super heroic […]
Gotham: Damned If You Do… Recap
Synopsis of 2×01: James Gordon goes to the Penguin to get his job back in the GCPD, a new villain rises in Gotham City Rating: ????? Gotham opens its second season with an ironic usage of Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day,” immediately followed by an obese man with a katana firing two guns […]
How to Save ‘Gotham’: Forget About the Villains
There are some endlessly debatable nerd arguments that will vex comic store customers and internet commenters for generations. However, one of them is an easy answer and that’s, “Who has the best villains’ gallery?” No question, it’s Batman. There’s no stronger, more iconic gallery of rogues, killers, super-villains, and psychopaths […]
Pride and Prejudice Meets Portal Fantasy in The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic Author: Emily Croy Barker Release Date: August 1, 2013 Publisher: Pamela Dornman Books, Penguin Source: Edelweis DRC, NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Fantasy, Romance Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon This book took me a good two months to read. Usually you would probably think, “Oh, that must be a bad […]
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