Token Female Gamer

With Zynga’s purchase of the Words with Friends title, it was only a matter of time before the onslaught of ‘with friends’ titles began. I am positive that ‘Hanging with Friends’ is mainly the flagship, the forerunner in the ‘with Friends’ campaign that Zynga will launch on the social and mobile networks. Quantity over quality does seem to be their modus operandi.

But my Words with Friends devotion overshadowed any Zynga concerns and so I tried the new Hanging with Friends.

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Castlevania, though one of the longest and most glorified franchises, has never really been on my radar. It’s a bit of a drawback really, because I don’t have any warm gushy nostalgia surrounding this franchise, to soften any of its rough edges. In short, I’m less forgiving.

This also means I am not usually drawn to any new Castlevania releases, but a friend of mine insisted that this was the greatest game to evAr walk to the earth, so it had to be tried.

Let the slandering begin.

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Oh, Final Fantasy! So many great memories!! What a Legacy!!

This is 13 after all!! What other game series has come out with this many titles and remains as successful? It’s quite incredible really.

And yet, after playing this version, I wonder how the franchise has managed to hang on this long. Legacy coattails?

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I was fortunate enough to see the new Thor movie last Saturday. That’s right, five days early!! Husband job perk. =D
(Guess that technically makes this a preview, eh, whatever.)

Loved this movie. It managed to find that magic balance between action, computer graphics, humanity, romance, and humor. Yet its still Thor with all sorts of various Marvel nods. Even the lore was spot on (confirmed by my husband) according to the J. Michael Straczynski Thor storyline. (JMS is the guy behind Babylon 5!! <3 B5!)

It should be noted that this is still a Super Hero movie. Suspension of disbelief is a bonus, as is a tolerance for some cheesy moments. But Kenneth Branagh did such a fabulous job directing, the actors were spot on and well picked, the script was actually supportive of the story and the characters, that much of the Super Hero foibles of the past are handled with such grace as to render them inconsequential.

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a romantic comedy with superhero and computer game tendencies. Scott meets the girl of his dreams and must face down her evil ex-boyfriends to date her.

At first glance this movie seems like just another quirky Michael Cera movie, but blindly lumping it into that odd collection would be a huge injustice. The awesomeness of this movie really sneaks up on you. Not until the end is the full extent of this movie’s brilliance recognizable.

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I came across this expansion at my local game store (love that place!) The box said Small World, which automatically made me pause. As I noticed that it was an expansion I did not own, my internal debate team reared its ugly head; it went something like this: Ooooh Small World expansion….but we already have so many and do we really need even more races to play?…..but more is better right?….so many we can hardly fit everything into the one box?….but its SMALL WORLD!!..

On and on it went with me frozen in place. Gradually the opposing team gained footing (I really didn’t NEED another expansion) as I prepared to leave the premises and stop all the staring. Much cheering ensued on the opposing team.

The supporting team, fearing the end was neigh, rallied a last ditch effort! Caving, I took down the box to at least give it a once over before walking away.

Time slowed down, the angels sang, and ten geeks got laid, for I saw that the expansion came with its very own storage box. I had to have it!!

The losers slunk away defeated as the supporting team threw a winners party riot. (It gets loud in my head sometimes.)

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The first time I met Lara Croft was in Tomb Raider 2. She kicked some serious ass and I loved her for it. The whole game made such an impression that I have been following Lara’s trials and tribulations ever since. And though I have hung in there, the quality of the Lara Croft titles has been in steady decline.

That is until ‘Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light’ came along.

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Small World has been my de facto first pick on game night for quite a while now. This odd tendency of mine emerges when a new board game catches my fancy and Small World certainly managed to hook me.

In short it’s a territory and conquering game. Held territory earns points, with the highest point holder at the end winning. Pretty standard stuff, but where it gets interesting is the race selection.

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The Kirby franchise has never really drawn me, nor have the previous Kirby games I played impressed me much. But with all the fabulous reviews that Kirby’s Epic Yarn was pulling in, I admit I was curious.

So I set my expectations low, partially because it is a Kirby game, but mostly because I don’t often agree with the average reviewer. Those favorable reviews have sucked me in before, sucked me in a burned me!!

With low expectations and lots of caution I sat down to play the game and was blown away. I was simply stunned at how fabulous it was – mouth agape shocked!

It’s simple, it’s fun, it’s light, it’s cute, but most importantly it’s the most adorable game ever made.

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Last night I was wrapping presents and wanted something to watch to make the process a bit more entertaining. After perusing the instant watch list on Netflix, G.I. Joe seemed like the a good brainless option.

Its brainless alright. Beyond brainless really and more like the worst movie of all time!

I say this as a lover of bad movies, a believer in the “B” genre, and a devout snide commentator. Even all my childhood G.I.Joe nostalgia wasn’t enough to save this movie. (I played with GI Joe figures for crying out loud, there is nostalgia there!! Though it might be dead now.)

The plot made no sense, the script was irritating, the characters were strange, plus there were like five million of them which made it impossible to keep track. Just terrible. I found almost nothing forgivable about the movie. The CG was fine. Oh and it did encourage me to hurry up with my wrapping.

Worst movie ever! Not even going to bother rating it. Its so bad I’m embarrassed to say I watched as much of it as I did. Turned it off fifteen minutes before the end because I was done with my present wrapping and had no interest in watching any more. Spare yourself, avoid this movie.