Thursday, February 28, 2019

Old Guy Game Guides: Skyrim- The Beginning


I was planning vacation over the holidays after some stressful times and decided I hadn’t wandered aimlessly through a new open world game in a while.  I’d remembered impressive commercials and comments from friends about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, always liked Dungeons and Dragons, and learned it didn’t matter that I knew squat about what was written on the Elder Scrolls I through IV.

Monday, February 25, 2019

Predators Post


In 2010, Twenty years after the last Yautja only sequel, and three years after the end of the Xenomorph crossover pair, a gang of the space borne hunters graced the big screen.

Thursday, February 21, 2019

…An Arm and a Leg


Part of the loss of the “thrill of the hunt” comes from early announcements of assortments. 

Monday, February 18, 2019

Aliens Vs. Predator Requiem Post


In 2007 (three years later) with new directors and the same Amalgamated Dynamics effects team, the story kicks off moments after the previous one with a chestburster coming out of a Predator.

This is a dark film.

Thursday, February 14, 2019

The Thrill of the Hunt or…


My action figure addiction, like any addiction, expands as a result of stress.

Monday, February 11, 2019

Alien Vs. Predator Post



This is a film that has grown on me over time.  I was underwhelmed on my initial 2004 theatrical viewing (a week after it opened) but appreciate it more now.

Part of that comes from seeing it the first time as mostly a Predator fan, but getting more into the Alien franchise since then.

Thursday, February 7, 2019

Punisher Season 2



I once again found myself bizarrely drawn to a TV series about a Marvel character I don’t like to follow his own comic series for.


Monday, February 4, 2019

Alien Vs. Predator Premier Night


I can vividly remember the night the first AvP film opened.

August 13, 2004 we were Up the Lake, and my wife and I left our then infant child with her Grandparents and family at the cabin to have a night out.
                 
We entered the multiplex walked towards the theater where Alien Vs. Predator was showing…