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Why “Wonder” and movies like it are hard for me to enjoy (a tribute to a good dog)
My wife is good enough and nerdy enough to go along with me on watching all sorts of ridiculous comic book and sci-fi movies, even though I don’t go along with her for more grounded movies as often as I should. I’ve always preferred my fiction in some kind of an outlandish setting, be it…
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After 29 years, I beat The Legend of Zelda!
There’s a story in my family that while my mom was going into labor, my older brother was kept occupied by teaching a family friend how to play the legend of Zelda on the Nintendo Entertainment System. I grew up with that original Nintendo and its classic games, and with an older brother who actually…
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Red Dead Redemption II is incredible and is also not very fun.
I completely bought into the hype for Red Dead Redemption II. When the game first got announced, I watch the initial teaser trailer with glee, having really loved both the story and the gameplay experience of the first Red Dead Redemption. As more information started coming out, I decided to stop paying attention so that…
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Thermals: A tribute to pillowy cushions of warm air in The Animorphs
If you know what a thermal is, and especially if you think of them wistfully, there’s a good chance you read the Animorphs as a kid. There’s a lot of things in this series that left an impression on me, but the idea of pillowy cushions of warm air letting a kind, sweet-hearted red-tailed hawk…
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald sure is okay
I’ve been a huge Harry Potter fan since my dad ordered the first book for me just as it came out in the United States. I’m actually re-reading the book series right now, albeit slowly. Having said that, the first Fantastic Beasts movie didn’t totally thrill me. It was fine, it was fun, but it…
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