Category Archives: Late to the Party

Late to the Party: Assassin’s Creed II

ac2Waiting for a month to review a game is probably not the best move I’ve ever made. I don’t remember a lot of the specific parts of the plot that tie the game together, so I’m going to be referring …

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Late to the Party: Sherlock

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor WatsonLord knows I love British television, but apparently the BBC felt the need to endear itself to me even more. Sherlock aired in the summer of 2010 as a very brief television series about — who else? — Sherlock Holmes …

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Late to the Party: Minecraft

featured-sheepHello, hello! My apologies once again for my extended absence. I’ve been doing some serious slacking off and I’m hoping to make up for that this week. After writing this article, I played through a new game to get the …

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Late to the Party: Doctor Who, Past and Present

Doctor Who logosNote: I have edited part of this article since I first posted it, as some of my points were challenged, and rightly so. Thank you, readers! Will I ever have a week when I won’t be scrambling to figure out what …

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Late to the Party: Portal 2

portal2In an attempt to break away from movies for this segment, I’m going to take a shot at writing a game review this time. I’m not sure how good it will be, as I’ve never written one before and I …

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Late to the Party: Q.I.

QI-LOGOThis week’s Late to the Party is a little bit different from the past entries I’ve made. I’ve been busy with my family out-of-province this weekend and have had no time to find something to write about that would be …

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Late to the Party: The Breakfast Club

breakfastclubThis week’s choice is brought to you by my co-worker Julia, who was kind enough to suggest this one to me when I was rather stuck on which movie to watch. Of course, it’s been suggested by other people before, …

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Late to the Party: The Rocketeer

rocketeer1The Rocketeer was recommended to me by both Kim and Brendon, as well as one of my best tweeps, so I thought I’d give it a go. I had high hopes for it when I discovered that it was a …

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Late to the Party: Stand by Me

Ted, Vern, Gordie and ChrisMy main motivation to watch this film was that it starred Wil Wheaton, who is quickly becoming one of my nerd idols.  I’ve seen him in the Guild, a couple of clips from Star Trek: The Next Generation and an …

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Late to the Party: Dawn of the Dead

dawn_of_the_dead_1978_404_303_photos12This week’s blast-from-the-past review is for George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead.  Hopefully I won’t piss Kim off too much, ‘cause she’d probably hunt me down and hurt me for saying anything bad about it.  Luckily for me, I quite …

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Late to the Party: Night of the Comet

Regina at the arcadeThis week’s ‘80s movie was Night of the Comet, which was one of the few suggested to me that I’d never heard of.  Only Bree of Geekin’ Out fame mentioned this particular movie to me, telling me that “Zombies + …

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Late to the Party: Say Anything

Lloyd and DianeThis week I decided to review Say Anything. It was among one of the movies suggested to me by the good people of Twitter, and it’s been in my collection for a couple of months now. It’s one of many …

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