Video Game Book Club – Join Elise and Savvy every month for an hour or so chat about books and other media that tie into Video Games.
The Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie hit theaters this christmas time and I was there day three to watch it in my D-Box seats. I did not particularly like the second Sonic movie and I couldn’t quite put my finger on why until I watched the third, Jim Carrey’s Eggman is unbearable to watch. I ...
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Alien Isolation is a great game (in my opinion). The Alien Isolation novelization by Keith R.A. DeCandido is an awful adaptation (in my opinion). It took out the spooky atmosphere, the tension and all the sections of the game I personally thought were cool. The Alien was barely in it and the main t...
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Dragon Age Redemption is a six episode web-series starring Felicia Day as Elvish Assassin Tallis hunting down a renegade Qunari Mage Saarebas. Along the way she picks up some companions, a bumbling Elf Mage, a problematic Templar and an even more problematic Reaver. The web-series premiered the day...
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Should probably just read Tevinter Nights For the Video Game Book Club we read Dragon Age the Missing, in preparation for Dragon Age Veilguard coming out on the 31st. It’s supposed to bridge the gap between Inquisition and Veilguard. The story takes place right after Inquisition, Varric an...
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Watch Dogs Dark Clouds is the sequel novel to the Video Game Watch Dogs. It was supposed to be released around the time of the game’s launch, May 27th 2014. It follows Watch Dogs protagonist Aiden Pearce and his old gang buddy Mick Wolfe as they solve the mystery of who made an attempt on Pea...
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After years of being in post-production limbo the Borderlands movie is finally out. It’s an original story using characters from Borderlands 1 and 2. Lilith is a bounty hunter sent to Pandora to find Tina, the daughter of the president of the Atlas Corporation. On her journey she reluctantly ...
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ICO is a Japanese Playstation 2 game designed and directed by Fumito Ueda. He was inspired to create ICO when he saw a commercial of a woman holding a child’s hand while walking through the woods. Another inspiration was the manga/anime series Galaxy Express 999 where a woman named Maetel ado...
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At least one of the stories is good For our yearly Fnaf novel we picked the first in the Fazbear Frights series titled Into the Pit. It consists of three novella-length horror stories and one of those is even being turned into a game. Into the Pit the first novella in the Fazbear Frights series...
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Marvel’s Spider-Man: Hostile Takeover may not be the best introduction to the new Insomniac Spider-Man games. For last month’s Video Game Book Club we read Spider-Man Hostile Takeover by David Liss. This was written as a prequal for Insomniacs first Marvel Spider-Man game coming out ...
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This years Summer Games Fest seems to put the spotlight on indie titles. Usually this event is the kick off for the new era of E3 but as you can see this is the second showcase to happen this week. Below I will show you SGN’s highlights of the event as well as highlights from the Day of the D...
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