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Review Archive
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Bin Fodder: Justice Society of America
Posted on February 27, 2013 | No CommentsIn the tumultuous times of the mid 2000s in the DCU there were myriad storylines taking place, many of which were end-of-the-universe types, which is rather commonplace in comics. But rising from the ashes of Infinite Crisis was the re-launch of DC Comics’ stalwart... -
A Rambler Don Book Review!
Posted on February 26, 2013 | No CommentsAbove Suspicion by Helen MacInnes This book was a hit and miss for me. I had some parts I rather liked and a few that I didn’t care for. One of my major problems with this book was how vague it could be at times.... -
Bin Fodder: The Resistance
Posted on February 13, 2013 | No CommentsThe future designed by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti in the IDW book, The Resistance is bleak, cruel and inhumane. The world, for lack of a better term, is in shambles. Chaos has given in to a draconian government state where the laws governing... -
Geek Girl Finds a Heroine
Posted on February 10, 2013 | 1 CommentBeing a fangirl is hard. Sometimes it’s harder than others. In elementary school, I didn’t want to play house or dress up, I wanted to PLAY, and at Rockwell Elementary, that meant G.I Joe out on the playground dome with the boys. In the early... -
iOS App-Aholics Anonymous: [After Burner Climax]
Posted on February 10, 2013 | No CommentsApp Name: After Burner Climax Developer: SEGA Launch Date: 2-7-13 Price: $2.99 / €2.20 App-Aholic Rating: 4.3/5 Watch it Here: Official Game Trailer The old legacy that is Sega is still pumping out the occasional adrenaline-enthralling adventure. Their latest iOS endeavor, After Burner Climax, capitalizes... -
Bin Fodder: Star Wars Tales v.1
Posted on February 6, 2013 | No CommentsStar Wars is a truly transcendent franchise having worked its way into nearly every facet of society from movies and television to t-shirts and bumper stickers. You may know someone who claims to have never seen any of the movies – it may even... -
iOS App-Aholics Anonymous: [Table Top Racing]
Posted on February 3, 2013 | No CommentsApp Name: Table Top Racing Developer: Playrise Edge Ltd. Launch Date: 1-26-13 Price: $2.99 / €2.19 App-Aholic Rating: 5/5 Hey, ’80s and ’90s kids! Remember Micro Machines? Welcome them to the mobile gaming realm in this mini road racer, Table Top Racing, by Playrise Edge... -
Geek Book Review: Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula
Posted on January 30, 2013 | No CommentsNumerous authors publish stories in the Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series through Titan Books. It was my pleasure to read and review one of author Loren D. Estleman’s contributions entitled, Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula. It tells the story of Count Dracula’s demise,... -
iOS App-Aholics Anonymous: [Cracking Sands]
Posted on January 27, 2013 | No CommentsApp Name: Cracking Sands Developer: Polarbit Launch Date: 1-24-13 Price: $4.99 / €3.74 App-Aholic Rating: 3.6 / 5 Everyone loves Mario. Everyone loves go-carts. So naturally, everyone loves Mario and his brigade of friends driving go-carts. While this game has nothing to do with our... -
Product Review: LG Nexus 4
Posted on January 26, 2013 | No CommentsProduct Name: Nexus 4 Maker/Distributor: LG / Google Price: $299 (8gb) / $349 (16gb) 8DAG Rating: 5/5 Anyone familiar with my work here at 8DAG knows my life virtually revolves around the iOS platform. My ENTIRE life, at some point or another, in pieces or... -
Bin Fodder: Skreemer
Posted on January 23, 2013 | No CommentsThe late 80s was a very, shall we say…strange time in comics. I consider it a transitional time for the industry. The incredible artistic style that had carried comics through the 50s and 60s was being met with full force of imaginative and inventive... -
Geek Book Review: Vengeance
Posted on January 21, 2013 | No CommentsThe book Vengeance by A.J. Scudiere has three main characters: two serial killers targeting the mafia, and the FBI agent targeting the serial killers.One killer is a teenage girl. The other is a man in his thirties. They both have very different methods of killing and... -
iOS App-Aholics Anonymous: [Infestor]
Posted on January 20, 2013 | No CommentsApp Name: Infestor Developer: Ravenous Games Inc. Launch Date: 1-17-13 Price: $0.99 / €0.74 App-Aholic Rating: 4.8/5 Watch it Here: Official Game Trailer Ravenous Games isn’t exactly new to the AppStore, nor are they new to the platformer genre. Refining the overall aesthetics of everything... -
Geek Book Review: Dracula Cha Cha Cha
Posted on January 19, 2013 | No CommentsIf you enjoy the vampire genre of storytelling, but are simply tired of reading about whiny, shiny, emo vampire teenagers, then the novel I’m reviewing this week is for you. The third novel in a series, Anno Dracula 1959: Dracula Cha Cha Cha... -
iOS App-Aholics Anonymous: [Little Amazon]
Posted on January 13, 2013 | No CommentsApp Name: Little Amazon Developer: Bulkypix Launch Date: 1-10-13 Price: $Free / €Free App-Aholic Rating: 3.8/5 Watch it Here: Official Game Trailer BulkPix has been one of my more favored developers since the likes of Terra Noctis and JAZZ: Trump’s Journey graced the AppStore. With... -
Bin Fodder: Fatal Attractions
Posted on January 9, 2013 | No CommentsThe second half of this storyline, like any good storyline, is when it really gets interesting. Here’s what has happened thus far: Magneto, whom everyone thought had perished, is back and using Cable’s floating space fortress as headquarters for his mutant army. He has... -
Geekend Review
Posted on January 6, 2013 | No CommentsWelcome to the Geekend Review. It’s Sunday January 5th, the first week of our new year of 2013, and here are some top stories. Today SONY applied for patents that could predict some potentially dangerous trends for the gaming community. Similar to attempts made by... -
iOS App-Aholics Anonymous: 2013 Shout-Out
Posted on January 6, 2013 | No CommentsWelcome to the 8DAG of 2013, app-aholics! Since this year kicked off a little lethargically in the AppStore, I thought I would take the week to highlight the changes that will be taking place here on iOSA3. As the 8DAG crew continues to expand across... -
Bin Fodder: X-Men – Fatal Attractions
Posted on January 2, 2013 | No CommentsThe early 90s brought the world many things: grunge rock, heavy metal, abstract color use and violence in comics not previously seen. Usually this was reserved for the move violent of characters like Punisher, but even the more mainstream books had their fair share.... -
Top 8: iOS App-Aholics Anonymous 2012 Wrap-Up
Posted on December 30, 2012 | No CommentsWell, you’re here reading this, so that means you didn’t die on December 21st like the rest of the world. Congratulations! So how else would we celebrate your being alive? By an iOSA3 2012 wrap-up, of course! Here we will count down my top 8...