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Movie Review: Cloverfield

January 19, 2008 by Bartoneus

Possibly the best way to start this review is to say: go see this movie. Cloverfield is produced by J.J. Abrams of Lost and Alias fame, and also the director of the upcoming new Star Trek movie. The inspiration for Cloverfield is that America has never really had an equivalent to a Godzilla-style story; Abrams […]

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: Cloverfield, JJ Abrams, Lost, movie, Reviews

D&D: Typically Misaligned

January 17, 2008 by Bartoneus

Whenever you discuss alignment in Dungeons & Dragons, the conversation inevitably veers towards focusing on Chaotic Neutral. Alignment is a tool used to generalize a character’s personality, feelings, and outlook on life that is divided into two portions. The first ranges from Lawful to Neutral to Chaotic, while the second part goes from Good to […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: alignment, Chaotic Neutral, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons

TV's Terminator Review

January 15, 2008 by DarthCthulhu

I was all set to hate this show. I didn’t think it was going to work in any way, shape, or form. I was surprised. And, most importantly, I was entertained. There was some surprisingly good writing in the show (as well as some really stupid plot holes).

Filed Under: Reviews, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television Tagged With: sarah connor chronicles, terminator

Holy Crap: Darth Vader and Yoda in Soul Calibur IV

January 9, 2008 by Dave

Kotaku reports that Darth Vader will appear as a special character in Soul Calibur IV for PS3, and Yoda will appear in the Xbox 360 version. Soul Calibur is my favorite fighting game franchise, with a history of strange guest starring characters (Spawn and Link, anyone?) I was ready to give the fourth installment a […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Video Games Tagged With: darth vader, soul calibur, star wars, yoda

YouTube of the Week: Han Shots First Edition

January 1, 2008 by Dave

Happy New Year’s! Hope your partying last night didn’t go like this. There are just some things you shouldn’t bring to a party…

Filed Under: Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, YouTube Tuesday

Review: I Am Legend

December 28, 2007 by Bartoneus

Even though I Am Legend came out in theaters two weeks ago on December 14th, many people have not seen it yet possibly because of the mixed reviews it has recieved.  Ever since we saw the first teaser that gave no indication of anything other than Will Smith being alone in the city, my wife […]

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: I Am Legend, movie, Reviews, sci-fi, Will Smith

Happy Life Day!

December 25, 2007 by Dave

Happy Life Day from everyone at Critical Hits! We promise we won’t sing! (thanks to Andy Looney for the idea and RiffTRAX for helping me find it!)

Filed Under: Featured, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

Nasty, filthy, Hobbitses

December 18, 2007 by Dave

The story that’s popping up all over almost every blog I’ve read today: New Line has kissed Peter Jackson’s ass enough so that he’ll come back to executive produce The Hobbit and an unnamed sequel to The Hobbit. (My vote is for Hobbit 2: Electric Bugaloo) Jackson, however, is looking unlikely to actually direct the […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

D&D and the Bardic Afterlife

December 12, 2007 by Bartoneus

I haven’t paid that much attention to 4th Edition so far, either I’ve been too busy or I’m really looking forward to having some surprises when it finally comes out.  Back when Dave posted his first impressions of it I became really excited because it seemed, against all odds, that the designers at WotC were […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: 4th Edition, bards, classes, D&D, druids, Dungeons and Dragons

"A Memory of Light" Author Chosen

December 10, 2007 by Dave

Brandon Sanderson, author of the Mistborn series, has been chosen to finish the Wheel of Time series from Robert Jordan’s notes. I have not read any of Mistborn, so any comments on it would be welcome. I certainly don’t envy Mr. Sanderson, but I’m glad that someone is going to step in and finish the […]

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