Archive for the 'Geekery' Category
Tales from Toy Con 2007
Where geeks of all shapes, sizes, and unfortunately, costumes, congregate in that great big shoebox in the middle of EDSA…
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Interrupting a Transformers Trivia Contest, a 6-8 year old boy comes up on the mainstage, followed by one of the organizers. The organizer grabs the microphone and, thinking he was oh-so-very witty and funny and [...]
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The Inevitable Review
So.
Spider-man.
Hm.
Well, it’s certainly not as good as Snow Patrol’s video for ‘Signal Fire’, but it’s not as bad as other people think it is.
I don’t think it joins the ranks of Batman Forever, Superman 3, Blade Trinity, X-Men 3, as part of the ‘third sequel comic movie curse’. For all it’s faults, it’s not THAT [...]
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Brilliant. Absolutely Brilliant.
… My mind is reeling.
This is quite possibly the first time I’ve been excited about a Filipino comic book, ever. I only heard about Wasted after it was already published, Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah was a bit too fabulous for my tastes, and Arnold Arre’s way too overrated in my opinion.
But this. Wow. Jose Rizal [...]
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In celebration of Easter…
..because the risen Lord would probably like to see something awesome instead of hunting a garden for colored eggs.
Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off to visit the International Space Station.
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Just For One Day
With the last episode of Heroes for this season finally over, the first volume of the saga of a band of brothers with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men comes to a close.
As a whole, the entire season itself was entertaining. It’s probably up to par with the other long-form serial dramas [...]
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