Special Review: Children of War

(Disclaimer: This book was written by a good friend of mine. I have partnered with him to help with the book and have a financial interest in its success. I will be as fair as I can with this review, but this should be borne in mind.) When you step into Children of War, you … Continue reading Special Review: Children of War →

Review: The Sopranos (Season 1)

By the end of this season, Tony is your boy, in spite of all of his flaws. You want this criminal boss to succeed. Some TV shows carry a lot of "start inertia" with them. These are the kinds of shows which you have seen referenced many times in other media. The heavy, drama-coated, universally … Continue reading Review: The Sopranos (Season 1) →

Review: O-Town

I feel that, if I had heard these dudes when I was a kid, I would have loved them. The "mere exposure effect" is a theory which hypothesizes that, by repeating a person's exposure to a given stimulus, that person can grow to improve his/her attitude towards that stimulus. This is a possible explanation for … Continue reading Review: O-Town →

Review: O Sargento e o Assassino (The Marshal and the Murderer)

The Scooby-Doo Test is well passed. Over the course of nearly 3 years of living together with my girlfriend, we have made maybe 2 or 3 trips to IKEA, on quests to cram more stuff into our relatively small apartment. These quests are not particularly riveting to me, but I will admit to some satisfaction … Continue reading Review: O Sargento e o Assassino (The Marshal and the Murderer) →

Review: Toy Story 3

The moment when Andy passes on his "mantle" to this new kid marks a defining moment in his life, the start of a new (and better, let's be real here) stage. There is something cathartic about just bawling your eyes out right then and there. Right after Up, which has one of the greatest tear-jerking … Continue reading Review: Toy Story 3 →

Review: Mundo Pequenino

If you enjoyed any of the first two albums, you will also enjoy this one. While Dois Selos e um Carimbo felt like a spiritual successor to Deolinda's first album, their third does not focus as much on the telling of interesting stories as it does on conveying emotion. The songs in Mundo Pequenino, though … Continue reading Review: Mundo Pequenino →

Review: Power Overwhelming

Even if you don't get all of the lyrics, because you've never beaten Final Fantasy 7 or have no clue what a Gerudo is, you can still enjoy these beats. This album was bizarre to go through. It performs exactly as expected in some part, but in others delivers much more than you might initially … Continue reading Review: Power Overwhelming →

Review: Fullmetal Alchemist

(...) you are left to wonder why a person of Edward's skill level consistently transmutes his automail arm into a short blade in battle, rather than making it into a gun and popping caps from afar . Fullmetal Alchemist was one of the very first anime that I watched, back when I was first introduced … Continue reading Review: Fullmetal Alchemist →