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Playing chess with cards

Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 1:05 pm Comments (1)

It wasn’t what I had planned for this month’s update, but here’s something: another chapter of that Zelda playthrough!

What I had planned was a “some games I played in 2012” article, only this time I’d also be covering books, movies, TV shows and whatever else of interest. It got a bit hideously long and half the stuff I didn’t write notes for, so most of the early entries amount to “I think it was okay, I guess?” Which admittedly isn’t that far off from my real reviews.
It might show up eventually, but it’s not even half-finished yet. I’ll see what happens! To tide you over, here’s the review I wrote for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, which was shown on BBC1 around Christmas.

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In a word: Charmless.
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ONM Remembered – #71

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“The only thing more shocking was when I saw Orko without his hood on.”

from Official Nintendo Magazine issue 148 (January 2005)
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ONM Remembered – #60

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“Burper is a shoot ‘n’ dodge-type game.”

from Official Nintendo Magazine issue 61 (October 1997)
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ONM Remembered – #59

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“Few people are aware that Droopy is actually the coaching genius behind Pete Sampras”

from official Nintendo Magazine issue 118 (July 2002)
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ONM Remembered – #57

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“About as much fun as falling into a vat of industrial strength acid.”

from N64 Magazine issue 11 (January 1998)
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Skythump

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What strange and startling developments have occurred in the life of Ragey over the past four months?

Not much, really. Well, for starters, my feet have somehow been inflicted with every injury known to man – scrapes, bruises, blisters, cuts, everything short of frostbite, from the heel to the sides to the toes. And even the sides of my toes. And given how my personal solution to every health problem in existence is “walk it off”, it’s pretty aggravating! It doesn’t help that every pair of boots I have seems to be the cause of these inconveniences. Who can you trust when you can’t trust your own shoes?

I went to see the new James Bond flick recently, Skyfall. Twice, even! Was it just that good? Well, it just happened to be a decent movie to view with two lots of family members. Thanks to having not one but two opportunities to discuss it with folks, here’s a fat stack of words about it! Spoilers ahoy.
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ONM Remembered – #43

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“SHOW ME YOUR MOVES SOMETIME”

from Official Nintendo Magazine issue 68 (May 1998)
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ONM Remembered – #41

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“Like trying to read a Japanese book!”

from N64 Pro issue 6 (April 1998)
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ONM Remembered – #38

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“And that, really, is it. That’s all you do. That AND NOTHING ELSE.”

from N64 Magazine issue 13 (March 1998)
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ONM Remembered – PSM Week, day 6

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“Sadly, the result is another load of sub-standard toss for the 16-bit gaming wastebasket.”

from PlayStation Magazine issue 62 (September 2000)
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