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Dear Barney, Robin, Lily, Marshall & Ted: You used to make me laugh every week. We had some great moments, you and me. Those times I almost peed my pants. The episodes I watched over and over again. The Pineapple, the Duel, the Slutty Pumpkin, the Goat… Sandcastles in the Sand and Let’s Go to the Mall had me rolling on the floor. All the hints and flash forwards kept me interested, trying to figure out if we had met the mother yet and who she could be. Every week I would be so excited for the new …

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It’s a rare feeling when a game pulls the rug from under your feet and drops your jaw in amazement. It usually happens only once per generation, and it could be anything from the graphics to a groundbreakingly real gameplay innovation to something as simple as a surprisingly human expression on a fictional 3D head. Here’s some of the moments in my gaming past that I will never forget, the ones that gave me that sense of wonder, amazement and immersion that has kept me gaming to this day. I will never …

The news came from an Ubisoft investor conference call in which CEO Yves Guillemot predicted it would be “the biggest launch in Ubisoft history.”

Ezio story ended with Creed: Revelations, the third Ezio instalment, and AC3 will shift focus to another Assassin related to Desmond.

It was announced today that AC: Revelations ship nearly 7 million copies during the holiday months.

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Okay, so I typically don’t review things on this blog. There’s a certain logic of, well, what gives me the right? My stuff isn’t perfect, so it seems the height of hubris to judge others. That said, I’ve recently watched a new direct-to-home film that I decided I should comment on. It’s one you’re all likely familiar with: Batman – Year One. This is the latest of the DC animated movies, and so far I’ve enjoyed them all. Sometimes I have to squint my eyes and pretend they’re a part of the old DCAU (a la …

In short I’ve become jaded by slasher films.

This made it all the more surprising when I read the first novel from Matthew LeDrew (Infinity).  The first book in the series, Black Womb tells the story of a serial killer that is picking off high school student as they try to unravel a mystery almost two decades past.

The movie – book.  See what I did there?  The writing in Black Womb is seamless and to the point, without robbing you of the details or over baring you with them either.  The writing comes away feeling like a movie.

Even the plot tends to veer towards that of a film.  A high school student gets murdered, it affects the entire high school, then more kids start dropping, the police are baffled and somebody throws a house party.

While I would normally criticize a book for using a cliché plot thread, Black Womb has two saving graces.

The first is how the book constantly remind me of one of my favourite slasher films of all time: Scream, but the writing doesn’t feel like it is ripped off of Scream or poorly imitated but instead the books feels like it was lovingly influenced by Wes Craven’s masterpiece.

The second is the twist the narrative takes.  When something walks like a cow, talks like a cow and sounds like a cow your opinion is pretty self explanatory but when those cows suddenly turn out to be Skrulls in disguise then you find yourself wonderfully shocked.  (This was also a lesson Fantastic Four history.  Snoogens)

Black womb is the literary combination of two genera, making the writing the unholy, but wonderful, offspring of Wes Craven and Todd McFarland.  A ‘Do Not Miss’ for Axe Weilders and True Believers.

Matthew LeDrew can be followed at http://www.engenbooks.com and his personal Blog.

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I don’t usually buy graphic novels that are not wrapped in transparent plastic for one reason. If it is open, it means that other people have already scanned or browsed it. And if a lot of people have already touched it, chances are that the graphic novel will have creases and folds due to mishandling. Every comic book geek knows that a value of a comic book diminishes once it has undesirable “scars”. And I have adapted this rule in buying books too. But there’s always an exception to every rule. …

I could do that.

Warning: When attempting to replicate a magic trick make sure you weren’t at the bar getting a drink when he makes the writer re-appear or he vanishes for a while.

In short I’m back baby.

So without further ado I welcome you to 42 Webs newest column: How to be a Geek!

Pause for Applauds.

I am not saying I am the foremost authority on geekdom (that’s for the historians to decide), nor do I declare myself a geek guru and demand that my word be followed (I pay other people to declare that) what I am writing here is an observation on how a regular geek views and acts in this word that many claim we rule.  Of course with me as always, living in his brackets, is Evil Larry (Sup….I now do children’s parties).

This article will not be an editorial or a review.  It won’t be an essay or a rant or anything like that (This column may turn into a crossword though).  This column will be more like a traditional blog, one man simply talking about geekdom and its effects on him.

It will have some snazzy pics though.

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Not all of these were released in 2011, but I played them in 2011. Also, I haven’t finished all of these games yet, so this is not based on an overall view of each game from start to finish, but rather my favourites based on my general sense of the game. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to finish Skyrim. Has anyone ever finished that? Does it ever end?

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