Dan’s Comic Reviews: Week of Feb 10th 2016
“Harrow County” gets an unexpected visitor, “James Bond” is alone in Berlin, and “Ninjak” causes a heap of trouble in another dimension – all in this week’s reviews from Dark Horse, Dynamite, and Valiant...
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Ask a Dork: RPG Cast
What RPG game do you think has the most diverse and interesting cast of characters? Firstly, I think there are two very different questions going on here. Diverse and interesting are pretty different adjectives...
Ask a Dork: Motherly Love
What are some of your favorite mother/children relationship in modern entertainment? Call me crazy, but my favourite mother/child relationships are the terribly messed up ones. There’s no preference as far as media format goes...
Ask a Dork: Character Tropes
“What are character tropes you would like to see retired?” There are three character tropes I would love to see put on the back-burner: the fool for love, the chosen one, and the klutz....
Ask a Dork: Sick & Lazy
“What are some productive things you would recommend a person while sick?” Honestly? You’re going to have to limit your productivity somewhat if you’re sick. The most important thing you can do while under...
Ask a Dork: Buying Nostalgia
What is nostalgia? And what’s the difference between “selling on nostalgia” and simply being a continuation/legacy? As adults, many of us face hardship in our daily lives. Jobs are lost, friends and family pass...
Ask a Dork: Non-RPG Villains
What are some well-developed villains in games that aren’t from RPGs? It’s interesting that you specified villains that aren’t from RPGs. That makes this question a challenging one to answer. You see, a...
Ask a Dork: YouTube’s Copyright F*ck Up
With the recent influx of Youtube Content ID tagging, what are your thoughts on “fair use” in the digital age? My short response would be that it is utter bullsh*t. This copyright fiasco has...
Ask a Dork: Female-led Films
Do you think the success of Frozen/Catching Fire will show Hollywood there’s a market for female-led films or be seen as the exception to the rule? There are indeed more male leads in modern...
Ask a Dork: Boss Battles
Do you think that boss battles have outlived their usefulness in gaming or are they just not needed for certain genres? Boss battles have been a staple of the video game industry since...
