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It took me way, waaaaay longer to finish this book than it should have, one of the biggest reasons probably being that I set it aside in favor of finishing the A Song of Ice and Fire series, but I wanted to get through it so I could move on.
The book was....okay? I guess. A number of parts felt really choppy, but in a number of instances I thought certain characters were handled well enough. Although in other cases, I think certain aspects could have been done better. Sander Cohen doesn't get a POV despite being one of Bioshock's more...eccentric characters and is pretty much reduced to some one-dimensional psycho lapdog for Ryan with obvious bizarro homosexual overtones (even though in the game some audio diaries seemed to imply some later heavy regret and disillusionment with Ryan and coming to Rapture). Both Suchong and Tenenbaum's speech are "dumbed down" and sound more stereotypical and fobbish in a lot of cases (especially in the case of Suchong). And I think I became sort of bored with the narration at times, but the book definitely did have some interesting insights into Rapture and some of the characters here and there. Fontaine was probably one of the more interesting characters to read about though. However, I read the book isn't really "canon" and Ken Levine himself didn't really have much to do with it (I don't really consider it "canon" myself either, but it was an okay read overall). I didn't really get much attached to a lot of the characters though.
I don't read book video game books a lot, but I guess I'd give this one a 3/5 or something.
The book was....okay? I guess. A number of parts felt really choppy, but in a number of instances I thought certain characters were handled well enough. Although in other cases, I think certain aspects could have been done better. Sander Cohen doesn't get a POV despite being one of Bioshock's more...eccentric characters and is pretty much reduced to some one-dimensional psycho lapdog for Ryan with obvious bizarro homosexual overtones (even though in the game some audio diaries seemed to imply some later heavy regret and disillusionment with Ryan and coming to Rapture). Both Suchong and Tenenbaum's speech are "dumbed down" and sound more stereotypical and fobbish in a lot of cases (especially in the case of Suchong). And I think I became sort of bored with the narration at times, but the book definitely did have some interesting insights into Rapture and some of the characters here and there. Fontaine was probably one of the more interesting characters to read about though. However, I read the book isn't really "canon" and Ken Levine himself didn't really have much to do with it (I don't really consider it "canon" myself either, but it was an okay read overall). I didn't really get much attached to a lot of the characters though.
I don't read book video game books a lot, but I guess I'd give this one a 3/5 or something.
A Wonderful Day for Pokemon Art Theft
While browsing, I recently came across a particular blog that takes the Pokemon artwork of other people. But the real kicker? This person will slap their own 'watermarks' onto the works despite the fact that a number of these works already have visibly existing watermarks and signatures.
Stolen: http://new-and-pokemon.tumblr.com/post/40759026433/dialga-used-roar-of-time-click-for-more-pokemon
http://new-and-pokemon.tumblr.com/post/40597763736/were-all-hoping-it-doesnt-happen-click-for-more#notes
http://new-and-pokemon.tumblr.com/post/40677887488/the-cuteness-click-for-more-pokemon-posts
Additionally, they also claim to have drawn this mor
The Hobbit
I found An Unexpected Journey to be reasonably entertaining. There was action, magic, mystery, rolling landscapes and a good dose of adventure. It's also incredibly lengthy and clocks at nearly three full hours. However, wile I enjoyed a number of the film's aspects, I wouldn't rate it as highly as any of the LOTR films.
The film has a bit of darkness and foreshadowing in it, to be sure, but a part of what adds to the near three-hour runtime is the fact chunks of the film are loaded with seemingly pointless "fluff" and shenanigans that don't do anything to add to the foreshadowing in question or build onto anything more substantial or seriou
Rise of the Guardians
If it weren't for the fact that I'm still blown away by how hard Wreck-It Ralph hit it out of the park, I'd be a lot angrier at how one of the only animated films I was looking forward to in theaters this season ended up falling far flat of my expectations. I was looking forward to ROTG far longer than most films this year, and frankly, even if you didn't consider the hype, it was still fairly borderline mediocre.
The plot is basically about five mythical characters from folklore come together to use their unique abilities to save the day in a fashion reminiscent of the Avengers in order to fight darkness that threatens to cover the globe a
Wreck-It Ralph
I'm not putting any major spoilers in here, but this is....easily the best film I've seen all year. Can't remember the last time I saw an animated film that made me feel happy and sad at the same time (in addition to making me laugh). The closest thing I have to a 'critique' for the film would be that I sort of thought Ralph would explore more than just two other games (Hero's Duty and Sugar Rush) in addition to his own, but otherwise it's really difficult for me to think of anything I didn't enjoy about this film.
Also, just so you know: pop culture references, references everywhere. (and done in a way that was funny and not irritating at
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I'm having a hard time finishing the book because of the way it's written. I feel like more things could be elaborated on and the writing style was dumbed down for a much larger market. A lot of the characters feel one-dimensional and I was really looking forward to learning more about some of the ones we only caught glimpses of in the game--and like you mentioned Cohen, yeah, I was really disappointed with his lack of development. For published fanfiction, I was expecting a lot more, but it reads like anything you could find on the internet for free. Definitely great if you're a huge fan of the games, but otherwise, not the sort of thing I'd recommend to people aside from that reason. I guess it's one of the better video game books out there, though.