Author: Shmee

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Shmee Heads Back To The Inquisition!

Have you ever enjoyed a game a lot, but then another game came along and distracted you, so you never finished the first game?  Well that happened to me with Dragon Age: Inquisition.  I was almost done with Inquisition when the The Witcher 3 came out, and while Inquisition is a great game, The Witcher 3 is almost perfect.  The 2017 Xbox Ultimate Sale had all the Inquisition DLC marked down, so it was the perfect time to jump back in.  The question is, does the game hold up?

Pretty much.  Dragon Age: Inquisition kind of lives in The Witcher 3’s shadow now, so it will always be viewed as a less than.  A lot of people out there like to rag on it now.  Especially after Mass Effect: Andromeda, which had all of Inquisition’s flaws, but to a much higher degree, and it makes Inquisition look worse because of the comparisons.   Which is a shame.  The party members and the main quest for Inquisition are very well written, and I really enjoyed finishing up their story.  Not to mention it still has the old school pause-able combat, and I love being able to get tactical when I need to.

I have had a lot of fun going back and playing this game, and if you haven’t played it yet, I still think it is worth your time.  I know a lot of people out there have decided that in hindsight it is not very good, but I think it is still a great game, and it offers a ton game for your money.  Is it as good as The Witcher 3? No, but very few games are, and that shouldn’t take away from the fun you can have with Dragon Age: Inquisition.  I have enjoyed rejoining the Inquisition.

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Game Of Thrones Is Back And The Worst Is Still To Come!

After what seems like forever, Game of Thrones is back with season seven, and while it starts off with a bang, the first episode was mostly setting up the pieces on the board for the last round of the great game.  None of the players, save one, are in great positions.

The Starks are up against the Wall and the White Walkers to the north, and Cersei Lannister and what is left of her armies to the south.  Speaking of Cersei, she has no allies, enemies at all sides, and even her brother is not sure about her.  Though at this point, no one is counting her out.  Which leaves Daenerys Targaryen, while she has the dragons and the numbers, what she doesn’t have is information.  She has no idea what the Starks are up against, and I doubt she can fathom what Cersei is capable of.

Now the players are set, and the last game is about to be played.  The question is can they finish it before the White Walkers finish them?  I will be watching with great interest, wondering: How quickly does all this intrigue devolve in to driving snow and dragon fire?  About six more episodes I am guessing.

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I Visit Castlevania!

Netflix is really doing everything in its power to make sure it has all its bases covered.  It has been busy licensing a lot of anime, and with Voltron and recently Castlevania, it is making some of its own.  Both series are quite good.  Voltron for the family viewers and Castlevania for the hardcore crowd.  Castlevania’s issue may be that it is too over-the-top.  It is a non-stop gore-fest.

If you remember anything about the games, you will be at home here.  Dracula (Graham McTavish) has gone off the deep end, and only Trevor Belmont (Richard Armitage) can stop him.  There is more to it, but the beginning is the most shocking part of the series, so I don’t want to spoil it.

Adi Shankar’s fingerprints are all over Castlevania.  Every scene drips with blood and violence.  It holds nothing back.  If you have seen his Dredd shorts on YouTube.com, you will know what you are in for.  You can tell he has been dying to make something like this for a long time.  It is almost a shame fellow producer and primary financier Fred Seibert (Frederator Networks, Inc.) couldn’t restrain him a little.

The voice acting is all well done.  Armitage and McTavish are particularly great.  You can feel their apathy and disgust with the world.  The backup actors are good too.  Filling in their little pieces of the world.

I can only recommend Castlevania to a small group of people.  People who know what Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is, and love it.  This is like the American version of that, but with Castlevania’s lore, and buckets of animated blood.  If that interests you, the series is only four short episodes long, so it is worth a view.  I liked it, but I also love Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.

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Freeform Is Finally Getting A Show I Am Interested In, The New Warriors!

There are so many comic book TV shows out there now.  Though for a while it seemed that DC was destined to own broadcast TV while Marvel would just keep trucking along on Netflix (with the exception of Agents of SHEILD).  Not so!  Marvel is adding two new shows this year, Inhumans and their first comedy The New Warriors.

The internet is going nuts for The New Warriors because it will have Twitter favorite Squirrel Girl played by the AT&T Girl (Milana Vayntrub).

I guess she was in This Is Us too, but who watches that show.  Anyway, I have been hoping for a good superhero comedy, so I hope Freeform can pull it off.  Though if the internet has taught me anything, The Amazing Squirrel Girl can do whatever she sets her mind to (she beat Thanos once)!

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I Gave Joel McHale Money For A Book He Kind Of Wrote!

I know it shocks some of you, but sometimes I read books.  You just don’t know about it because most them are in a series, and it seems odd to review the twelfth book in a set.  Anyway, I recently finished, “Thanks for the Money: How to Use My Life Story to Become the Best Joel McHale You Can Be!”.  If you can believe it, it is satirical self help book based on the life of comedian and actor Joel McHale.

It is about Joel complaining that he doesn’t make enough money, so he hires ghostwriters to write a book to make him more cash, and apparently if we follow his life, we will be just as moderately successful as he is.  Seems reasonable.  I will not need to get as many hair plugs as he did though.

It is a pretty funny book.  It seems to know I have a weakness for witty footnotes, and this book contains a lot of them.  It is a quick read at barely over 300 pages, and quite a few of those are pictures.  It also contains a lot of info about his parents … you know what I am not going to spoil it.  Just be ready for anything.

If you like Joel “Soup Man” McHale (I am not sure he would like that name), you will probably like this book.  It is full of his biting sarcastic persona.  I know I enjoyed myself.  You will probably only be disappointed if you really wanted to buy a self help book to be more like Joel McHale.