Shadow of Mordor… Everyone and their grandmother said this game was the shit of shits back in 2014. So me being a cheap-ass gamer who waits for most things to go down in price, I decided to wait and eventually picked it up in 2015.  Pre-Hype Blues I kept hearing about how amazing the nemesis system was and why this was the reason I needed to play this game. I kept hearing about how it had amazing combat, how it took the Assassin’s Creed and Batman Arkham series’ schtick and perfected the formula with unprecedented freedom. Oh boy! So I load up the game, get into a little skirmish and yes the combat is a little Batman-y. That’s sweet because at the time I had played two of those games and knew how to seriously kick some ass in that framework. My first outing I see a group of orcs and I’m thinking, “Noice! mother fuckers are bout to get werked.’ So I run over, waving my sword in the air and screaming the void-words of the fallen fathers of Gondor and get f

Greetings Ladiez and Germtelmen! 'Tis I, the wonderful and amazing Titan Greybeard!   *fanfare with full band and brass section* I am coming to you with another article in regards to the topic of race and modern media! (Yaaay relevance!) This will be a spiritual successor to an article I wrote on my blog (https://thoughtspillsite.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/why-daredevil-season-two-is-important-and-also-one-of-the-best-shows-of-all-time/ pluggity pluggity plug plug!) which talks about why racial representation in modern media is important. Why are you writing another article on a similar topic I hear you ask? WHY ARE YOU ASKING I DIDN'T ASK YOU!? *Ahem* I am writing this article because today the first press shot was released of Scarlett Johansson as the female lead in   the live action adaptation of the iconic Masamune Shirow manga and anime, Ghost in the Shell. Now, I'm not going to go into what the show is about, 'cause you can Go