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The Fires of Heaven – The Wheel of Time, Book 5

July 18, 2018 Justin Lado Book Reviews, Non MTG, Reviews

Man, the Aiel really don’t like Cairhien… The Fires of Heaven continues Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time epic immediately after The Shadow Rising. Rand has secured most of the Aiel clans’ loyalty and found a teacher for the One Power, Nynaeve fought one of the dreaded Forsaken to a stalemate and the White Tower has split. Fires has a lot happening and starts off pretty quickly, but ends with some major bangs. Rand’s group has to contend at first with the rogue Shaido clan of Aiel, who followed what they believe to be the true Aiel leader in Couladin into

Fallout: The beginning of a beautifully miserable world

June 14, 2018 Justin Lado Non MTG, Non MTG Games, Reviews

War; War Never Changes Fallout is a futuristic turn-based role playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world. While that statement may seem bland and uninspired, the game itself is not. Created by Interplay Productions and released in 1997, Fallout has been the jumping off point for a series of games with deep, rich world building and stories. The game itself is well constructed and, while technically shallow by today’s standards, still extremely enjoyable in its own right. When I say technically shallow, I do not mean that the game is simplistic or even easy. Far from it. Combat is turn-based, with

The Shadow Rising – The Wheel of Time, Book 4

June 13, 2018 Justin Lado Book Reviews, Non MTG, Reviews

Enter the Fremen… Er… Aiel With Callandor secure and Rand’s identity established, The Shadow Rising starts off with the group gathered in Tear. As usual, they will soon go in various directions following their own paths, but they will not all regroup by the end of this book. Here is where Robert Jordan begins his sprawling epic in earnest. Rand, Mat, Moiraine and Egwene travel to the Wastes, home of the Aiel. They do so together, but for differing purposes. Theirs is the main thrust of the book, introducing a new land and a deeper look at its people, the

Quick Takes: Sekiro Shadows Die Twice

June 12, 2018 Justin Lado Non MTG, Non MTG Games, Reviews

Samurai Dark Souls! FROM Software, developers of the Dark Souls series, recently put their newest IP on display in Sekiro Shadows Die Twice, and from early trailers and discussion, it appears to be deeply ingrained in their previous success while still diving off to be unique in it’s own way. From translations and trailers, the story seems to revolve around a lone samurai who loses both an arm and a young lord that he was tasked to protect, and wakes up in an old temple with a “prosthetic” arm (it’s an arm and hand bones with things attached to it.