A Battle of Onin
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A Battle of Onin is the byproduct of countless player shortages for classic 4 player trick taking...
The Oxford English Dictionary
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The foremost single volume authority on the English language, the Oxford Dictionary of English is at...
Real Speed: Extreme & Fast Rivals
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Drive the fastest cars on the planet in ultimate racing game which will test your skills and...
Polar (Music from the Netflix Film) by Deadmau5
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Polar (Music from the Netflix Film), the film's soundtrack album, was released by Deadmau5 on...
Supernatural: The Dogs of Edinburgh
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Dean and Sam Winchester were raised as Hunters by their widowed father, seeking vengeance on the...
David McK (3623 KP) rated Ghost of Tsushima in Video Games
Jan 27, 2023
Think Assassin's Creed (though you're not an assassin. Not that the later entries in that series had you as being one anyway ...), but without the whole Animus concept, or the underpinning Assassin/Templar conflict or the modern day elements.
It's also quite immersive with the Guiding Wind concept leading you to whatever location you had set, instead of cluttering up the screen with a HUD, and the story itself is well told.
Now to try out the Iki Island expansion ...
David McK (3623 KP) rated Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (2023) in Movies
Apr 10, 2023 (Updated Sep 10, 2023)
(I must admit that, as large parts of it were filmed in my home of Northern Ireland, I did spend quite a bit of time playing 'spot the location').
It also has a refreshing low-stakes feel about it (there's no real 'end of the world' disaster to be averted), and I did also feel that it had elements of Monty Python around it (particularly in the talking to the dead graveyard bit)
David McK (3623 KP) rated Mulan (2020) in Movies
Aug 22, 2023
Beauty and the Beast.
Cinderella.
The Jungle Book.
The Lion King.
Pinnochio
And Mulan.
What do they all have in common? Answer: they're all live action reimaginings of animated movies.
From that aforementioned list, this is also the only one I haven't actually seen the original of, so can't really compare (except I know the original had Eddie Murphy voicing a character), and that the basic plot is about a girl pretending to be a bloke to join the Imperial army.
This also actually had more mystical/magical elements in it than I was expecting for a live action movie, what with the whole 'witch' turning into birds thing and the Phoenix, but was also curiously 'dead' and not really all that involving.
Merissa (13389 KP) rated Death & Maia in Books
Jun 13, 2025
While I enjoyed the story, the writing style wasn't for me. There were parts that just didn't make any sense, and to be fair, I wasn't in a state of mind where I could dive deeper.
Some people will love this book, but it wasn't for me. Sorry!
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Merissa
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Jun 13, 2025