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Eleanor Luhar (47 KP) rated Murder Under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season in Books

Jun 24, 2019  
Murder Under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season
Murder Under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season
Dorothy L. Sayers, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ngaio Marsh, Cecily Gayford | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
6
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is the third and final book I was given for Christmas, another collection of classic crime stories. It's similar to Murder On Christmas Eve, so I'm not going to write too much in this review. Out of the two, though, this is my favourite collection.

The stories in this collection are, for the most part, very good. The last couple weren't as engaging, but there's always going to be one or two you don't like. This collection even includes a tale about Sherlock Holmes (and Watson, of course) bt Arthur Conan Doyle himself. It was actually the first I've read of his work, and it was definitely as fantastic as I'd hoped.

Like the other book, the ten stories very from missing jewels hidden inside geese, to missing candle sticks, to death-by-radio. They're all very interesting mysteries, again seemingly simple on the surface but always a lot more incricate than they seem.

A nice collection of classic "festive" crimes. 3.5 stars.
  
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Lou Grande (148 KP) rated Radiator 2 in Video Games

May 28, 2018  
Radiator 2
Radiator 2
2016 | Action, Casual, Simulation
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Video Game Rating Watch
Radiator 2 consists of three mini-games by Robert Yang: Hurt Me Plenty, Succulent, and Stick Shift). All three are gay in nature. In "Hurt Me Plenty," you play a faceless hand that spanks a gentleman. This game is pretty neat in that it has strong messages about consent, limits, and aftercare. You shake your "date's" hand until an agreement is reached via symbols, and you go to town. Afterwards, you provide a comforting touch to his shoulder.

In "Succulent," you guide a nice fellow as he deepthroats a popsicle. You win when it melts! (We all do.)

"Stick Shift" was my favorite game. You "stimulate" a car by shifting gears. The face of the driver is hilarious. The aim of the game is to get the car into its final gear, but it's tricky. The further you go, the easier it is to stall out. If you stall out enough, you get pulled over. If you get pulled over, you are automatically locked out of the game for ten minutes--unless you make kissy-faces at the cops, which I did. Each kiss adds ten minutes to your lock-out. I think I still have like, two hours left before I can play again. The same thing can happen in "Hurt Me Plenty" if you hit your partner too much or after he says his safe word.

These games are amusing, but they're not meant to have long term playability. It's a free game, so it's not as though you're not getting what you paid for.
  
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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Superbad (2007) in Movies

Sep 20, 2020  
Superbad (2007)
Superbad (2007)
2007 | Comedy
10
7.2 (25 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
It's been about ten years to the day that me and my middle school friends saw this for the first time on television, naturally it became a classic from there since we were the embodiment of all of these guys, in spades - their demeanors, writerly crassness, even their *looks*. Plus it was just funnier than hell on top of that. At the time we saw college and the possible divide of our respective friendships as something that was untouchable, so far away that you couldn't even picture it if you tried. Ten years later, now in my fourth year of college and no longer friends with any of those guys, I view this through a completely different lens - and it's even better now than it was back then. This is still, and forever will be, one of the greatest comedies of all time - nay - one of the greatest *movies* of all time. The way as a middle schooler it depicted what was to come, and now the way it depicts what was - both nostalgic for the past and for the future, it's no wonder every teen sex comedy from then on copied this because it's a goddamned fully optimized template to use. Comedies that touch the two hour mark better be funny as sin and/or at least do some decent emotional heavy lifting. This does both with a colossal ease. I can wax lyrical about my love for this all day: the amount of respect it has for and in spite of all its (totally realistic) crudeness, the way I'm always doubled over in crippling laughter from Cera singing "These Eyes", Christopher Mintz-Plasse giving the Holy Grail of teen sex comedy performances (though... everyone is spotless), the picturesque time capsule of being in that awkward high school/college transition that's done so effectively that we as middle schoolers couldn't see at the time even though now as a college student I can see it depicted right there before my very eyes a la real life, etc. I really don't think a single element is done any lesser than it should be. Hope to still be watching this expertly-made masterpiece again another ten years from now. Comedy perfection.
  
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James Koppert (2698 KP) rated Construct by Archivist in Music

Nov 26, 2019  
Construct by Archivist
Construct by Archivist
2017 | Experimental, Metal, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Album Rating
The atmosphere this album creates is huge (0 more)
If you like short songs look elsewhere (0 more)
Post metal concept album sounds terrible but actually it's not
Ads you may have noticed despite being a Hip Hop artist and mainly listening to Hip Hop I do love all music, if it good, I'll bang it through my speakers. However I must admit, although i love hardcore, metal is not my favourite genre.

This was recommended to me and the description sounded horrific, it is a sci fi concept album mixing shoe gazer with blast beats and songs getting to the ten minute mark. Yeah, terrible right? Well actually its really damn good. Parts of the album remind me of Belligerent Declaration where dark atmospheric slow meandering showcase, builds up the atmosphere before going full sonic heavy on your ears without ever destroying the feeling its creates. Its rare to listen to a song clocking over 8 minutes and then rewind it to listen again but I did.

Now I need to get their new one and watch out for them live.