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David McK (3663 KP) rated Hounded in Books

Jan 28, 2019  
Hounded
Hounded
Kevin Hearne | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry
6
7.1 (7 Ratings)
Book Rating
It's hard now-a-days to read urban fantasy without drawing comparisons with Jim Butchers superlative 'Dresden Files' series.

It's even harder when the story is told in the first person, and features a powerful magic-user who deals with all sorts of magical creatures.

That is most definitely the case with Kevin Hearne's 'Hounded' novel, the first in his Iron Druid series (and, I believe, also his first novel). However, unlike Harry Dresden, Atticus O'Sulivan is a centuries old Irish Druid and is already pretty powerful. Also, unlike Dresden, he does not deliberately draw attention to himself ('Wizard for hire'), nor does he have a relationship with the local PD.

Instead, Atticus is doing his best to live the quiet life, trying to stay away from the attention of a Celtic god who has hounded him for centuries and believes that Atticus has stolen a powerful magical sword from him (the sword is in Atticus possession, yes, but not stolen).

All in all, I found this to be a pleasant diversion while waiting for the next Dresden book, and will possibly read a few more to see if I 'grow into' the series any more.
  
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Amelia's Tea (8 KP) rated the Xbox One version of The Outer Worlds in Video Games

Oct 28, 2019 (Updated Nov 1, 2019)  
The Outer Worlds
The Outer Worlds
2019 | Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Shooter
10
8.3 (13 Ratings)
Video Game Rating Watch
Great writing, from story, to characters, to lore. (1 more)
It's beautiful, and atmospheric with great music.
At time of playing (launch, before any updates) there's a few clunky things: like constantly drawing your weapon when you don't mean to. (1 more)
I had one instance where entering a room in the final mission kept completely crashing my game, and I had to parkour my way around to overcome this. Hopefully this is patched out soon!
Saved the Single Player
I loved this game. I imagine I'll be playing it for many years to come, and I'm hoping desperately for a sequel! I've been missing single player RPGs desperately lately, with studios like BioWare leaving them behind.

This game really scratched that itch for me. It's got great characters, great gameplay and a great story. It's just great. I can't recommend it enough.

Obviously it has some kinks to be worked out, but I was very easily able to overlook them when playing.
I am a little disappointed that some features were left out, like third person view and romances, but hope that these could be implemented into a sequel. Either way, I still enjoyed playing.
  
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Grumpy Goblin (123 KP) rated The Boys Volume 4: We Gotta Go Now in Books

Jul 23, 2019  
The Boys Volume 4: We Gotta Go Now
The Boys Volume 4: We Gotta Go Now
Garth Ennis | 2009 | Comics & Graphic Novels
6
7.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Great story (2 more)
Brilliantly controversial
Great spin on normal superhero novels.
Bad quality paper (2 more)
The drawing style had changed slightly
Dynamite Entertainment was plugged straight on the spine meaning it is the only volume that doesn't fit in with the rest.
Great Story, shame the quality of the book itself has gone down.
I actually really enjoyed this story and feel it takes a deeper look into the psyche of some of the main characters. It kept me gripped right until the end and left me excited to read the next volume.

What I didn't like (and this may seem a little anal), is that Dynamite Entertainment had taken over the franchise at this point and had to make this statement by not only slapping their name on the front, which is fine. But also slap bang on the spine. This means that when this particular volume is sat nicely between 3 & 6 (which don't seem to have it) it sticks out like a sore thumb.

I also didn't like the fact the paper used was much cheaper than the usual and made it feel much cheaper.