Resident Evil: City of the Dead is based on the events of the second video game. It loosely follows the plot of both the Leon and Claire stories. We also get a few POVs from other characters, which is a nice touch. Perry did a nice job of working with the two separate stories andContinue reading “The Great Resident Evil: City of the Dead”
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A Review of a Mortal Kombat Novel by Jeff Rovin
I liked this book, but it is an odd reimagining of Mortal Kombat. It also gets somewhat confusing near the end when the bad guys are trying to open a portal to Hell. The story from the video games is in here, but it feels like it has been put through a blender. The reasonsContinue reading “A Review of a Mortal Kombat Novel by Jeff Rovin”
Well, That Happened: Review of Star Crusader a Novel
I’m sure everyone has played a game that they barely remember. Something that you might have played as a kid once or twice and only barely remember the game. Well, Star Crusader is one of those games for me. I played the game at a friend’s house and promptly forgot about most of it. TheContinue reading “Well, That Happened: Review of Star Crusader a Novel”
Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller | This is what I think the Metaverse will look like
Having the metaverse being a vision of Hell is somewhat comical to me. I think it is very fitting that this version of something so unnecessary would only be useful as a place to psychologically torture people who hurt someone’s feelings. I hadn’t heard of this game before reading the book, and now I kindContinue reading “Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller | This is what I think the Metaverse will look like”
A Disappointing Entry in the Doom Series
I wanted to like this book. The second book built up a terrific cliffhanger, and this book wasted it by opening with everyone being in Hawaii. It would have been better if we followed Arlene and Flynn, trying to find a way to get out of L.A. There are also more perspectives in this bookContinue reading “A Disappointing Entry in the Doom Series”