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The Wager review
| Reading time: ~1 minute
A riveting historical narrative that takes its time to get going. The story of the Wager is honestly one of the more interesting little historical episodes I've ever heard of. It's got it all; a shipwreck, a mutiny, desperate struggles to stay alive, and at the end of it all several different...
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Light Bringer review
| Reading time: 2 minutes
A titan of a novel that in some ways takes the series back to its roots while simultaneously driving the plot forward and crucially developing many of the major players. In the 4 year wait between Dark Age and Light Bringer, I admit many of the finer details and smaller characters were lost on me....
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River of Stars review
| Reading time: 2 minutes
Guy Gavriel Kay is my favorite author, so when I say River of Stars was a bit of a disappointment, it's in the context that it's still one of my favorite reads of the year. However, it's definitely still in the lower tier of his work in my opinion, never reaching the heights of Lions and the...
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Final Fantasy XVI review
| Reading time: 2 minutes
I spent roughly 34 hours completing Final Fantasy 16, and while I had a positive experience overall, I don't feel that the game lived up to the potential shown in the demo. The graphics look great, especially in the Eikon battles, but there are some significant framerate issues even on performance...
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Waybound review
| Reading time: 2 minutes
Cradle is one of my favorite popcorn reads, having maintained a level of quality (and a rapid release scheduled) over 12 books that's really admirable. It's not deep literature by any means, just breezy Western cultivation novels, novelized comics. That said, they're really fun. They're a good way...
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante review
| Reading time: 2 minutes
Last month I played through a bit of Sir Brante, and over the past week I've finished it. I really enjoyed the game and it's one of the better interactive fiction games I've played, but it's not without a few issues.
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