Video Game Reviews - Skyrim: Helgen Reborn

It's been a good time recently for unofficial Skyrim DLC. The modding community for the fifth game in the Elder Scrolls saga has not calmed down a bit since the game came out in late 2011, but only recently has it become truly remarkable. Bethesda Sotworks has announced that there will be no further official DLC for the game, giving modders free reign to finally make the big changes and additions that they have been envisioning since the game was first released, and to finally release the big mods that have been years in the making, knowing that there will be no more DLC in the future that they will have to adapt there work to support. Of course the most impressive of these megamods is the rightfully praised and popular Falskaar, the first unofficial DLC to feature a working, full-scale landmass, questline, and a full cast of brand new voice actors. It is a milestone for the Skyrim modding community. To make the large, open world of Skyrim seem like it truly exists in a larger world, the provinces surrounding Skyrim do exist in-game, if only in a very rough, unfinished state. The existence of Falskaar gives players hope that these lands might one day be made complete. Falskaar is by far the best all-around mod on the web for Skyrim, and I don't think that anyone could argue that, but we aren't here to talk about Falskaar today. Today, we are here to talk about a mod from back in May of this year that I feel has the potential to rival Falskaar and other such mods as a DLC alternative: Helgen Reborn, by Mike Hancho, known to his friends as Balok.

TV Reviews - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)

I loved the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when I was growing up. I had several of the old VHS tapes, and I would watch them over and over, and the TMNT action figures were some of the first that I ever actually collected from the store, unlike Transformers which I primarily bought from garage sales. I loved the characters, even if they were simple and stereotypical and a complete product of the times (cowabunga anyone?), and what passed for science in the show was laughable at best and totally suspension-of-disbelief-shattering at worst, but there was just something about the premise that worked. I also wholly believe that this show is responsible for my unnatural love of pizza. I enjoyed the live action movies as well, both of them (third movie, what third movie?). Needless to say I get excited whenever something TMNT is announced (unless it has Michael Bay's name on it).

Toy Reviews - Megatron Week

Been a while since I've posted here, so let's mark my return with something big. Check out my newest series of toy reviews here.