Mr. Robot, Season 2 Review: “eps2.2_init_1.asec” There’s a quote near the end of “Init 1” – the fourth episode of Mr. Robot’s second season – that sums up my feelings on the current state of the show: “What you have…it can be divinity, if you let it.” And although Ray is speaking to Elliot at … Continue reading
However else I may feel about an episode of Smallville, I think the show is always better when a guest star is someone who’s actually gone on to have a career. “X-Ray,” for example, was helped a lot by casting future star Lizzie Caplan as that episode’s meteor freak. And while it’s impossible for the … Continue reading
Originally published by 3/8/14 Yeah, it’s time to pick on a bit of a sacred cow here. Though it’s considered by many to be the best Batman game ever, listeners of the podcast may recall that Rich and I weren’t quite as impressed with Batman: Arkham City as most. It certainly didn’t live up to … Continue reading
Sometimes, movie trailers just speak to you. Regardless of if you’re the demographic a film is going for, or if it’s even the sort of movie you don’t normally go for, a good trailer can tick all the right boxes to get you interested in a film. Such was the case with Nerve, a film … Continue reading
Here at The Joy of Geek, we love everything from the latest superhero movie to the most obscure sci-fi cult classic. And while the subject of this article isn’t exactly the most obscure, it is a movie with a devoted fanbase that never made it into the mainstream market. To kickoff this new series “Cult … Continue reading
Look, let’s not mince words on this one: Ben-Hur is an atrocity of a video game, a garbage attempt to build hype for the upcoming movie by slapping together the quickest, dirtiest collection of assets into a barely playable chunk. There’s less content in this title than in most game demos; it’s generous to even … Continue reading
Well, Suicide Squad has finally been released upon the world, and while you can check out Kevin’s written review or our podcast roundtable for our thoughts, I think it goes without saying that the response is, at best, mixed. However, whatever else there is to say about the movie, there’s no denying that it goes … Continue reading
So, fun fact, this is one of the few Smallville episodes I can remember seeing, and may well be the first time I ever saw the series. Other than that? Well… “Cool” wasn’t the most thrilling hour of television. It’s an episode that continues the show’s trend towards the more generic freak-of-the-week focus that defines … Continue reading
Originally published on 6/20/14 As made clear by the full review posted a few weeks ago, I recently finished playing through Zero-Time Dilemma. Despite my mixed feelings on the game, I still found myself in a marathon, late-night play session, one that led me to the same thought I have every time I finish a … Continue reading
Suicide Squad is no doubt a messy movie, albeit a really fun messy movie. The first act is bogged down in uneven exposition, it takes a while for the supporting characters to do anything noteworthy, and it doesn’t help that the trailers already showed some of its best moments; yet despite its faults, I thoroughly … Continue reading