Month: April 2013

04/10/13

Book Review: Ninja: 1000 Years of the Shadow Warrior

Book Review by Lloyd Sabin, 10 April, 2013

Lloyd takes on a new book on everyone’s favorite assassins.

img src=”https://www.grogheads.com/book-ninja1000pic.jpg” alt=”ninja” width=”286″ height=”420″ align=”right” />I have been on a Japanese history kick for the last month or so. For the military historian, there are few cultures in the world that offer more than the incredibly rich military culture of Japan for the last couple of millennia, and ninja play a large part.

A big problem when studying phenomenon like ninja is separating the wheat from the chaff, the truth from the myth. Could ninjas really perform magic and stop bullets with their hands, or were they more like Japanese special forces troops?

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04/7/13

Bioshock Infinite

Developer: Irrational Games
Publisher: 2K Games

Review by Son of Montfort, 7 April 2013

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GrogHeads is proud to induct Bioshock Infinite into the Order of the Hex, for its Mind-Bending Narrative.

And in attempting to explain the full level of awesome that it is, Monty tries to express his love for the game without spoiling too much of the plot, like that really annoying kid in 3rd grade that told you Vader really was Luke’s father.

"Bring us the girl and wipe away your debt." It always starts so simply. Rain on a secluded dock, an abandoned lighthouse in a storm, a mysterious pair rowing a boat in yellow slickers. But from the moment that the sky lights up in answer to the lighthouse’s call to the mind-twisting finale, Bioshock Infinite is anything but simple. It is a complex, breathtaking, heartbreaking, and shocking tale of penance and redemption. It is also a tale told with outstanding visuals, set against the changing backdrop of a gilded city floating in the sun-drenched realm above the clouds.

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04/4/13

A Civilization V AAR – Lucky Part 13

Brant Guillory, 4 April 2013

Bad puns, great gameplay, and occasionally brilliant maneuvers, as Brant’s Civ V Gods & Kings AAR rolls on.

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We finally found someone else, so let’s negotiate with them and see what it gets us. Meanwhile, we’re spreading Catharism around the world.

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Have a Little Bit of This!

Catharism has now been spread to Lisbon, and you’ll notice by the green bar under their name that our influence there has gone up.

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