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About fakedtales

I'm a writer, a podcaster, a reviewer of games. Here's where I share my own fiction and my encounters with other people's media.

Comic Reviews 16 October 2013

Posted on October 22, 2013 by fakedtales

BRIEF COMIC REVIEWS A + X #13 The first of a six-part A+X story starts in this issue. The skrulls, the universe’s punching bag since Secret Invasion, have a secret group of superpowered zealot skrulls who are posing a potential … Continue reading →

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Rogue Legacy Review

Posted on October 16, 2013 by fakedtales

Rogue Legacy is a fascinating game of a generational struggle against a castle filled with monsters using a Metroidvania system and randomly-generated quirks for each of your children, and I’ve reviewed it here, at D+Pad Magazine. Follow the link and … Continue reading →

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Comic Reviews 9 October 2013

Posted on October 16, 2013 by fakedtales

BRIEF COMIC REVIEWS Each week I write comic reviews on the Google Plus Comic Book Community. This post contains last week’s reviews. ASTONISHING X-MEN #68 Warbird has been a really strange focal character. Not really a mutant, so much as … Continue reading →

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Comic Reviews 2 October 2013

Posted on October 10, 2013 by fakedtales

A+X #12 Beast, as I’ll get onto in the next review, is the master of dubious moral decisions. Wonder Man is a pacifist in the most judgemental and annoying way at the moment. Still, A+X puts them both together and … Continue reading →

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Comics Reviews 25 September 2013

Posted on October 2, 2013 by fakedtales

A quick aside for starters. I mentioned in my previous preview that I thought I’d missed Hawkeye. The Comixology Pull List app had apparently lied, or the issue was missed. Something like that anyway, as there wasn’t an issue on … Continue reading →

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Papers, Please Review

Posted on September 29, 2013 by fakedtales

My latest review for D+Pad Magazine is up, where I take time away from my full time office job to play the role of a man doing petty bureaucratic work. Don’t worry though, there are bombs, dissidents and armed guards! … Continue reading →

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Comic Reviews 18 September 2013

Posted on September 23, 2013 by fakedtales

I write weekly comic book reviews on Google Plus’ Comic Book Community and I thought I would finally put them up on my own site each week for a while. So here’s a week which messes with both space and … Continue reading →

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The Yawhg Review

Posted on September 16, 2013 by fakedtales

“The Yawhg will be here in six weeks. …And no one expects it. Not a one of us. We just keep on living our lives, week by week, unaware.”   The Yawhg is a game which I saw a trailer … Continue reading →

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Tale of the Unpainter

Posted on July 16, 2013 by fakedtales

Tale of the Unpainter The blog I’ve joined, Hooting into the Abyss, is a bit heavy on the miniatures painters. The profiles and paint-based journeys of the gang are called, “Tale of VIII Painters”. Fair enough, but I don’t paint … Continue reading →

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Explosion High!

Posted on July 2, 2013 by fakedtales

The day has finally arrived! Thanks to the work of the Mighty Mike Armstrong, Explosion High! is finally live! The site has been made to change to an optimal view whether you’re on a PC, tablet or phone, even shifting … Continue reading →

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