Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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Harry spends most of this book being very angry. Angry at his friends for not writing to him, angry at Dumbledore for not being straight with him, angry with Dolores Umbridge, angry with Professor Snape... Harry was actually quite unlikable for the first part of the book, he came across as too obnoxious - Maybe this had to do with…

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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And this is where the Harry Potter series stopped being aimed squarely at children. You can tell just by the size of it - it's twice the size of Prisoner of Azkaban and three times the size of Philosopher's Stone. This is probably my favourite book of the series behind Deathly Hallows (for reasons that will be explained later), it's…

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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At this point I feel these are still children's books, although the tone is starting to shift a little. I loved the dynamic between Remus Lupin and Harry - it was the first time Harry really learned about his father from someone who knew him very well, although they seemed to talk about Sirius Black more (given his escape from…

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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The Chamber of Secrets is a cracking mystery - The main villain turns out to be someone... er... something most unexpected. A part of Lord Voldemort's soul encased in his diary - Later revealed to be a Horcrux. And the Sword of Gryffindor was given Horcrux destroying abilities in this book too. Again, how much of the future did J.K.…

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

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In terms of "stuff what I read", March was most definitely Harry Potter month. One month, all seven books. These were originally going to be one "MASSIVE POST", but I felt they'd be better as separate entries over the course of a few days. Anyway, this was the second time I have read the series, and I got through the…
Bayo-fuckin’-etta

Bayo-fuckin’-etta

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Format: Xbox 360 Developer: Platinum Games Publisher: Sega Release: January 2010 Now, I don't know if you know this (err...), but I'm a bit of a Devil May Cry fan. I bought a PS2 solely for the original Devil May Cry, I put myself through the torture that was through Devil May Cry 2, I loved Devil May Cry 3…
Devil May Cry 3 Review

Devil May Cry 3 Review

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This Devil May Cry 3 review was written for Poopgang back in 2005 (or thereabouts). Unfortunately I've lost the original images I made for it (I liked to use thin vertical slices of image back then, to break the chunks of text up), but I'll pop a few relevant ones in, just so it's not a fucking massive block of…
Devil May Cry 2 review

Devil May Cry 2 review

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I remember how bad this game was. I remember how hurt I was. It still hurts. Format: Playstation 2 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: March 2003 A good sequel will add new aspects to the original. New techniques, new weapons, new characters… Devil May Cry adds all these things in the form of Lucia, an alternate playable character with new…
Devil May Cry review

Devil May Cry review

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Today I'll reproduce the Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 2 reviews, then tomorrow, as some kind of finale, will be the Devil May Cry 3 review, where I gush for hours and hours. Format: Playstation 2 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: December 2001 They say that the greatest trick the Devil ever played was to convince the World…
.hack review

.hack review

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This review was written for Poopgang in 2005. The original screenshots were mostly lost, these new ones are from Neoseeker. Format: Playstation 2 Developer: CyberConnect2 Publisher: Atari Release: 26th March 2004 .hack//infection, .hack//mutation, .hack//outbreak, .hack//quarantine. A series of four “online”, yet most definitely offline, role playing games where you play a character that plays an online game. Sound confusing? To…