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Of the many fan theories floating around the various hive-minds of pop culture, one of my favorites is the notion that “James Bond” is not a man so much as a designation; no matter what year, no matter where the hotspots are, MI:6’s top agent is always James Bond, and James Bond is always MI:6’s top agent.  Of course, as new recruits arrive and old spymasters are phased out and/or murdered by villain’s deathtraps, the face may change, but there will always be a Bond.  (Of course, this theory doesn’t take into account the changing faces of Ernst Stavro Blofeld,…

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This week, in my house anyway, there was nearly as much buildup to the annual Doctor Who Christmas Special as there was to the arrival of the Christmas Dragon himself.  (Long story, but suffice to say not all children are sanguine with the idea of people seeing them when they are sleeping.)  Having now experienced the whole arc of Eleven’s character, I find myself looking back and re-analyzing his entire run with new eyes.  While I agree with those who say that, dramatically, the show-runner controlling the fate of Eleven wanted to have his cake and eat it too,…

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For all the hassles of the holiday season, from consumerism to the earwormiest music of all through the social jujitsu of figuring out who will be offended if you offer the wrong hearty greeting, there are a few constants.  One of the greatest is that warm feeling when you realize you got someone exactly what they wanted (or, even better, something they love but never even considered that they might want.)  I’ve successfully surprised my wife a time or two, but I will probably never be able to overmatch the year where she pooled all her holiday money with friends…

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Christmas Eve, and all through the house, not a creature is stirring blah blah blah fishcakes.  As with most parents, I’m preparing to do an idiotic amount of moving things about in the middle of the night, but unlike most years, I’m also enjoying a rare day away from work with the Widget.  As we prepare for tomorrow’s big Doctor Who reveal, we also enter the final laps of the yearly festivals of giving, lights and/or heavy drinking, which does beg a particular query… The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) sold my lucky watch to buy Stephen these combs, asking:…

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Munchkin is a dedicated deck card game by Steve Jackson Games, written by Steve Jackson and illustrated by John Kovalic, that has a humorous take on role-playing games. This week on Munchkin Land, your hosts continue their exploration of Munchkin Pathfinder by combining it with Star Munchkin. The award-winning game of killing monsters and taking their stuff meets the award-winning universe of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game in Munchkin Pathfinder!Try out the new classes like Alchemist and Witch. Join a faction to become an Eagle Knight or a Read Mantis Assassin. Arm yourself with the T-Bone Stake and the Armor of…

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This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the holiday tradition continues! Rodrigo is out, which means Matthew and Stephen can talk DC Comics Starman! The acclaimed series STARMAN, starring a Gen-X super hero from the 1990s, is re-presented in high quality format. In this volume, Starman embarks on a personal space odyssey to find the long lost brother of his girlfriend. But when a chance encounter sends Starman sprawling through time, Jack ends up sharing an adventure with the futuristic Legion of Super-Heroes, battling aliens alongside Adam Strange and meeting Superman’s father on a still intact planet Krypton. As always,…

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While watching ‘The Simpsons’ last evening (for the first time in forever), I was struck by the fact that it was quite funny, even though the conventional wisdom seems to state that the show hasn’t been any good since 1994.  While it’s true that part of my psychological makeup comes with an inherent distrust of what “everybody says”, I’ve long believed that you should hate something on an individual basis.  Having recently watched Ryan Reynolds in ‘Green Lantern’, a movie that some people excoriate as awful, I can honestly say that I didn’t find it to be terrible.  (That’s not…

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Happy Holidays! It’s time for another special week at the Wayne’s Comics podcast, with two great interviews and my yearly holiday tradition! First up is Chris “Doc” Wyatt from Kickstart’s Suicide Layne. He discusses how the series came to be and what other projects he’s working on as well! Jeff Kaufman returns to the show next, and we chat about Angel Falling, his latest graphic novel! The book has a lot of personal meaning to Jeff, which he discusses. He also outlines future projects he’s creating as well! Then everything wraps up when I share my annual holiday tradition, playing…

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When I was young, I used to love coming home from school and checking out the adventures of the Transformers, G.I. Joe and lesser luminaries such as Jayce & the Wheeled Warriors.  (They were pretty awful.  Seriously, feel free to Google it.  I’ll wait…)  The fact that I could go to my local TG&Y and Duckwalls and purchase the plastic representations of my cartoon pals was, to my mind, nothing but a bonus.  These days, the things that entertain kids like my Widget have a lot more scrutiny applied to them, with the expectation that there be some educational component…

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I’m not gonna lie to you, Faithful Spoilerites.  Yesterday was a rough one for your humble MS-QOTD, a perfect storm of derision, condescension, bad lunch and emotional turmoil culminating with the pizza joint losing my order.  (Y’know it’s a bad one when my Twitter feed, containing the likes of Weird Al, Tom Lennon, Penn Jillette and Rodrigo can’t even cheer me up.)  Fortunately, during the day, I was able to mitigate my ever-growing flash mob of “GRRR”, thanks to the calming influence of my favorite actress, and my evening was finally saved by watching Ted Mosby get beaten up by…

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In this installment of Critical Hit: A Major Spoilers Dungeons and Dragons Podcast: The party must decide if they stay and accept offerings, or get the heck out of Tuberville. NOTE: Level 14 character sheets are now available at members.majorspoilers.com and the Critical Hit Logo T-Shirts are indeed at SlashLoot.com

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