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Music Monday: You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into...

nobody@vox.com(Alec) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:44:24 +0100

Long title, average-length album, shorter-than-usual review, as it's quarter-past midnight, and I need to be up before midday tomorrow. So, without further ado: Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into... D...

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Horses, Hulk and Handfuls of Cash

nobody@vox.com(Alec) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:12:35 +0100

This was supposed to be posted on Wednesday, and the Wednesday before that...and the Wednesday before that. Unfortunately, Wednesday seems to be a darn-awful day to try and get anything done. Plus, I've had to start getting down to business with m...

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Hulk Busting

nobody@vox.com(Alec) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:53 +0100

The new Hulk preview is up, and it's an extremely potent Plot-Twist: This card works in a similar fashion to Caiera from yesterday, allowing at a basic level, the opportunity for your Hulk to swing twice in one round, which coupled with the in...

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...and new Marvel Universe Hulk cards.

nobody@vox.com(Alec) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:09:13 +0100

Blimey, slightly info-packed today it seems. Over at VSsystem.com, there's not one, but two previews of new Hulk cards from the forthcoming Marvel Universe set. Looking at the 4-drop Hulk, the usage of a 'gamma counter' indicate...

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New VS Marquee Event

nobody@vox.com(Alec) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:42:17 +0100

The newest VS event I can't take place in due to no local Hobby League is here, and it's a Modern: Bring Your Own Set (building teams only from one of the four most recently released sets) tournament. Details can be found HERE. The main reason tha...

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Music Monday: Floodland

nobody@vox.com(Alec) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:01:37 +0100

As you may have guessed by the title, the album up for review today is: The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland November 1987, two years since the debut album by the band, and they had already split up by the release of this album. Confused? It's all ...

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Good Gaming Friday: No More Heroes

nobody@vox.com(Alec) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:07:36 +0100

Yes, I know it's a day late, but I had a headache, and couldn't be doing with trying to think enough to write a review. But anyhows, enough of that, here's this week's game: No More Heroes - Nintendo Wii From the moment you get past the minimal ...

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Best. Vs. Game. Ever.

nobody@vox.com(Alec) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:35:43 +0100

I've just come from a game on MWS, playing a Modern Brotherhood against a Gotham Knights/Doom Patrol/Horsemen of Apocalypse deck, and by goodness I've never had such an exhilirating match. There was never a clear point where you could say one or t...

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UK Nationals Decklist (Brotherhood)

nobody@vox.com(Alec) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:26:19 +0100

Now that I've had a few days to calm down, compose myself, and bear to look at my Brotherhood deck again, a quick posting of what it is I actually played: Characters 4x Pyro, St. John Allerdyce 4x Quicksilver, Mercurial Speedster 4x Juggernau...

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Back From The UK Nationals...

nobody@vox.com(Alec) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:07:09 +0100

...where I managed to crash and burn almost completely. After a couple of months of deck-testing Brotherhood, and coming up tops a large amount of the time, the deck itself failed horribly on the day, due to some magnificently bad card-draws. Much...

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