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Just a heads-up… I appeared in a couple recent episodes of The Unique Geek podcast. The Unique Geek Issue #70 features the usual gang as we discuss the latest mediocre offerings from Lucas as well as the lackluster summer movie season. Really we are just a bunch of grumpy guys with nothing better to do. The Unique [...]
A few weeks back I wrote a blog post on a book I was reading, ”Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils”. It was an older book that was published back in 1991, but I read it to tide me over until I got around to seeing “Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull”. Well, I finished this book and [...]
A while back, I wrote a blog post about the upcoming Indiana Jones comic digest. Well… it came out this past Wednesday. Now go buy it!
I finally saw “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”. I liked it. Yup, I’m one of the few geeks I know that actually enjoyed the movie. Now, I have to admit that I was probably not impartial going in. I’d read quite a bit of spoilers, so I was much better prepared [...]
I just started reading “Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils“, a novel by Rob MacGregor. Given my current work schedule and chasing around after my kids, I haven’t had a chance to see ”Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” yet. I’ve heard a lot of negative things about the new movie, so I [...]
We decided to have a family movie night last Saturday. After being exposed to all the hype surrounding Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, my eight-year old step-son wanted to watch some of the original Indiana Jones films. He’d never seen them before, so we started with “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. Interestingly enough, I was the exact [...]
If you’re like me, you’re getting anxious for the new Indiana Jones movie – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. However, I thought it worth pointing out another cool Indiana Jones item on the horizon. On June 11th, Dark Horse Comics will be publishing Indiana Jones Adventures Vol. 1. This is a [...]
