Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to assemble a team-up of fictional characters in order to pull off the ultimate heist. With Mission Impossible: Fallout hitting theaters this weekend, we’re doing things a bit differently for this week’s five by Friday. Instead of ranking our top five characters, songs, or robots this week, […]
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Creative Soundtracks for the Attention Span-Impaired
If you’re anything like me, you can’t get anything done in a soundless vacuum. The opportunity for distraction is far too great. Someone walking by, the sound of construction nearby, a conversation at the next table… no matter where you are, the possibility of your focus being anywhere but on what you’re working on is […]
Five by Friday: Top 5 Men With Beards
Welcome to Five by Friday! This week I’m taking the reins and talking about my top five favorite characters with beards, because men with beards are a delight and a blessing and we are all lucky to live in a world where men can grow hair on their faces. Join us in the comments or on your […]
Reviewing BioWare’s Three Dragon Age: Inquisition Single-Player DLCs
Dragon Age: Inquisition is the third installment of the award-winning Dragon Age series after Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age 2. Those of us who have played these games from the beginning and have grown fond of the world of Thedas and the people who inhabit it were thrilled to get the game when it […]
Happy Birthday to Us!
Avenging Force is a year old today! To celebrate, we’re doing it the best way we know how: in song! Here are a few of our favorite nerdy selections from YouTube. Both of us are big fans of a cappella and as we’re also both classically-trained musicians (the more you know), we appreciate well-played instruments as […]
But No Living Man Am I: Swords and the Women Who Wield Them
Over the years there have been quite a few movies and tv shows that feature women kicking ass in different ways. Some of them use their fists, like Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Sydney Bristow; others use bows and arrows, like Susan Pevensie and Merida. I have a soft spot for the ones who carry […]