Hex Picks: RPGs

No, I've not finished my Edge of Tomorrow review. Not very professional, I know, but I'm currently living at my aunt's house as I scout for a flat and get ready to start a new job. It's fun and exciting - but not ideal for writing.

Still time for a quick recommendation, though! This week Hex Dimension focused on what's probably my favourite gaming genre: the mighty RPG. I wrote about my all-time favourite, but somehow managed to write almost nothing about the game itself. It got personal and weird. Still worth a read, though, 'cos there's some fantastic games on the list.

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Hex Picks: Movie Adaptations

It's that time again! This week the team took a look at films adapted from comics or novels. There's quite a varied and interesting selection, and I absolutely agree with every choice on the list. Take a look and let us know what you think!

Later this week I'll be reviewing Edge of Tomorrow, in which Tom Cruise dies a lot, so keep your eyes peeled for that too.

Hex Dimension: Agents of SHIELD is better than Captain America 2

In yesterday's update I mentioned that my Agents of SHIELD piece, which I've been writing for far too long, would finally be hitting Hex Dimension on Thursday this week. But what I've written is so stunningly important that it's been bumped up the schedule and actually went live today. I'm just that good!

Joking aside, I am quite pleased with how this ended up. I think it's the best thing I've written in a while (it's certainly the most focused) and I hope you'll check it out.

So, if you'd like to know my thoughts on the recently-ended Agents of SHIELD, and how it compares to the similarly-themed Captain America: The Winter Soldier, you can find out in my latest neutral, even-handed piece:

Agents of SHIELD is better than Captain America 2

Hex Picks: Favourite X-Men and Supernatural Novels

Another quick update to plug the two latest weekly recommendations at Hex Dimension.

Up first is a look at our favourite X-Men, to celebrate the release of the new film (which I'm finally seeing tonight). Contains spoilers for the comics, but not the film.

Up second - and freshly posted today - we took a look at supernatural fiction. It's not a topic I thought I'd have anything to say about, but it turns out I did. And, in true supernatural fashion, I spookily wrote almost the exact same thing as my brother...

That's it for now but, following Friday's finale, my long-gestating piece on Agents of SHIELD is finally done. It's due to hit the website on Thursday, so I'll see you then!

Hex Picks: Movie tie-in Games

I promised that I'd start updating this blog more regularly with Hex Dimension stuff and, just to prove it, here's one now.

This week's recommendations were for our favourite movie tie-in games. Unfortunately I couldn't think of any so, with the deadline looming, I just wrote something about how I couldn't think of any.

Yes, I'm a fraud and a cheat! And you can read all about it right here.

Hex Demented

So, it finally happened. After managing to write a couple of normal, reasoned pieces for the Hex Dimension, I've slipped back into my old ways and written a couple of preposterous rambling essays too. It barely took a month!

The first of these is a review of Sanctum 2 - but it's also a comment on the Wii-U and asymmetric gaming - but it's also a treatise on gaming as an aspect of marriage! It sounds pretty stupid and it probably is, but it's still less rediculous than my second piece, which is a review of a film that doesn't even exist. It's basically Spider-Man fan-fiction. You should read it!

In slightly less demented news, we're continuing our weekly recommendations. Here's some of our favourite comics and books and, if you want to see me completely embarass myself, you can also read my defense of Michael Bay in this week's action movie picks.

Thats it I'm afraid. Just realised this is the first post in a month. I'll try to be more thorough from now on and link to every Hex piece when it goes up, rather than three weeks later. Next up is a piece on Agents of SHIELD and, as always, you can subscribe for more.

A Few Minor Updates

Hello everyone, I'm back!
Just wanted to throw a quick update out there before I get properly back into things. Hex Dimension have got a lot of cool stuff going on at the moment, and I wanted to highlight some of it.

First up is our new recommendation features. Every week the team get together and each write something about the stuff we've been watching, reading or playing. For me, with my notoriously low writing-speed and tendancy to go on a bit, these bitesized recommendations are a godsend, and I'm having a lot of fun with them.
You can check out the first three posts here: dealing with books, films and games respectively. I've written stuff for two of those, but I'm not gonna tell you which.

The other thing I wanted to talk about is the new Hex Dimension newsletter. Now you can keep up-to-date with all the site's best content in one handy weekly email! There really is some awesome stuff on this site, and I hope you'll check it out.
For your regular helping of deep-fried geek, you can sign up right here.

That's it for Hex-related stuff, but I'm sure there's something else I wanted to mention. What was it? Hmm. I think it was something pretty major...

Oh well, I'm sure it'll come back to me.