Archive for the 'Free Time' Category

Game of the Month: The Orange Box

Saturday, 30th of July 2011

A few years ago I played Half-Life 2 on my PC. To this day it is one of the best 1st person shooters I have ever played. It features excellent graphics, elaborate level designs, a good story and so much more. Winning this game requires both fast reflexes and clever tactics. Over the next few [...]

Cliffhanger

Wednesday, 29th of June 2011

A cliffhanger at the end of the season of a TV series is bad enough especially if the TV series gets cancelled afterwards. But a cliffhanger at the end of a book is even more annoying, at least if you know that it will probably take another four years until the next book gets released. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

Movie of the Week: X-Men: First Class

Sunday, 12th of June 2011

An X-Men movie without Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen and Hugh Jackman? Can that work? The makers of X-Men: First Class took a big risk with the latest instalment of the X-Men movie series. X-Men: First Class tells the story of the founding of the X-Men and their school for mutants. At the beginning Charles Xavier is only a talented university student with [...]