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Quick Review: Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40K Movie

It's not easy being a gamer.   Here we are, participating in one of the most lucrative entertainment genres known to man, yet our beloved hobby is still largely ignored - or even ridiculed - by the majority of the Old Media, particularly television and Hollywood.  Simply, good game movies/shows are incredibly scarce despite the fact that many gaming franchises come with a millions strong fanbase that stretches across national boundaries.  Case in point: Warhammer 40K .  If you don't know, Warhammer 40K is a science fiction universe set in the far distant future, specifically, the 41st Millennium.  Unlike the sunshine and lollipops sci-fi futures of Star Trek and Star Wars ,  Warhammer 40K's future is unremittingly grim, as attested by this standard preamble to every 40K book (and there are many of those , including some New Zork Times bestsellers...praise the Emperor!): " It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuri...

It's not a Snowstorm, it's a Gamestorm!

As you probably heard, a rather big snowstorm - blizzard even! - is going to hit a large portion of the Tri-State area and New England.  Details: Blizzard Warning NJZ006-104-106-108-NYZ071>075-176-178-081200- /O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0001.130208T1100Z-130209T1800Z/ HUDSON-EASTERN BERGEN-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN UNION- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS- SOUTHERN QUEENS- 1054 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY...AND COASTAL PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS WITHIN DEVELOPING SNOW BANDS. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE 20S BY FRIDAY EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * ...