Author: Michael Beckwith

What’s This? – A Final Fantasy XV Parody

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NOTE: If you would like to cover this song, then you are free to do so as long as you provide me with writing credit and a source to this post. Thanks!

And now for something completely different! I wanted to do something special for Christmas this year and upon hearing a friend of mine gush over how good Final Fantasy XV is, this dumb idea quickly sprouted in my head and I figured “Why the hell not?”

First things first, I’d like to thank one SerpentinePirate for creating this lyric-less version of the song and, of course, you lovely people for listening to it. Hopefully my singing isn’t so bad that it causes your ears to leak blood. And, if you’re curious, you can find the lyrics by clicking on the “Continue reading” link.

I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas, and if you don’t celebrate Christmas, I hope you just have a good day and a good new year in general. Happy Holidays!

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Favourite Moments in Fiction #3 – Jack Discovers Christmas Town (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

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WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for The Nightmare Before Christmas

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For Christmas last year, I wrote an article all about why I loved The Nightmare Before Christmas – my go-to Christmas movie for the last several years. While I covered pretty much every element as to why I love it so much, I figured I’d go into a little bit more detail regarding one of my favourite scenes from the movie – main character Jack Skellington discovering Christmas Town AKA the “What’s This?” musical number. Continue reading →

My VG Music Picks #38 – Character Select (Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3)

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Oh, Marvel vs Capcom, I can’t play you to save my life but I love you as a concept. And while I’m aware some people had issues with the third installment in this crazy crossover series, it still looked like a pretty solid and enjoyable game to me. Though I can’t personally critique it’s gameplay, however, I can at least compliment its music, like this piece. Continue reading →

What I Didn’t Like About Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

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WARNING: This article contains spoilers for the entire Harry Potter series

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In case you missed it, I previously wrote an article all about the things I liked about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the long-awaited (?) continuation of the adventures of the world’s favourite British wizard. But, like I wrote in that article, while Cursed Child is not a bad story, it’s by no means a good one either and is plagued with problems of its own that just make it seem… unimpressive, if you get what I mean.

So, just to be a contrarian to myself (and because it’s fun), let’s go through the things I didn’t like about the eighth Harry Potter story. Continue reading →

Favourite Moments in Fiction #2 – Zetto’s First Appearance (TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise)

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WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise

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I’m honestly really glad I gave TOME a chance when it came out. I normally wouldn’t have invested time in an independently made, online only cartoon series unless I heard good things about it later, but I decided to give it a shot from the get-go since I was familiar with some of the people working on it.

Though I have occasional nitpicks with it, it was, overall, a very well made show with good action, writing and characters and the creator, Christopher Niosi, has my undying respect for managing to pull of his pet project successfully. And since it was recently the show’s fifth anniversary, I figured I should contribute to the celebrations by writing about one of my favourite moments from the show – the introduction of the character Zetto. Continue reading →

The Entertainment Dome Episode 40 – The Nintendo/Universal Studios Crossover We Never Knew We Wanted

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WARNING: The following episode contains spoilers for Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

This week on The Entertainment Dome, James and I make up for last week’s lack of RWBY talk by discussing the latest episode (and by discuss, I mean squeal like a couple of fan-boys), we respond to the Nintendo/Universal Studios collaboration by coming up with our own ideas for rides and attractions and cap things off with our first thoughts on the announcement of a new Code Geass anime (also, apologies for screwy music and occasional peaked audio).

My VG Music Picks #37 – Battle! Lysandre (Pokémon X & Y)

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WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Pokémon X and Pokémon Y

As far as Pokémon villains go, I honestly think Team Flare from Pokémon X & Y is the worst we’ve had. They were just so uninteresting and pathetically easy to fight (though, to be fair, the whole game was pretty easy), and that extends to their leader, Lysandre, as well. On the plus side, listen to this music that plays when you battle him. Continue reading →

The Entertainment Dome Episode 39 – Kevin James, Monster Hunter

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This week on The Entertainment Dome, James and I are forced to delay our weekly RWBY Recap until next week and instead share our first thoughts on the teaser trailer for the live-action Fullmetal Alchemist movie, express our horror over the plans for the Monster Hunter movie and have a look-see at the rumoured list of Nintendo Switch games (also apologies for some peaked audio).