The Beijing Diaries, Day 10 (Part II): Forbidden Tourist

November 15 I was very impressed with myself for killing off my final article of my Beijing assignment, and so I decided to reward myself by seeing some of the sights of Beijing that I had been dying to visit since the day I arrived. Of course, the must visit attraction, apart from the Great
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Movie Review: Ninja Assassin (2009)

Ninja Assassin is a movie likely to polarise viewers. On the one hand, you have the anime generation numb to the gory violence cheering on every move of the spectacular ninja Raizo (played by Korean actor/popstar Rain). On the other, there will be those outraged by the excessive blood and carnage, wondering how a movie
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Game Review: Fight Night Champion (PS3)

Let me be upfront. You’re going to be reading a lot of complaining in this review. Fight Night Champion, EA’s follow-up to the popular Fight Night Round 4 (my multi-part review of that game starts here), is a game that can be viewed in two ways. For those who have not played FNR4, the game
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The Magic of Fantasy Book Covers

8 Seconds I recently read an article which said that the average person spends 8 seconds looking at the front cover of a book and 15 seconds on the back. If the book doesn’t grab their attention then they move on to the next book. For me, 8 seconds is a long time. When I
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