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I Am Jackie Chan

I Am Jackie Chan

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When the pains of war forced a couple to abandon their child to an opera school, a Chinese rags-to-riches story is born. the kid must fight for his survival including for his very food. He is subjected to brutal kung fu training that set the base for his martial arts action comedy films. The book covers the early life of Jackie Chan starting with his abandonment and expanding into his triumphant days in the Asian movie market. Although he touches on parts of his intent to enter the US market, his emphasis was on his mid-life. Chan relates his story with such great humor that it becomes easy to read, and irresistible to break free, you will read it to the end. One of the most interesting takes was how he portrays a newly found friend who deprives him of his food and bullied him throughout their early friendship. He retraces his life as an apprentice in Australia. He worked as a constructor with a master builder known as Jack.

Shire Adventures and Rivendell Compendium Review

Shire Adventures and Rivendell Compendium Review

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This review will cover both the Shire Adventures and the Rivendell Compendium. Upon release, The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying 5E will have 2 pieces of expansion content. Both of these expansions are available in the original game, The One Ring. This content, like the core rulebook, is a modification of the 5th edition DnD core rule set. These pieces of content are not standalone products. You will need a copy of the Lord of the Rings Roleplaying 5E to use this content. The Rivendell Compendium Review With it only being 11 pages long, the Rivendell Compendium is much easier to review. This compendium gives Loremasters the tools they need to host adventures in Rivendell. It contains background lore about Rivendell, two maps, and NPCs your players can meet. Yes, that includes the famous ones from the movies and books. It isn’t all for loremasters though. Players will find an extra culture here they can select during character creation. Selecting the High Elves of Rivendell culture allows you to play

The Lord of the Rings 5E Roleplaying Review

The Lord of the Rings 5E Roleplaying Review

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In 2021, Free League Publishing made Kickstarter history again. They raised over 2 million dollars to produce the second edition of The One Ring RPG. The game was a smashing success, beloved by Tolkien fans and RPG lovers alike. These fans were all of them deceived, for another game was made. In the land of Sweden, in the offices of Stockholm, Free League Publishing forged in secret a 5th edition game. And into this game, they poured the rules for DnD, their ambition, and their will to dominate all RPG tables. The Lord of the Rings 5E Roleplaying was born. As this is a 5E port, it is not a stand-alone product. You need to know how to play 5th edition DnD. Lucky for would-be Loremasters, DnD’s basic rules are available for free online.   What is in the Lord of the Rings 5E Rulebook The Lord of the Rings 5E Roleplaying book comes packed to the brim with content. First of all, there is the artwork. This is a mixture of color paintings,

Love, Lies | Korean Drama | A Sad, Painful and Tragic Love Story

Love, Lies | Korean Drama | A Sad, Painful and Tragic Love Story

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Love, Lies is a 2016 Korean drama film, that is the saddest, most painful, and most tragic love story ever made into a movie. So glad it was not a true love story. This is another K-drama gem found on the streaming site called Tubi TV.  (What is a movie gem?) ♦ WARNING!! DO NOT watch this movie if you don’t want to be bummed out! ♦ THE LOVE TRIANGLE Korean dramas almost always have a love triangle. It’s expected. However, this is the saddest, most painful, most sorrowful, and most tragic love triangle I have ever seen IN MY LIFE! (And I have watched a lot of sad love stories over the years.) One young Korean man ~ Kim Yoon-woo (played by Yoo Yeon-seok) ~ who is a song-writer. But he writes popular songs for the common people ~ “Joseon’s Heart”. Not the traditional music (jeongga, or classical Korean songs) the girls have been trained to sing for the upper-class Korean society and the Japanese occupiers. Two young Korean girls ~

Swing Kids | Korean Drama | A Movie Gem But Hard to Watch

Swing Kids | Korean Drama | A Movie Gem But Hard to Watch

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Swing Kids is a Korean drama movie based on the Korean musical “Rho Ki-Soo,” written by Jang Woo-Sung, about prisoners of war in the Geoje POW camp.  This camp held North Korean and Chinese prisoners who were captured by UN forces during the Korean War (1950–1953).  The camp is real but the characters are fictional. This film was hard to watch because it was painfully realistic.  In fact, the only time you felt a little bit of happiness or relief, was when they were dancing. ♦ When is a movie a gem? A “gem” is a film or series that somehow slipped under my K-drama radar, and was discovered accidentally.  ‘Swing Kids’ is a K-drama movie musical, released in 2018.  Not sure why but ‘Swing Kids’ is not available in the USA via Netflix. However, it is available on Amazon Prime, Rakuten Viki, and YouTube.  Plus you can watch it free on Tubi with ads, which is where I accidentally discovered it.  If this movie musical slipped under my radar, it

The King’s Affection, K-Drama Series Adapted From a Webtoon, Available on Netflix

The King’s Affection, K-Drama Series Adapted From a Webtoon, Available on Netflix

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Webtoons are South Korean webcomics that have gained mainstream popularity in various countries. They cover many genres: horror, romance, comedy, historical, etc. Netflix has decided to ride the “Korean wave” by streaming K-drama series based on webtoons. These adaptations are enjoying tremendous success. One such series is “The King’s Affection”. Netflix made this series available worldwide on October 11, 2021, which is also the exact date it was aired on KBS2 (Korean Broadcasting System). The webtoon which has the same title was written and drawn by Lee SoYoung. “The King’s Affection” is a romance/historical fiction Korean drama with 20 episodes. As soon as you watch the first episode, it will be hard for you to say “Eh! I’m not interested.” What happens in the first episode? In Episode 1, twins are born to a crown princess. In Joseon (the last dynastic kingdom of Korea), there was a belief that twins were a bad omen. Especially, fraternal twins, i.e. a boy and a girl. The crown princess is told not to

The Flashback Interview: Melissa Manchester

The Flashback Interview: Melissa Manchester

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In the late 00s, much to my mom’s chagrin, I started up a small cassette collection again after having gotten rid of a larger one in the early 00s. One of the albums I had on cassette came from my newest interview subject, Melissa Manchester. Her album Emergency had a collection of great songs that spoke to what I was hoping for in the chaos of dealing with Asperger’s Syndrome and the decay of my relationship with my mom. I would come to discover more about Melissa Manchester’s work through YouTube over the course of the following decade, and I knew that I would love to interview her someday. That someday came on Monday, October 5th, thanks to the help of her manager, Susan Holder. I hope you all enjoy getting to know this legendary singer. Say hello to Melissa Manchester! Johnny: Hello, Ms. Manchester. Melissa: How are ya? Johnny: I’m doing good. First of all, thank you for taking the time out of your schedule to do this interview.

Breath of Fire Review – Super Ace Gamer Show

Breath of Fire Review – Super Ace Gamer Show

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Breath of Fire is one of the first JRPG games I ever played, right along with Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy IV. Pokemon was the game that got me into JRPGs, but I want to play something with a really engrossing story. Breath of Fire has an interesting story, characters, and…some translation errors, but will it live up to it’s very day as one of the greatest JRPGs out there? Developed by Capcom in 1993 and published by Squaresoft now Square-Enix in 1994, Breath of Fire is one of the first JRPGs out there. What about Sweet Home and Destiny of an Emperor–Ok let me rephrase that…first LEGIT JRPG from Capcom. Cause counting Sweet Home, it’s more of a survival horror with JRPG elements, and Destiny of an Emperor is more like a turnbased JRPG with battle against your units. Breath of Fire is just a normal JRPG with awesome story and characters, plus sweet mechanics you can find during the game. Breath of Fire Story: The story starts off

BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle Review

BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle Review

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You can’t escape from crossing fate, but how does Blazblue Cross Tag Battle fair out?   Blazblue Cross Tag Battle has been no stranger to controversy leading up to its release. Between questioning the price of the base game, putting half the roaster behind a paywall, and the price of the collector’s edition compared to the contends of the collector’s edition. It has now been released, though the demo has been out for a while now and enjoyed playing the demo. It is time to see how this game holds up and if it is worth the fifty dollar price tag or not. The Story The main story is split up into four separate episodes, each focusing on a different series. All of them have the same story-line, though with different matches and motives of the characters you play. There is a choice system in the Blazblue episode where you chose your response to certain characters. However the main story may feel too easy for those that have played fighting

Battletech Review (Steam)

Battletech Review (Steam)

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I’ll be fully honest here, I only loosely knew of BattleTech before playing it, and I was not a part of the gaming generation that grew up on the tabletop version of the game or the MechWarrior titles that were out on console. So, I honestly went into this game with an open mind and a desire to play a good title. And when my computer and the game would actually allow me to, I did, but it was hit and miss at times. One of the things I really liked about BattleTech right off the bat was the cutscene that helped set up the world and universe we lived it. It’s not unlike our Earth where we wanted to “reach the stars”, and once we did, we expanded and grew to new heights. But, as in all endeavors, there soon became bearuacracy and corruption, and a once great empire fell into ruin, and that’s where you come in for the opening missions. You’re tasked with helping a noble lady ascend to

Wulverblade (Xbox One) Review

Wulverblade (Xbox One) Review

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The side scrolling beat ‘em up was one of the most popular types of game in the early history of gaming. Consoles had a steady stream of these games releasing every year while arcades were dominated by the genre. Despite this early success, beat ‘em ups have largely fell out of favor in recent times and, with the exception of a few hits like Castle Crashers, there hasn’t really been much for fans of the genre to celebrate. Wulverblade sets out to change that. Taking place in 120A.D. it sees players taking on the role of one of three tribal warriors who are fighting back against the Roman army that has invaded Britain. As you would expect from a beat ‘em up, the action largely revolves around fast-paced combat as you try to crush the huge number of enemies that stand in your way. The first interesting aspect of Wulverblade is the character selection. Each of the three, Caradox, Guinevere, and Brennus, all come with a different skillset. One is

Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock Review

Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock Review

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Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock is a turn-based space strategy game set in the same universe as the 2000’s reboot of the iconic television series. Although it essentially takes place in the same world, Deadlock is by necessity not focused on the events of the television series. This would be impossible considering how the human race has been all but wiped out by then which would mean that a traditional title in the strategy genre would be impossible. Instead, it is something of a prequel that puts players in the middle of the First Cylon War as they try to fight back against the enemy. The first thing that jumps out when playing Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock is that this game has a very particular style of gameplay. Rather than be in continuous control of all of the units at your command it utilizes a turn-based mechanics that lets the user take very specific actions without having to pause the action. This gameplay choice provides for a much deeper tactical approach to combat.

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