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	<description>A gamer, geek, and girl who doesn't get out much.</description>
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		<title>Heavy Rain is, well, heavy. (A spoiler-free review.)</title>
		<link>http://shezcrafti.com/heavy-rain-is-well-heavy-a-spoiler-free-review/</link>
		<comments>http://shezcrafti.com/heavy-rain-is-well-heavy-a-spoiler-free-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shezcrafti</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shezcrafti.com/?p=533</guid>
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Every so often, a game comes along that changes the way I feel about video games.  Heavy Rain is one of them.  It&#8217;s been a long time since I&#8217;ve played a game that has absorbed me as completely as this one did.  I suppose I should preface this review by admitting that Heavy Rain is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I didn&#8217;t realize New Moon was a comedy</title>
		<link>http://shezcrafti.com/i-didnt-realize-new-moon-was-a-comedy/</link>
		<comments>http://shezcrafti.com/i-didnt-realize-new-moon-was-a-comedy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shezcrafti</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shezcrafti.com/?p=452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All this week I purposely stayed away from the spoilers, the leaked clips, the early reviews, the 3 a.m. tweets, and the raving fangirl Twihards in socialmedialand.  I wanted to see New Moon without my already low opinion of Stephenie Meyer and her ilk tainting my experience.  So tonight I cast aside the "Twilulz" and gave New Moon a chance.]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Potter and the Half-way Decent Movie</title>
		<link>http://shezcrafti.com/harry-potter-and-the-half-way-decent-movie/</link>
		<comments>http://shezcrafti.com/harry-potter-and-the-half-way-decent-movie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shezcrafti</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[prince]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shezcrafti.com/?p=410</guid>
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So it&#8217;s like 3:30 a.m., and I just got home from the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.  I could go to bed, but I had to get a few things off my mind first while my memories are still fresh.  Legilimens!
First, the good.  This movie was a LOT of fun.  As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nintendo at E3: Epic Yawn, for the Most Part</title>
		<link>http://shezcrafti.com/nintendo-at-e3-epic-yawn-for-the-most-part/</link>
		<comments>http://shezcrafti.com/nintendo-at-e3-epic-yawn-for-the-most-part/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shezcrafti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gaming]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shezcrafti.com/?p=349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following along with Nintendo&#8217;s E3 press conference on Twitter, the live reactions were less than enthusiastic.  Well, it&#8217;s no wonder with a presenter like this:

Does she look excited about Nintendo to you?
For the most part, Nintendo&#8217;s presentation ambled along like an old woman with a bad hip.  The overall experience was so blah, #nintendofail was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Moon Trailer: OMG Squee!*</title>
		<link>http://shezcrafti.com/the-new-moon-trailer-omg-squee/</link>
		<comments>http://shezcrafti.com/the-new-moon-trailer-omg-squee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shezcrafti</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shezcrafti.com/?p=334</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[*Disclaimer: I do not ever say things like &#8220;squee&#8221; or other words usually belonging to the vernacular of 12 year old  fangirls, but felt the disclaimer was necessary to save me from having to explain myself to idiots who can&#8217;t tell when I&#8217;m being sarcastic.
Here&#8217;s what all the fuss is about:

If the trailer is any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moonlight: Well this really sucks&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://shezcrafti.com/moonlight-well-this-really-sucks/</link>
		<comments>http://shezcrafti.com/moonlight-well-this-really-sucks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 23:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shezcrafti</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shezcrafti.com/?p=319</guid>
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Pardon the vampire pun, but there&#8217;s nothing worse than getting sucked into an awesome new TV show only to find out it has already been canceled.  My latest letdown was over the CBS series Moonlight, a show about a vampire P.I.  living in modern-day Los Angeles who struggles with life, love and his oft-challeneged quest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LOTR Fan Film: $3,000 of Awesome</title>
		<link>http://shezcrafti.com/lotr-fan-film-3000-of-awesome/</link>
		<comments>http://shezcrafti.com/lotr-fan-film-3000-of-awesome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 04:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shezcrafti</dc:creator>
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What can you do with $3,000 and a group of dedicated LOTR fans?  Make a kick-ass fan movie, that&#8217;s what.  The Hunt for Gollum is a 40-minute fan-made film based on the Lord of the Rings books and movies.  And more importantly, it&#8217;s good.  Surprisingly so.
Based on Tolkien&#8217;s appendices, The Hunt for Gollum remains true to its source material [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing ventured&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://shezcrafti.com/nothing-ventured/</link>
		<comments>http://shezcrafti.com/nothing-ventured/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shezcrafti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gaming]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[adventure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[darkling room]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shezcrafti.com/?p=193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Surprise is a rare feeling for me to get from most games nowadays, but <strong>The Lost Crown<span style="font-weight: normal;"> is a rare breed of game—the kind that draws you in slowly, peeling away each rich layer of story, slow and methodical.  You are Nigel Danvers, treasure hunter and paranormal investigator, sent to seek your fortune—the ancient Anglo-Saxon crown—like many before you.  Atmospheric and steeped in mystery, the quaint English seaside town of Saxton and the surrounding countryside awaits your adventure...</span></strong>]]></description>
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		<title>Using Walkthroughs: When It&#8217;s Not Cheating</title>
		<link>http://shezcrafti.com/using-walkthroughs-when-its-not-cheating/</link>
		<comments>http://shezcrafti.com/using-walkthroughs-when-its-not-cheating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shezcrafti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gaming]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[black mirror]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shezcrafti.com/?p=183</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How many times have you gotten stuck in an adventure game because you missed one tiny little pixel you somehow neglected to click?  Or because you couldn't make sense of the convoluted story hinted at within the 300 pages of books and diaries the game expects you to read?  Or maybe you didn't realize that you were supposed to combine the rope with the rubber chicken (how silly of you) which turns out to be miraculously critical in making your great escape.  It's hair-pulling moments like these when the temptation to use a walkthrough is at its strongest.  It's the inevitable ethical dilemma all adventure gamers must face: do I continue to waste hours getting nowhere, or do I take one little peek at the answers?  We're torn between the desire to feel satisfied in solving puzzles for ourselves, and on the other hand, the desire to merely get on with the rest of our lives.]]></description>
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		<title>A love letter to the Sega Genesis/CD</title>
		<link>http://shezcrafti.com/a-love-letter-to-the-sega-genesiscd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shezcrafti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember the sheer awesomeness of Sonic the Hedgehog?  Remember how great the 6-button controller was?  Remember Sega Visions magazine?

I got my first glimpse into that 16-bit world one summer when my older cousin came to visit and brought along his shiny new Sega Genesis.  All I knew at the time was that it wasn't a Nintendo, the only console I'd ever really known.  The Sega Genesis was black and mysterious, almost as if it were intentionally designed to be in stark contrast with the pedestrian light gray of Nintendo.  I had no concept of graphics, hardware, or these things called "bits." I just knew video games were fun to play.  But when my cousin showed me those early Genesis games for the first time--games like Golden Axe and Alex Kidd--my world changed.  These games looked like nothing I had ever seen before.  I vividly remember the first time my cousin and I played Altered Beast.  The characters looked real. The sound effects used real voices (POWER UP!).  It blew my little 7-year-old mind.  Suddenly my Nintendo games seemed boring and amateur.]]></description>
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