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Alec Karde (SQG Review Show)

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(He/They) Host of the SQG Review Show when I'm not procrastinating on production of a video. Avid enthusiast of nerd culture. Watch The SQG Review Show here: https://www.youtube.com/@SQGReviewShow

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Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · Jan 4

2025 Media Thread Begins Here:
1) The Karate Kid Part II
Having finished Part 1 recently, I wanted to watch this and Part 3. And Part 2 is pretty good. Now, the script isn't as tight as the first movie's, and honestly the stakes seem a bit less grounded and more fantastical than the first movie's...

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Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · 1d

Just finished the Season 2 finale of Peacemaker. It was okay, but the previous episode was everything 8 should've been. It really felt like a wind-down finale coming after the seventh episode.

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Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social · 14d

Buyers: So your games... guns and football, yes?

EA: Mmhmm, mmhmm, mostly guns and football, yep.

Buyers: No gay stuff? No politics we're not going to like?

EA: Haha, definitely not! Hey, could you give me one sec? I just need to shut down a studio real quick.

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Saudi Arabia & Other Investors Nearing $50 Billion Deal To Buy EA

The massive deal might be announced officially as soon as next week according to sources with knowledge of the situation

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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 14d

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Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · 17d

Okay, why did nobody tell me Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba finally released the long awaited fourth Umbrella Academy miniseries? It's called Plan B and will feature the Sparrow Academy introduced in the end of Hotel Oblivion. The first two issues are out now, so I'm definitely giving it a read.

Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · 19d

I'd say so for the first issue. In the back, Fraction said something about how while there will be a continuous story; each issue will be self contained with a clear beginning, middle and end. And that is a great approach I wish more comics aspired to have.

Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · 20d

I also greatly appreciate how it updates me on the status quo in case I missed it, which I did. Gordon is now a beat cop. Vandal Savage is the new Gotham Commissioner. Like, I don't know how that happened, but I'm not overwhelmed by the changes either. A lot is familiar, but a lot is also new.

Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · 20d

Ngl, I started reading the new Batman relaunch written by the legendary Matt Fraction and I love the direction it's going in already. Batman has a very techy suit that feels in line with the 2020's, but the character work is strong with Fraction's idea of Batman being a compassionate crusader.

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Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · 23d

If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky

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Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · 24d

--you need them like invisibility for example. This is a feature that games like Duke Nukem 3D would later popularize and it's cool to see this in a Doom engine game before the Build engine dominated the FPS market. Not sure if it's the first, but it's really useful.

Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · 24d

My good friend Stephanie and I have been playing co-op Heretic, since the new remaster of that and Hexen has been out. I might honestly prefer Heretic to Doom. Steph is right about the lack of hitscanners being really nice. But also, you can hold items in an inventory slot and use them when...

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Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · 26d

I have no idea yet. Honestly didn't play too many 2025 releases. But I have a feeling years from now, Hollow Knight: Silksong or DK Bananza might rank up there. The year is young. Oh, and how could I forget Prime 4: Beyond? That's due to be released in December.

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Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · 27d

Ain't this the truth!

Spookyana Bonseph @andyanajonseph.bsky.social · 28d

This is what happens when maps are WAY too big for 2 player deathmatch.

Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · 28d

Great movie. Back then, the most disturbing thing about that movie was its depiction of mental hospitals, which scared the f*** out of me back then.

a woman in a hospital gown says i 've shown improvement haven 't ?

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Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · 28d

Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

My strict dad was like "I know this is Rated R, but I'm gonna let you and your sister watch this. There is a lot of swearing, but nothing you two haven't heard your mother and I say before. You'll also see somone's ass, but we all have them so no big deal."

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 29d

Name the first R rated Film you saw.

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Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · Sep 9

I prefer Doom 2 over Doom 1. It's challenging in all the best ways for me, and more ambitious in the best ways. It does have lower lows than Doom 1...unless you count Episode 4: Thy Flesh Consumed...which then makes Doom 2 way higher than Doom 1.

wwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · Sep 7

tell me a fandom opinion that you’d defend like this

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Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · Sep 2

Not a big REM guy, but I always liked "Half A World Away." Been a fan since it played on that one Scrubs episode.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · Sep 1

Without saying Losing My Religion, fav R.E.M. Song?

michael stipe in a black suit blue shirt bald five o clock shadow leaning into the side of a brown building with a zig zag design. hot.

"We're absolutely American and distinctly so, I think. That's part of what people respond to outside of this country, part of the reason that we're such a huge band outside of the U.S., where we're not so popular now as we were 10 or 12 years ago."

Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · Aug 28

Great game is great. What can I say?

Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · Aug 28

Empire Ants. Nothing feels better than blasting it in the car while driving off into the sunset on a cool summer day.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · Aug 27

Without saying Rhinestone Eyes, fav Gorillaz Song?

Gorillaz from left to right:

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holding a deer wearing an orange shirt and black pants blue hair brown fedora looking off to the side
Murdoc Niccals
in all black with an upside down golden cross black beatles hair and green skip
Noodle
wearing a red shirt holding a cigarette holder short spiky black hair
Russel Hobbs
in a yellow shirt gold chain blue fedora holding a cigar and lighting it blue jeans hand in pocket yellow future shades

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Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · Aug 24

I need to give Uprising a serious playthrough. I have it floating around somewhere in my room.

Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · Aug 24

It really gets better every playthrough. By the second one, it became one of my favorite FPS games.

Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · Aug 24

Here's the complete list up to 2024. I like how it turned out, all things considered. Was a little worried it might have too many platformers, but my friends assured me I'm allowed to have a genre type.

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Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · Aug 23

So far, this is what I have from 1985 to 2009. Some years were better than others, but goddamn it's been smooth sailing since 1989 and just never had a dry spell of games.

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Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · Aug 23

Deciding what my favorite game of each year is a daunting task. So many great games in 1994, 1997, 2001, 2004, and 2011.

Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · Aug 21

Boy Meets World. The removal of Minkus and less focus on Corey's family in favor of an annoyingly rocky Corpanga romance kind of killed the heart of the show. I do think Seasons 2 and 3 are good, but Seasons 4 and 5 were the low point of the show. Season 6 and 7 were decent, though.

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Alec Karde (SQG Review Show) @sqgreviewshow.bsky.social · Aug 21

I keep forgetting that David Cross was in Small Soldiers. That movie is a real who's who of actors before they got super famous.