The first episode of Wayward Pines hits a lot of familiar notes. A man wakes up in a strange hospital. He meets a mysterious person who offers him help. The people he meets all seem normal, in a Stepford Wives’ kind of way. When he tries to leave the town, he finds himself back in the middle of town. Our hero is a Special Agent and I kept waiting for them to call him Number 6. M Night Shyamalan made one really good movie, two so-so movies, and several really bad movies. Much like The Wachowski Brothers, instant success was…
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The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
I’ve had a weakness for adventure games since the dark ages of Zork and Planetfall. Computer games have come a long way, though I sometimes mess the simplicity of text adventures. The Sherlock Holmes games have been fun, the puzzles occasionally impossible, and Sherlock’s usual comment of ‘It is simplicity itself.’ after a difficult task is a bit silly. The Testament of Sherlock Holmes follows the same general pattern of the other games in the series, but it seems a little easier to me. We start off with Holmes and Watson sitting around 221B Baker Street when word of a…