Devour the Light

Worms to Feed by Hidden Haze

The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-la-la Band (with choir) — "This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing,

8/10 At the end of 2004, I graduated college, with a new blog begun, and nary an idea of what came next…except that I would be playing copious amounts of the new Metroid Prime game (2:Echoes). I also picked up my first Silver Mt Zion album, “This Is Our Punk-Rock,” Thee Rusted Satellites Gather +

The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band — Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward

7/10 I got into some weird music in 2005. Wait, don’t run, I promise I won’t go on another 2005 ramble! Not for another few reviews at least! All I mean to say is, I had just graduated from college with a Creative Writing degree the year before, was unemployed, and lived at home with

What Is an Octopath, and Why Did I Just Travel It?

I just wrote a review for the possible future classic Switch RPG, Octopath Traveller. That’s not true. I actually wrote this review last month before I moved, and I only got to proofread it yesterday. Enjoy. Really, how could you not? HOW COULD YOU NOT. http://reviewsfornintendoswitch.blogspot.com/2018/09/octopath-traveler.html

I Just Moved

You may have noticed that after a particularly fruitful first eight months of 2018 for The Nicsperiment, September has been pretty sparse. There’s a good reason: I’ve spent the majority of the month moving from the rural swamps of Pointe Coupee parish to the slightly more urbanized swamps of the capital city, Baton Rouge. Seriously,

Alpha (Film Review)

2018 Columbia Pictures Directed by: Albert Hughes; Written by: Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Chuck (The Czechoslovakian Wolfdog) MPAA Rating: PG-13 The Nicsperiment Score: 7/10 An image sticks in my mind: Mel Gibson in a gunfight with a dark-haired woman on what looks like a train station platform. This occurs exactly

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Film Review)

2018 Paramount PicturesStarring: Tom CruiseWritten and directed by: Christopher McQuarrieMPAA Rating: PG-13Nicsperiment Score: 7/10 I saw Mission: Impossible – Fallout several weeks ago, with the intention to review it immediately. That was one of several of my expectations going into the movie. After all, I’ve seen five of these things, already. The first came out in