Author Archives: Dax Collins

Dax Collins was a geek long before it was actually a good thing to be. Growing up in and around Atlanta, GA, he honed his skills in gaming, writing, and TV viewing, never knowing that one day the three could collide and allow him to rule the universe. Video games have always been his first love, and he even went to school and got a Master's degree in Interactive Design and Video Game Development. He uses the degree every day, nonstop. Wait...

An undergrad degree (BALS - hehe) at Oglethorpe University in Communications followed by the aforementioned Masters at the Savannah College of Art and Design led Dax to work in the exciting field of orthodontics as a day job while working on a big writing project at night (it could be a game, it could be a novel) and playing a tremendous amount of World of Warcraft (For the Horde!). He wants to write the games you play and play the games you write. Dax lives in East Point, Georgia with his wife Sarah, daughter Lily, and two dogs Gatsby and Zoe. You can follow him on Twitter @Daxcollins.

V: The Story So Far

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Dax catches us up on the plot of V’s first three episodes.

TV Review: Dollhouse 2.04 – “Belonging”

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“Belonging” is, quite simply, the best episode in the season-and-a-half run of the show. Watching it, I felt like this is what the show should be. It’s just too bad that it has taken them this long to get here. It may be too late.

Flashbang: Canabalt

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You know that a game is good when you struggle to quit playing long enough to write up a review. That’s the case with Canabalt from Austin-based Semi Secret Software. I’ve shared this game with five people so far and all five have come back to me angry at the two hours or more that they have lost to playing.

TV Review: Sons of Anarchy 2.04 – “Eureka”

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Holy crap on a biscuit. Like a soda can being shaken up, pressure is building rapidly throughout Sons of Anarchy. Last week was a slow rise in pressure, then this week it was a bit like turning the dial from 9 to 10. From the looks of next week’s preview, 10 may go to 11.

Geektools: Dropbox

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Geektools is about things that we use (or should use) to make our lives easier online or off. This week I’m taking a look at a fantastic online service called Dropbox, which is, for all intents and purposes, an online hard drive that you use to sync files across multiple computers.

World of What: Helping Out a Raid Leader

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So you’ve gotten yourself a spot in a 10- or 25-man raid and you’re in there doing your thing. The raid is making decent progress, but the raid leaders are stressed out every week and can get downright snippy from time to time. So what can you do to make yourself more useful to the raid leader to save him/her some headache?

TV Review: Sons of Anarchy 2.02 – “Small Tears”

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You had to think there would be some fallout from last week’s brutal conclusion, but it would appear that it will have to wait a bit.

Fandomania Staff: What Are We Reading?

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Last week we took a look at what everyone one the staff was playing these days, and today we’re going to see what everyone is reading.

TV Review: Sons of Anarchy 2.01 – “Albification”

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Just like that, the Sons are back with a bang on FX. I was most impressed with the way Sons of Anarchy picked up the tension from the end of season one and continued it right into season two.

Sons of Anarchy: The Story So Far

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Sons of Anarchy returns September 8, and Dax catches us up on the plot so far.