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E3 – A Summary Of Our Highlights!

Author Lydia Date June 20, 2016

Let’s talk about games, baby!

Tagged crash bandicoot, e3, Gamers, gaming, Girls Gamers, horizon zero dawn, injustice 2, skyrim, Video Game, video games, zelda | Leave a comment |
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Maybe I’m Too Old: Thoughts and Reservations on the Tomb Raider Film Reboot

Author Lydia Date May 11, 2016

Tomb Raider film reboot? #scared

Tagged Lara Croft, Movies, Tomb Raider, video games | Leave a comment |
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#IntWomensMonth

East Prussian Honey Cakes: Prussia, With a P

Author Lydia Date March 23, 2016

Prussia might no longer exist, but this East Prussian Honey Cakes does. Yum!

Tagged baking, cakes, dessert, Honey, International Women's Month, Prussia, recipes, traditional recipe | Leave a comment |
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#AlltheTales What is a Fairy Tale?

Author Lydia Date February 11, 2016

Daring sword fights! A prince in disguise! We have our own fairy tale definition.

Tagged Aladdin, All the Tales, Anastasia, Beetlejuice, Disney, Edward Scissorhands, fairy tale, fantasy, folklore, Frankenweenie, historical fiction, history, Music, Musicals, Myths, Pocahontas, Russian Fairy Tales, Sweeney Todd, Tim Burton, Urban Fantasy | Leave a comment |
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All The Tales

Tomb Raider Mythology: The Crystal Dynamics Years

Author Lydia Date February 2, 2016

Lara Croft’s journeys have real world origins.

Tagged All the Tales, Atlantis, folklore, King Arthur, Lara Croft, Myths, Norse Mythology, Russian Fairy Tales, Slavic mythos, Thor, Tomb Raider, video games | Leave a comment |
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Catch a Falling Star and Chain it With a Magic Rope: Stardust Book to Film

Author Lydia Date January 28, 2016

The most intriguing differences between Neil Gaiman’s book Stardust and its film adaptation.

Tagged All the Tales, book to film adaptation, Books, fairy tales, fantasy, Movies, Neil Gaiman, Page to Screen, Stardust, twice upon a time | 1 Comment |
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Tomb Raider Mythology: The Core Design Years

Author Lydia Date January 26, 2016

Lara Croft is no stranger to the world of mythology.

Tagged All the Tales, folklore, Greek Mythology, Lara Croft, Myths, Tomb Raider, video games | Leave a comment |
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Ch-Ch-Changes: Getting Rid of the 2016 Reading Goals Count

Author Lydia Date January 5, 2016

I’m ditching the classic Goodreads count for my 2016 reading goals and trying something different – learn how you can too!

Tagged 2016 goals, Books, Classics, fantasy, reading challenge, science fiction, YA | 21 Comments |
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