The Walking Dead S4, Ep. 11 “Claimed” Recap

The show starts with Glenn and Tara hanging out with Abraham and his crew. Abraham enjoys taking out some walkers and Tara points it out. We meet up with Michonne and Carl having breakfast and he becomes upset when he mentions Judith by mistake. Poor thing. Michonne takes Carl out on a supply run. Michonne tries to cheer him up but continues to fail. Michonne admits to Carl about having a son as a way to bond.

Rick wakes up from his nap hearing voices and finds that there are people in the house. Rick finds himself hiding under the bed. Michonne starts a game with Carl that lets him ask questions about her son and previous life. Rick is almost found out when two guys fight over the bed and poor Rick is still stuck under the bed.

Glenn finally wakes up and makes them stop the truck. Eugene and Rosita are finally introduced as well as Abraham. They are on a mission to DC to take Eugene who is a scientist to help with the outbreak. Abraham tries to give Glenn a hard truth that Maggie is dead and he punches Abraham for the comment. The two start to fight. Walkers start to come out and Eugene starts to shoot and ends up hitting the gas line in the truck. Rick is finally out from under the bed but is trapped upstairs. He has to kill one of the guys to keep from being found out.

Rick is forced to climb out the window. Glenn still takes off to find Maggie and with the disabled truck the rest of the group takes off on foot and begins to talk down the road. Poor Rick is out of the house but still trapped until the man he killed wakes up a walker. Then he is able to get away and grab Michonne and Carl on the way. Carl, Rick, and Michonne are out on the rail road tracks and find a sign promising sanctuary. It is a similar sign that Tyrese and the girls found. 

My Thoughts: Abraham is awesome and he has the awesome stache! That is all that matters in my opinion. As I think about the graphic novel, I do not believe there are any more pivotal characters that we need to meet right now. Happy to see that they are following Eugene’s story line. 

Again, I must say that I enjoy Carl and Michonne’s relationship. It is necessary for both of them. I enjoyed this episode and it is interesting to see the small groups slowly being directed to sanctuary. 

What do you think they will find at the sanctuary?

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Graphic Tees: FunkyT

Tell me a little bit about your company and the founders?

I had the concept for FunkyT from my younger years working within retail and fashion. It was my younger brother who inspired me to put the vision of concepts into action after years of sharing and producing design ideas.

From 2009 the groundwork started with a mass of research and gathering content from friends and the general public. Flash-forward to 2013 and many sleepless nights later and FunkyT was finally born.

As opposed to simply putting out and producing deigns the mantra of FunkyT is "designs are to have a meaning that you can connect with at a physical or emotional level. 'It is going to be with you for long time', so, why not have it mean something".

With that being said each design has a short description of either its conceptual design and or meaning. The long term goal is to become the brand that means something to everyone and anyone who comes into contact with it.

What made you decide to get into your field?

I wanted to create and wear a brand that’s main focus was more than simply income. Being able to share the concepts we have and each design having a meaning is the continuous pushing factor that keeps us going.

What is the vision of your company? What do you hope to achieve?

Simply put ‘We’re More Than just A T-shirt’. We design concepts that we and our consumers can connect with. So, whether it’s a jack in the box design taking you back to your childhood or the Birdcage of Love representing pain and new love, its means something to you.

The vision is creating a brand over time that people can connect with, primarily the designs. Our goals are to ensure our products can be related to across all consumers and over time it’s a brand that people will want to be associated with.

Our mission is to build a brand and designs that over the years will stand the test of time and enable consumers to reflect on and connect with.

What is your favorite design? Why?

Favorite design has to be the female t-shirt ‘kiss her mind’. This is more due to the statement it represents. ‘If you kiss her mind, her body will follow’. It’s a favorite as it symbolize what most men can’t seem to grip and what most women will say is essential in understanding the female mind and in any relationship being able to receive all she has to offer.

As a statement it’s caused positive healthy debates between both men and women and that’s what we’re all about. We want our tees to make people talk and point.

What do you think about the rise in popularity of graphic tees? Where do you see the field going?

I think it’s a good thing but like all products and services I feel it has to be for the right reasons. An actual love affair with fashion and wanting to create a brand that will stand the test of times as oppose to graphic tees who are here today but gone tomorrow.

It’s an ever growing field and I truly believe it will be dependent on the one brand that can add the x-factor to its product, whether that be the way it’s produced, designed, manufactured, and/or marketed.

As of now you have spray-on fabric which will change the consumers demand and perception of fashion. As long as these factors are followed closely by graphic tee designers it could work hand in hand with niche designers. 

What is your website? Contact information?

www.funkyt.co.uk

info@funkyt.co.uk

Instagram @funkyt2

Facebook www.facebook.com/funkytfashion

Thank you to FunkyT for the great interview. Understanding the thoughts behind a graphic tee makes it even better in my opinion. Check out their line and share this post.

50 Shades of Grey Movie Poster Released

Hi Everyone,

The official Facebook page for 50 Shades of Grey released a movie poster for the upcoming movie.

It basically lets fans know that a year from now they will be enjoying the movie adaptation of the novel by E.L. James. It shows Anastassia as a nervous young woman who is meeting Christian for the very first time. I am sure fans are excited to see Dakota Johnson as Anastassia Steele and Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey. 

What are your thoughts on the new poster and the movie as a whole?

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Gamer Corner: Gregory

Welcome to this week's installment of Gamer Corner, where Fangirl Review interviews a gamer and gets his thoughts on the gaming world and learning what he is enjoying at the moment.

Tell me a little bit about yourself? What rig do you currently game on? What kind of gamer do you classify yourself to be? ie. PC, Console, Tabletop, LARP as well as Hardcore, RPG, etc.

 My Name Is Gregory, I'm 20 years old, I play a lot of video games. I'm in college and from New York.

What is your first memory of gaming?

When my mom bought me a Playstation 1, with a Toy Story as my first game. But no memory card so that was annoying.

What game are you currently playing right now? Do you enjoy that game, why? How’s the overall game play and graphics?

I'm playing this game called DMC and The Guided Fate Paradox. Both are enjoyable because of  story element to it. DMC has awesome graphics but The Guided Fate Paradox not so much.

Would you recommend it, why?

Hells Yeahh! Since DMC is free for the PSN store For PS+ Members ;) so why not try it out? And The Guided Fate Paradox is a great game for all JRPG lovers!

Are there any games coming out that you are looking forward to?

Oh Yeah! Infamous Second Son, Destiny, MGS 5 & Ground Zeros, The Crew, Kingdom hearts 3, Final Fantasy 15, I could keep on going.

If you could design your own game what would it be like?

It would be like a mixer of GTA and Uncharted in the sense of gameplay, action, how-the-story-plays-out type thing going on.

Thoughts on this new generation of consoles – Wii U, PS4, and Xbox One?

The Wii-U needs help. The Xbone needs to rethink there plans for their console because they are not going so good. And the PS4 is doing awesome.

What are your thoughts on the gaming industry?

The gaming industry is getting too greedy. Game stop for example and these game companies with their DLC that’s locked inside of the game which is annoying. They want to squeeze more money out of you after the whooping $60 bucks. The good thing about it is that these developers make some wonderful games that you can't simply turn away from like GTA 5 and The last of Us for example.

10 years from now, where do you see the industry? Are you happy with that direction? If you had the power, what direction would you have the gaming industry go?

In 10 years I see cloud gaming being a big thing for sure. Yeah I would be happy cause a lot more games would be available for more people to play in different platforms. And I wouldn’t change the way it goes. Its doing fine. I believe in it.

11. Favorite Game (can include tabletop) of all time and why?  

Um it might be Fighting Force

Would you like to share your gamer tag and the system so others may add you?

PS3- Bigg_is_a_g

Thank you to Gregory for a fantastic interview. If you would like to be interviewed for Gamer Corner please contact me at fangirlcontact@gmail.com.

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Xbox Fitness Review

Hi Everyone,

As some of you know I enjoy working out via the Kinect. The Kinect was a great selling point for the Xbox One for me personally. I know many gamers griped about the Kinect but I personally like it. I enjoy the voice and hand commands. The new Kinect is so refined and I look forward to seeing what the scheduled updates for February and March 2014 will do for it.

The Xbox One introduced Xbox Fitness which is a free app for Xbox Gold Members for the first year. This app offers various work outs from Shaun T, P90X, Jillian Michaels, and 10 Minute Solutions. The workouts vary in time and if equipment is needed. There are free workouts and some are available for purchase. However there are a lot of free workouts so the need to purchase a workout is only if you desire.

The Kinect does a fantastic job with reading your body and you are dinged when you are not giving 100%. It works similar to other workout video games in the sense that you have a competitive element to it and attempt to strive to get perfects on all the various moves. It shows what muscles groups are targeted on each move which I enjoy.

I think that Xbox One has a winner on it's hands here. I enjoy the work outs and find that they are the right level of difficulty and offer a great variety. While this app is free for now it is scheduled to become an app that you will have to pay for in the future. I believe it is worth it and I will be purchases when I need to. Share your thoughts about the work Xbox Fitness in the comments.

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Teen Wolf S.3, Ep. 19 “Letharia Vulpria” Review

Important Moments: Show starts with men in a house and there is a wolf in the middle of the room. In walks Dr. Deaton to treat the wolf. Deaton believes the wolf ate a herb and the bodyguards refuse to go to the guardian to get the herb because of superstition. Turns out the garden is where the evil kitsune was killed. Turns out the man is the kid of the evil kitsune. The herb is called Letharia Vulpria. Deaton has poisoned the man to paralyze him. Deaton plans on using the herb to destroy the evil spirit.

Kara is in front of the building as the electrical wire comes down. Water seeps out and everyone is electrocuted. Kara jumps into the water and grabs the wire and neutralizes it. Her eyes glow really cool. Isaac is shocked. Stiles has been missing for two days. Scott and Mrs. McCall go to visit Isaac. She lets in Scott and Allison. Scott does the healing thing and tries to help heal him but can only help with the pain. Kara believes the evil spirit has been offended.

Scott, Ethan, and Aiden go to the basement and find Stiles. Scott stops the twins from tearing him apart. Stiles says that he believes he has been doing something horrible but does not know what. He gives all the stuff to Scott to let him figure it out. The Coach has everyone out running in the woods where Stiles believes he has been recently.

Mr. Argent arrives home to his door unlocked and Derek there. Derek found Argent's emitters in his loft. Looks like Stiles is trying to pin the two against each other. Argent and Derek find a metal briefcase filled with cash from Silver Finger. Mr. McCall shows up with the finger and says he is dead and arrests the two. Scott and friends gather everyone in the woods and stops them from running. Stiles finds a metal chain. The Coach hits a trip wire which causes him to be shot by an arrow.

Lydia and Alison show up to see Peter. Stiles freaks out at the blood of the coach. Argent and Derek are sitting at the police station. Argent believes there is a reason that they are under arrest. Peter tries to claim he is the reason that Lydia has her powers. Peter claims he wants to help Lydia and wants something in return. He presents the nails of Derek’s mother. Aiden finds bolts and wrapping paper and believes Stiles made another bomb and put it on a school bus. Kara’s father is there and a kid on the bus picked up the present.

Peter claims his sister stole a memory from him and he wants Lydia’s help in finding it. Peter is trying to get Lydia to focus. Lydia hears something. She says to him that Peter is not just an uncle, he is a father as well. Kara’s parents meet together about The Five. He asks her how many more tails is she willing to sacrifice. Kara watches on. A young deputy checks on the bomb and finds the Sheriff’s name plate. The bomb is at the police station. Derek covers Mr. Argent as it explodes and saves his life.

 Peter is upset that Lydia cannot tell him more about his child. The Five have been released again and Kara, Scott, and Stiles are on the run from them. Lydia figure the lost girl from earlier in the season and believes she is Peter’s daughter and that is why she changed. Scott and Kara take on the Five and Kara finds she can fight. One of them stabs Scott. Evil Stiles takes over and knocks out Kara. He begins to twist the blade in Scott. He wants to take the pain that Scott has been taking away all day. Deaton shows up and injects Stiles. The fox is poisoned but not dead.

My Thoughts: How much more did evil Stiles do? He has been planning this whole time and is more than a few steps ahead of them. Now that he has been poisoned we know that he will make last minute moves to try and cause as much problems as he can. Also where will it leave Stiles? Plus Kara says that the kitsune was offended and I wonder how. 

Kara's mother is using her tails to call out the Five. My question is does Kara realize that she has that power as well. Also what does it mean when there are no more tails since a Kitsune has only 9 tails. I guess we shall see. 

Wow Peter has a child and it may be the little girl that grew up in the woods as a wolf that whole time. I wonder how this came about. There is so much unknown.