So it’s been an overly long time since I did anything here. I apologize to my six followers. Life takes unexpected turns. On to things I’ve seen and read!
First off, because it’s what I literally just finished reading: The comic book series Locke & Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez. I’m going to put it right out there: LOVE this series. I’ve read the first two graphic novels and loved every bit of them. The story, the artwork, everything is solid throughout the first two collected editions thus far. 
The most basic synopsis of the story is a family moves into a giant mansion full of mysterious keys, which can cause all sorts of different things to happen.
For example: The Gender key allows you to open a door and step through to become the opposite gender. The Anywhere key allows you to open any door and step through to anywhere else in the world you imagine.
Throw in a great mystery storyline, fuelled by murder and excellent character development, and you’ve got a series that I’ve already come to love nearly as much as Fables.
On the topic of author Joe Hill, I also read his novel Heart-Shaped Box, which is not in any way related to Nirvana or the song on their In Utero album. While I do love the writing in his comic book series, I was not as much a fan of this book. It was a good read, but it’s like eating a cheap fast food burger after tasting a delicious steak. With horseradish! The book is about an aging musician who buys a ghost online, and then has to deal with the repercussions. It seems Joe Hill is a big fan of horror and the macabre. Anyways, pick this series up, borrow the book from the library.
In the world of video games, I’ve recently played through Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood. I know it’s not really a recent release now, but I’m gonna have my say about it anyways! Don’t buy it! Rent rent rent. The multiplayer is brutally slow, it’s not like Halo Reach (or even Halo 3) where you can jump in there’s a million kids waiting to play. I waited 20 minutes to join an online session of Manhunt in it without being dropped into one game. As for the single player campaign, it was what I liked to call Grand Theft… Assassin in old timey Italy. Stereotypical accents from the voice actors, a big fat gap in the final cutscene of the game… it was just a wide open mess. The game is the third in the series, it should have been a little more seamless and with better controls. I’ll forgive them their lackluster multiplayer, as they only just attempted it for the first time (and it was a lot of fun to play with friends.)