Daily Archives: February 15, 2019

App Alert, Photo-A-Day, Video Game

An E-Merging Addiction

Merge Dragon
Photo-A-Day 2.0 #00046

the family has been playing Merge Dragon lately. I mean the entire family. Allison, Eva, Andrew and me. What started out as a cute little game with cute little dragons. The game is simple enough you slide things together to make bigger things. You tap things to gt more coins and stones and you build things to make your gameplay better. There are puzzles and challenges and things that help you get more dragons to make your camp bigger and better. The thing is, there is no end to it and the game is very addicting. It is so addicting that I keep going back to check on my dragons as I try and write this.

There are so many games like this that suck you in with the pretty colors and the cute animation. Merge dragons has great graphics and there is always something to do. If you are the type of person who wants to make things nice and ordered you will be on top of your dragon camp all the time. This can eat up so much time that would be better spent doing something else. We all know this and yet we get sucked back into the game. Eventually we will tire of playing and do something else but for now the dragons have a tight grip on our tapping fingers.

When searching for information ont he game I found this article on Quitting Merge Dragons Addiction. I’ll read that soon but there are some dragon eggs I need to merge first.

Disney, Movie, Review

What’s the Sitch’ – A Kim Possible Movie Review and An Interview with Dr. Drakken – Todd Stashwick

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TODD STASHWICK
KIM POSSIBLE – The live-action “Kim Possible” Disney Channel Original Movie stars Todd Stashwick as Dr. Drakken. (Disney Channel/Craig Sjodin)

Complete with the silly puns and goofy villains this Kim Possible movie delivers a powerful jump kick to your nostalgic heart. Take a look at the trailer.

I had been excited to see the Kim Possible movie ever since I heard it was being made. I caught it this morning on Disney Now and I really enjoyed it! I enjoyed the original cartoon, too, but did not watch it religiously. I can’t tell you everything that happened in all the episodes, but is enough in my wheelhouse that I can keep up with the best of them.

Leading up to the movie I was offered the chance to have a phone interview with Todd Stashwick who plays Dr. Drakken, a character that was voiced by voice over great, John DiMaggio. In my interview I learned that Todd and John are friends, have worked together and when he got the role John was the first person who called him to give his blessing. Todd makes a fantastic Dr. Drakken, too. He’s got the perfect look for the character. Todd was also a very personable guy and we had a fun interview together, lots of laughs. For a guy who plays such intense characters he was totally chill about everything even what comes next for him. There may be a lot more coming as he not only acts but writes as well, he screenrote "Suicide Squad 2," the sequel to the 2016 hit feature film, and co-wrote a Star Wars video game. And I’ll admit it. I now follow him on Instagram and he’s a geek as well, spent Valentine’s Day leveling up his D & D Character! He’s a sorcerer.

Todd Stashwick flexes this comedic chops as Dr. Drakken. From the first moment you meet him in the movie he makes you laugh. Todd actually started in comedy which is something I did not know at all from my years of watching him in network dramas like Burn Notice, Leverage, Weeds, Heroes and so many, many more shows. In those dramas where Todd comes in as a bad guy about to do bad things. But, even in those roles there is always something more to him than just a one dimensional bad guy. He brings something more to every role that he has. In the Kim Possible movie you have to watch his expressions and mannerisms. How he delivers lines and his physical comedy as well. Years working in improvisational and sketch comedy groups like The Second City in Chicago and Burn Manhattan in New York. Continue reading What’s the Sitch’ – A Kim Possible Movie Review and An Interview with Dr. Drakken – Todd Stashwick →