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RPG Characters Update
In October 2020 I released an article about all the different RPG characters I’ve played over the…

Ranking the Albums I Listened to in 2021
Surprise, surprise, the first half of 2021 was much like 2020 with lockdowns and social restrictions making…

15 Best Movie Posters of 2021
Welcome back to the mostly-annual year-end countdown of the best movie posters of the year! Obviously since…

Love/Hate: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
After the bloated and unpolished Resident Evil 6, excitement for a new mainline Resident Evil game was…
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Retrospective: Jurassic World – Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Welcome back to the Jurassic Park retrospective! In today’s post we’re going to talk about the most…

Retrospective: War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
Welcome back to the Planet of the Apes retrospective! In today’s post we’re going to be looking…
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Love/Hate: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
After the bloated and unpolished Resident Evil 6, excitement for a new mainline Resident Evil game was…

Love/Hate: Resident Evil 6
Resident Evil 6 is often considered the point where the franchise jumped the shark, leading to Capcom’s…
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Retrospective: Atlas Shrugged Part III – Who Is John Galt? (2014)
Welcome back to the Atlas Shrugged retrospective! Today we’ll be looking at the third and (mercifully) final…

Animals in Bands
I was listening to a podcast the other day and someone mentioned off-hand that there was a…

Christian Mingle – The Almighty Cockblocker
Recently my girlfriend was looking for a movie that we could watch on Netflix and, surprisingly, asked…

Waiting for Superman
I have been thinking about Superman a lot in the past few months. He’s such a ubiquitous…

Video Game Review: Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 – Venus (2016)
This happens to be my 200th post on I Choose to Stand, and I’ve put together something…

So… What’s the Point?
There’s a recurring argument which seems to occur within my family every couple months. Most recently it…
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Hi, I’m Barloq. I’ve been blogging since late 2012 and love to write about film, politics, religion and pop culture. I’m also a big fan of Pokemon, horror and action movies, comic books, DND, Warhammer 40k, and am an aspiring novelist.