E3 2014: A Reprieve from Franchise Fatigue
Publishers love their franchises. They are the sure bets of the gaming industry and a guaranteed boon to the investors. Yet for many gamers, the constant string of games under […]
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Meta-Review: Murdered: Soul Suspect
When Square Enix announced Murdered: Soul Suspect (developed by Airtight Games) last year, it hit a certain curiosity with me. It was a ghost story, but it was not a […]
Edgar Wright’s Departure Shows Marvel Studio’s True Vision
Edgar Wright’s departure from Marvel’s Ant-Man film on May 23 was a shock to the system of many cinematically inclined comic book/super hero fans, myself included. I was incredibly excited […]
Music Review: Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal
Parquet Courts first album, Light Up Gold, was a great re-introduction to the awesomeness of lo-fi indie post-punk, and it rightly garnered a lot of positive buzz (especially in Britain). […]
Meta-review: Watch_Dogs
It was two E3s ago that Ubisoft destroyed all other reveals with their incredibly realistic looking Chicago simulator Watch_Dogs. Since then we have had countless delays, what seems like a […]
Short Film Friday: Johnny Express (Dir.: Kyungmin Woo)
This week’s short film is a small, but hilarious piece out of South Korean animation house Alfred Imageworks. Directed by Kyungmin Woo, Johnny Express plays like a fantastic Futurama episode […]
Batman vs. Superman Gets A Title
The Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill starring sequel to Man of Steel (and pseudo-Justice League film) has numerous side characters, including Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg), and Cyborg […]
Beer Review: Muskoka Detour “Sessionable IPA”
Editor’s Note: We have a guest beer reviewer today: our good friend Graham. He is a seasoned beer aficionado, and we hope you like his thoughts. Detour is a recent addition […]
Monument Valley: Playing with Impossible Architecture
April 2014 was a banner month for the iOS store. Let’s face it, Hearthstone was released to such epic fanfare that one could be forgiven if they thought that it […]
Short Film Friday: FOUREYES (Dir.: Conor Byrne)
Today’s short film is an utter and pure delight. FOUREYES is a project from production team and brothers Conor and Tyler Byrne (Conor directs/Tyler produces). The film is a coming of […]
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