The upcoming Netflix movie Mute might fix one of the biggest problems with the future dystopias of many sci-fi flicks. At least personally speaking, one thing that’s always bothered me about such films is that their worlds are portrayed as so different from ours that they become difficult to believe …
Read More »Watch a new video for Square Enixs Project Octopath Traveler on Nintendo Switch
Ever since it was revealed in January 2017, Square Enix’s Project Octopath Traveler has held Switch owners’ attention (opens in new tab). The game combines 16-bit era sprites and textures with 3D environments to create a sort of high-definition retro aesthetic (or “HD-2D” as the developers have described it), which …
Read More »“How much more can you pack into an episode???” – The internet reacts to Star Trek Discovery episode 13
Welp. Star Trek Discovery (opens in new tab) episode 13 was a wild ride. At the risk of sounding like a broken record every week: Watch. This. Show. Seriously. For those of you who haven’t caught up (or haven’t even boarded the Discovery yet, for shame!) then there are big …
Read More »Not sure Sea of Thieves has enough to keep you playing? Check out this beta datamine and judge for yourself
Get a good crew together and Sea of Thieves (opens in new tab) is some of the most fun you can have without getting keelhauled, but you’ll also plow through pretty much everything the beta has to offer real quick. Developer Rare has avoided spelling out just how much of …
Read More »Whatever form Dragon Age 4 takes, it would do well to build from the epic, extravagant (and slightly unwieldy) Inquisition
Running a country is, we’re sure, a messy, awkward business and so, much of the time, is Dragon Age: Inquisition (opens in new tab). Consider Skyhold, the game’s gradually restored mountaintop fortress that is the most obvious manifestation of your power as Inquisitor, but which often inspires a sense of …
Read More »Should video games tackle natural disasters like movies? Or is that just really poor taste?
Between fires ravaging California, hurricanes decimating Caribbean islands, earthquakes rocking Mexico and countless other natural disasters, 2017 was one of the most destructive years on record. Art imitates life, so some of last year’s news reports are bound to inspire creatives in entertainment – or at least their financiers – …
Read More »Sitting comfortably? The Walking Dead season 8 mid-season premiere is going to be one of its longest episodes ever
The Walking Dead season 8 (opens in new tab) is going to be returning with a bumper episode. After the biting events of the mid-season finale, there’s going to be a lot of ground to cover. Not only is the episode going to deal with everything that happened with that …
Read More »“Wow. Just f***ing wow.” – The internet reacts to Star Trek Discovery episode 12
Star Trek Discovery (opens in new tab) continues to be one of the most engaging shows going right now. The giant watercooler that is the internet keeps bubbling over with discussion, ‘Did you see that?’ moments and even some reactions that, if you aren’t watching already, will make you want …
Read More »Netflix’s Altered Carbon is Blade Runner meets Black Mirror with Westworld’s morality thrown in
“The first thing you’ll learn is that nothing is what it seems…” This is the opening line of the first episode of Altered Carbon and it couldn’t be more apt. Its true that given the popularity of sci-fi dystopian series and the trend for body-swapping stories, you might think you …
Read More »Downsizing review
Election (opens in new tab), About Schmidt (opens in new tab), Sideways (opens in new tab), Nebraska (opens in new tab) – you might say that the films of Alexander Payne contain microscopic studies of masculinity, featuring men who try to find their own small place in the world… but …
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