First up, Rob Mayor of Millennium FX, the prosthetics specialists who’ve made a menagerie of monsters for Doctor Who… SFX: The werewolf transformations don’t take all that long on screen, but there must be much more work that goes into them. How long does the job take you? Because they …
Read More »The Science of Mega Man
The newer Mega Man games have kind of gone off the deep end when it comes to preserving the series’ roots as a science-fiction story, but the original games feature some really cool concepts that actually have their roots in reality. Unfortunately, we won’t be discussing whether or not we’ll …
Read More »Mass Effect 3s ending controversy: What do other game writers think?
The discussion over Mass Effect 3’s divisive ending has elicited responses from the game’s vocal lead (opens in new tab), the entertainment press (opens in new tab), our own Dave H (“The Mass Effect 3 ending: Why it is vital to the future health of games that BioWare not change …
Read More »Dark Storm by Sarah Singleton REVIEW
It may be a teen romance with no “adult” content whatsoever, but this could well be one of the most mature books you’ll read all year. A synopsis might make you think it will be the usual rubbish: Ellie is recovering from the death of her mother over a year …
Read More »Yesterday review
It’s the sign of a strong point-and-click adventure puzzle when you know what you have to do, have a basic idea as to how to do it, but don’t know how you’re actually going to. Essentially, you see the door, know it’s locked, and need find a way to open …
Read More »Battlestar Galactica Blood And Chrome Will Not Go To A Series
(opens in new tab) After all the excitement about the Battlestar Galactica: Blood And Chrome trailer Deadline has revealed that, while Syfy will still air the pilot, the network has no plans to make the show into an ongoing series. Syfy may, though, still develop Blood And Chrome as a …
Read More »Prototype 2 trailer reveals 11 ways to kill like a champ
Activision has a posted video highlighting 11 reasons why you should play Prototype 2. Granted, all of the reasons have something to do with creatively slaughtering the game’s enemies, but we assume “11 reasons why this game is not suitable for children” didn’t make it past Activision’s PR. Our favorite? …
Read More »Fringe “The End Of All Things” REVIEW
TV REVIEW Vive la revelation Episode 4.14 “The End Of All Things” Writer: David Fury Director: Jeff Hunt THE ONE WHERE Olivia and Nina are interrogated by David Robert Jones, another Nina is interrogated by the Fringe team, and dying Observer September spills some beans (no interrogation required). UNIVERSE Over …
Read More »Dark Souls PC port incoming? Vague chain of allusions points to maybe!
Namco Bandai’s teasing a new announcement (opens in new tab) on the Facebook page for its cult smash, Dark Souls. Yes, within the game’s world, the company hates you and lives only to hear the anguished wails of your death throes; but this is Social Media, so you ain’t hearing …
Read More »Doctor Who New Companion Updates
LATEST UPDATE: 12.10PM (opens in new tab) Following on from the original story : * Jenna-Louise Coleman’s first appearance will be in the Christmas special. * “We saw a lot of brilliant actresses. But Jenna was the only person going faster than Matt – he had to keep up!” – …
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