So the Last of Us TV show launched and I mean... eh? It's undeniably a step up from what has come to be expected from most videogame adaptations - that normally being that mediocrity is the high bar. But it's still not particularly special and really doesn't justify it's own existence in any way. The... Continue Reading →
The Incredible Hulk (2008) Review – Don’t Make Me Angry
Don't make me angry were my thoughts going into this one. I had an itch to watch Hulk break things but didn't recall this film being very good. But on some level movies like this always entertain me - giant monsters punching each other that is - like I can't turn off the child in... Continue Reading →
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Review
The Incredible Shrinking Man is a film that catches you off guard. Not because a man doesn't shrink - a man certainly does shrink in this one, rest assured - but because it at first feels like it's going to be high concept. Y'know, watch a man shrink and have fun at the whacky antics.... Continue Reading →
Dwarf Fortress Review – Pint Size Insanity
Dwarf Fortress is a game that has been under constant development for twenty years and recently got a Steam release. It's a game that's always had it's circles of praise, but a number of accessibility issues like where to buy it, a convoluted UI and control scheme, have kept me away from it. But now,... Continue Reading →
The First 45 Minutes of Transformers: The Last Knight
I watched the first forty-five minutes of The Last Knight for a full review and had to stop. To even get that far, I'd had to consult a psychologist who graciously prescribed me several anti-depressant medications, and who refused to allow me to view the film without first booking myself in for weekly therapy sessions... Continue Reading →
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) Review – This Is Not A Film
This is not a film. What on Earth does that mean? Of course Age of Extinction is a film. A whole two hours and forty-five minutes of a film. Mark Wahlberg's in it, and there's lots of CGI so it should be a film, right? Wrong. Transformers isn't a film. You might now be expecting... Continue Reading →
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Review
I never was into plays when it came to literature. I liked watching them if I ever happened to be in the theatre, but script reading wasn't for me. What didn't help was that I wasn't keen on the teacher who taught us A Streetcar Named Desire or the way she taught it. She wasn't... Continue Reading →
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) Review
Dark of the Moon is one hell of a boring piece of crap movie, which serves to only emphasise Bay's flaws as a director and... Nothing else. Everything bad I had to say about the previous two films is double downed on here - the unending runtime, the stereotypes, the propaganda, the horny cinematography, the... Continue Reading →
Vampire Survivors Review – The Dopamine Machine
There are many ways games can make one's brain release dopamine. One way is by making you shoot dudes in hilarious ways, and another might be to make numbers go up by clicking stuff. Vampire Survivors takes both of those things and sticks them together in one of the most shockingly satisfying ways I've recently... Continue Reading →