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Review: X-Men: Days Of Future Past

July 8, 2014by Simon Leave a comment

The latest *X-Men* film is a spectacular affair, a high-budget and frequently hilarious reassertion of the franchise after the dreadful *X3: The Last Stand* and *Wolverine* movies. It features all […]

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Film, Review

Review: Under The Skin

July 8, 2014by Simon Leave a comment

You can put it away now: the idea that the unnervingly attractive Scarlett Johansson only became a superstar due to the fact that she is the human embodiment of a 1940’s bomber […]

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Film, Review

Review: Nidhogg (PC)

January 28, 2014by Simon Leave a comment

If games are dancing, then Nidhogg is the Argentinian Tango. Grace and blood, attacks and parries, personal space being fiercely invaded time and time again. Swift moves sometimes sliding into long-held pauses […]

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Games, Review

Review: The Day Of The Doctor – The 50th Anniversary Special

November 26, 2013by Simon Leave a comment

Originally published on AwesomeFriday.ca The *Third Conditional* in English is the impossible *”what if?”*. All the other conditional forms deal either with present truths or future ideas, plans and dreams of […]

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Review, Television

Review: Europa Report

November 26, 2013by Simon Leave a comment

Originally published on AwesomeFriday.ca It’s hard to know where to begin with *Europa Report*. Not because it’s bad; it’s really not. More that the measure of what it *might* have been […]

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Film, Review

Review: Gravity

October 12, 2013by Simon Leave a comment

Originally published on AwesomeFriday.ca The problem with converting books into movies (or into stage shows or comics or, less frequently, games) is that the medium has certain elements that cannot be […]

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Film, Review

Winning The Clone War: Saint’s Row 4 vs Grand Theft Auto 5

October 4, 2013by Simon Leave a comment

Originally published on AwesomeFriday.ca *Wow* This is a word you’ll use generously throughout your first journey into *Grand Theft Auto 5*, Rockstar’s latest and staggeringly expansive new virtual playground. *Wow* at […]

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Editorial, Games, Review

Review: Attack Of The Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale (3DS)

August 4, 2013by Simon Leave a comment

Originally published on AwesomeFriday.ca This game make me sad for so many reasons. Not because it’s bad – it’s really, really not – but more because it’s a real shame that […]

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Games, Review

Forza Horizon: Back To The Tarmac

July 8, 2013by Simon Leave a comment

Originally published on AwesomeFriday.ca My Maserati is silver-grey with a blood red stripe running from its beautiful head down to the nape of its back. With the accelerator pushed hard against the carpeted floor […]

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Games, Review

Review: Remember Me (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

June 21, 2013by Simon Leave a comment

Originally published on AwesomeFriday.ca I’ve been trying to write the first sentence of this review for twelve hours. The best I could come up with was something about how storytelling in […]

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Games, Review

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