Firewatch Developer: Campo Santo Publisher: Panic Campo Santo PS4, Xbox One, PC My award for the best opening to a video game in 2016 goes to Firewatch! To say too much would spoil it but, it sets out an intimate scene showing how two people meet and fall in love. It is beautifully told and […]
Titanfall 2 Developer: Respawn Entertainment Publisher: Electronic Arts PS4, Xbox One, PC I feel really sorry for Titanfall 2! Imagine being released in-between Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. In an already crowded marketplace these three games came out a week apart from each other. Titanfall 2 appears to be the victim in […]
Inside Developer: Playdead Publisher: Playdead PS4, Xbox One, PC It’s difficult to write about Inside for a couple of reasons. The first being that I don’t want to spoil anything that happens, as it is an experience that is probably best enjoyed knowing nothing about it. The second reason being that if I’m completely honest, […]
Blu-ray: The Driller Killer (1979) Infamous for playing a leading role in the UK ‘Video Nasty’ furore led by the NVLA in the early 1980’s, The Driller Killer returns to our screens in a new uncut 4k restoration, thanks to the awesome people at Arrow Films. Director Abel Ferrara plays the aforementioned ‘Driller Killer’, Reno Miller; a […]
Blu-ray: Fright Night (1985) When Charley Brewster’s (William Ragsdale) new neighbours move in next door, their strange behaviour leads him to believe they could be…vampires. Made two years before The Lost Boys, Tom Holland’s first film is for me, the first true tweeny ‘aware of itself’ cult-horror. Although this is definitely deeply rooted in the […]
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment PS4 Uncharted 4 is probably the best blockbuster movie video game I’ve ever played! I know that sounds like a bold statement but, I find it hard to describe it any other way because at times it felt like I was playing one […]
Gears of War 4 Developer: The Coalition Publisher: Microsoft Studios Xbox One, PC Although Gears of War: Ultimate Edition came out on PC and Xbox One last year, Gears of War 4 is the first brand new Gears game to appear on the latest console. Some would argue that Gears of War helped to redefine […]
Battlefield 1 Developer: EA DICE Publisher: Electronic Arts PS4, Xbox One, PC World War 1 isn’t a conflict that tends to feature heavily in modern gaming. World War 2 on the other hand has had loads of games and maybe the reason for this is because the definition of “good vs evil” was more clearly […]
The Division Developer: Ubisoft Massive Publisher: Ubisoft PS4, Xbox One, PC Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games, (or MMORPG for short) have never been a genre of gaming that I’ve been interested in. In MMORPG’s players enter a shared world carrying out tasks and completing quests, whilst picking up loot along the way to improve […]
Streaming: Black Mirror – Series 3 (2016) Charlie Brooker gets his show a serious upgrade from Channel 4 to Netflix, drawing comparisons to classic sci-fi shows such as the Twilight Zone. Steve Woolley has a look into the Black Mirror. Charlie ‘giggles’ Brooker, the lovable misanthrope from the TV Wipe series which views the world […]