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A Tale of Dungeons & Dragons

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Calum Petrie with a tale of Dungeons & Dragons… In this day and age, we are filled with so many different types of entertainment (this site alone covers a massive amount of pop/geek culture) that we have allowed our imaginations to dwindle and let comics, film, TV and video games to fill in the gaps […]

Comic Book Review – Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins II #6

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Calum Petrie reviews Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins II #6… After the party split to gather items in an attempt to save Grog, the teams rush to return their successfully obtained items along with their strange new party member. Team Nightmare and Team Nymph Heart are in a desperate rush to return to tower of […]

Comic Book Review – Alienated #2

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Calum Petrie reviews Alienated #2… The story of Alienated appears to be another interesting double meaning – not just the story of social segregation but also alien element to the story. This deep and charming tale is focused around the lives of three kids called Sam (Samir, Samuel and Samatha), each is a different kind […]

DOOM Eternal launch trailer unveiled ahead of next week’s release

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If it were not for DOOM, where would the FPS genre be? This is a hard question to answer and damn near impossible to imagine. When 2016’s DOOM was released it was met with undeniable praise, and with the sequel DOOM Eternal set for release next week, Bethesda has now unveiled the official launch trailer […]

Video Game Review – Metro Redux on Nintendo Switch

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Calum Petrie reviews Metro Redux on Nintendo Switch… Many big games have been receiving ports to the Nintendo Switch; games such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Alien Isolation and DOOM (2016) have all been received well. The issues when porting have usually been sacrifices to performance and visuals to compress the current gen huge […]

Comic Book Review – Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins II #5

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Calum Petrie reviews Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins II #5… Vox Machina are still within the early stages of their adventures, and a split in the party requires two objectives to be tackled at the same time. The previous issue showed Vex, Vax, Trinket and Grog heading into the Frostweald to find the heart of […]

Video Game Review – Journey to the Savage Planet

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Calum Petrie reviews Journey to the Savage Planet… Typhoon Studios’ Journey to the Savage Planet is a charming exploration/adventure game where our character is sent by an Earth based interstellar travel company to explore possible habitable planets for humanity to relocate to. Players have to survey creatures and fauna, harvest resources and build upgrades to […]