Harrison Abbott previews Ghostwire: Tokyo…. The near adjacent releases of Horizon Forbidden West and Elden Ring (a pair of titles that are diametrically opposed in many ways) have ignited a fierce debate about the design principles for open-world games. To give you the short version, one camp believes that everything ought to be neatly packaged […]
TV Review – Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.
Harrison Abbott reviews Hulu’s Marvel animated series M.O.D.O.K…. Without context, you’d be forgiven for dismissing M.O.D.O.K as nothing more than a Robot Chicken clone overlaid with Marvel theming. After all, it shares many core features with the long-running sketch series, including a penchant for lampooning movies, scatological humour, a few members of the voice cast, […]
Exclusive Interview – Frontier Developments talk Planet Zoo’s Southeast Asia Animal Pack
Harrison Abbott talks with Frontier Developments about Planet Zoo’s Southeast Asia Animal Pack… Although they have dabbled in a few other genres (including party games and space exploration MMOs), the bread and butter for Cambridge-based team, Frontier Developments, is surely the management sim. Ever since the early 2000s, they’ve been enabling people to realise their […]
Video Game Review – El Hijo – A Wild West Tale
Harrison Abbott reviews El Hijo – A Wild West Tale… Within the sphere of indie gaming, there are a number of tried and tested genres that rarely. You know, those durable fan-favourites like the pixel-art platformer, the bastard-hard roguelike, and, of course, the ever-dependable: ‘’minimalist adventure about a big-headed child surviving hostile environments’’. For reference […]
Exclusive Interview – Frontier’s Brendon Morgan talks Jurassic World Evolution coming to Game Pass
Harrison Abbott chats with Frontier’s Brendon Morgan about Jurassic World Evolution coming to Xbox Game Pass… Frontier Developments are something of an authority when it comes to management sims, having worked on many of the genre’s vintage franchises: like Rollercoaster Tycoon, Zoo Tycoon and Thrillville. Clearly, they have an affinity for creating virtual amusement parks, […]
Movie Review – Shadow in the Cloud (2020)
Shadow in the Cloud, 2020. Directed by Roseanne Liang. Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale and Taylor John Smith. SYNOPSIS: In the throes of World War II, Captain Maude Garrett joins the all-male crew of a B-17 bomber with a top-secret package. Caught off guard by the presence of a woman on a military […]
Exclusive Interview – Looney Tunes Cartoons composer Carl Johnson on making music funny, honouring the past and licensing old songs
Harrison Abbott chats with composer Carl Johnson… Carl Johnson is an Emmy Award-winning composer and orchestrator, known primarily for his credits on big-budget animated films (Wall-e, Monsters Inc.) as well as beloved children’s cartoons (Gargoyles, Pinky and the Brain, Animaniacs, Batman: The Animated Series). His latest undertaking for Warner Bros. is the new Looney Tunes […]
Video Game Review – Timelie
Harrison Abbott reviews Timelie… Let’s address the elephant in the room upfront: Timelie is not a typo. It’s the correct spelling of this isometric puzzler, which has apparently been named with the express purpose of vexing anyone who has to write about it. I mean, the first draft of my review is littered with squiggly […]
Video Game Preview – Stoneshard
Harrison Abbott previews Stoneshard… It’s almost impossible to talk about Stoneshard without mentioning its formidable difficulty curve. Indeed, much of the conversation surrounding this Steam Early Access title has skewed in that direction, with the developers themselves egging on the discourse by plastering their social media pages with words like ‘’challenging’’, ‘’complex’’ and ‘’ruthless’’. Hell, […]
Exclusive Interview – John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Sound Editor on differentiating every gunshot, recording dog noises and ADR grunting
Harrison Abbott chats with John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum sound editor Mark Stoeckinger… From the outset, John Wick has garnered much attention for its impeccably crafted fight sequences, building up a rabid cult following in the process. Even those who aren’t as bowled over by the movies are forced to admit that – from […]
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