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The Saddest Plot Twists in Video Games

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Red Stewart presents the saddest plot twists in video games… What can we say? Sometimes video game storytelling is so powerful, it touches us for the worse. We get so invested in a character or events, that when an unfavorable outcome occurs, we can’t help but feel morose. With so many games being narrative driven, […]

Cinema’s Groundbreakers – Jackie Chan’s Police Story

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Continuing a series on groundbreaking cinema, Tom Jolliffe takes a look at Jackie Chan’s iconic Police Story… The Criterion Collection. It’s usually a selection of key films across classic era cinema, arthouse, indie and world cinema. Some might call the selections somewhat high brow. It’s unlikely for example, that you’d see The Avengers as part […]

Oni: The Lost Cyberpunk Child of Bungie and Rockstar

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 CryMor Gaming presents a look into the troubled history of a little game called Oni… Creating a memorable cyberpunk title is a hard-sell for indie developers, but you would think major companies like Bungie and Rockstar would have no problem with it right? Well, they actually took a swing at this concept back in 2001. […]

Creepy Video Game Characters Who Will Send Chills Down Your Spine

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Red Stewart presents five video game characters who will make you shiver… Sometimes the best way to distinguish a character from their surrounding cast is to give them a colorful personality. Take this one way and they’re the comic relief. Take it the other way, though, and you now have a borderline-sociopath in your setting: […]

A Look Back at The Expendables Franchise (And a Look Forward…)

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Ten years on from the release of the first movie, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Expendables franchise and then looks at where it can go now (and who needs to join the crew)… When The Expendables was first announced in late 2009, my excitement levels went through the roof. Initially it was Sylvester Stallone, […]

How Nicalis Crashed The 90’s Arcade Racer

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CryMor Gaming on Nicalis and The 90’s Arcade Racer… It’s always sad when a game genre dies. Sometimes it’s because its mechanics haven’t aged well, other times it’s because of pure oversaturation in the market. But still, there are other times wherein it’s a company that has deliberately ruined any goodwill that could be gained […]

The Short Lived Maestro of Second Fiddle: John Cazale

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at the career of John Cazale… On the 12th of August, John Cazale would have been 85. Who is John Cazale? Well here’s the thing…A late bloomer in Hollywood, Cazale broke into cinema at the same time as a good friend of his: Al Pacino. Pacino, five years Cazale’s junior, was […]

The Rise and Downfall of Gearbox Software

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CryMor Gaming presents the rise and downfall of Gearbox Software…. Can you separate the art from the artist? This is a debate that has hit every single medium known to mankind, from literature to movies to, yes, even gaming. We all have our favorite franchises and series, but we have to acknowledge that sometimes the […]

A Lack of Vision: The Missed Opportunities of the Skywalker Saga – Pharisees & Fiancees

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Anghus Houvouras continues his deep dive into the Skywalker Saga… In part one we discussed the missed opportunity of connecting Anakin’s emotional arc to the pain of slavery and losing his mother. Anakin’s disturbing past is abandoned. The anger and rage that we see him capable of in subsequent films never feels sufficiently connected to […]