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Video Game Review – Rocketbirds 2: Evolution

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Scott Watson reviews Rocketbirds 2: Evolution… Putzki is dead. Or is he? Hardboiled thought he had nailed the evil megalomaniacal despot at the end of the first Rocketbirds.  It seems though that psychotic killer owls from outer space had other plans and look to have brought Putzki back from the dead to once again take over […]

Pokemon Go fever grips Springfield in The Simpsons short

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Pokemon fever is gripping the globe thanks to the latest iteration, Pokemon Go, and it’s even reached as far as Springfield! Yes, Homer Simpson has fallen victim to the game, neglecting his parental duties during a family trip to the zoo as he tries to catch them all in a new Simpsons short released by […]

Video Game Review – Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris

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Ben Rayner reviews Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris… Tomb Raider, that classic adventure platforming giant which revolves around a young British archaeologist who happens to be a gun toting, gymnastic queen, is in a rather odd state of flux at the moment. After countless sequels and accusations of becoming stale, Square Enix gave […]

Video Game Preview – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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Ray Willmott previews The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt… It’s been a painful wait for The Witcher 3 considering we’ve known about its existence for high-end new-gen platforms before those platforms were even officially announced. But after an uninterrupted three hour long session with the game, the good news is CD Projekt RED have created something […]

Video Games Are Valid Entertainment, Stop Trying to Make Them Into Films

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Samuel Brace calls for an end to video game adaptations… Name a good video game to movie adaptation. Go on, name one. Name one bona fide hit with both critics and fans that’s source was a video game. Coming up short? That’s okay, it was an impossible task. There are of course some that are […]