
Video Game Preview: Azazel’s Christmas Fable (PC)
Ah, isn’t it a relief now that Christmas is out of the way? All of that stress over shopping, cooking and socialising. Not to mention all of those presents! Hang […]
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Ah, isn’t it a relief now that Christmas is out of the way? All of that stress over shopping, cooking and socialising. Not to mention all of those presents! Hang […]
After the superb Werewolf by Night, The Guardians of the Galaxy is the second Marvel Studios Special Presentation; essentially a one-off TV special of the kind that doesn’t exist in […]
Last week’s big revelation that Kate Bishop’s mother was in league with the Kingpin was big enough of a development in itself. The fact that it was Vincent D’Onofrio back […]
Part of what makes the MCU work so well are the little references, callbacks, cameos or even the spotlight shared by familiar characters – most of which work because they […]
The Star Wars universe’s equivalent of Christmas, the Wookiee celebration of Life Day first appeared in the ill-fated, ill-conceived and just plain awful Star Wars Holiday Special back in 1978. […]
Though I was a little disappointed with last week’s episode – as you can see from my review here – I did acknowledge that there were elements that were really […]
Taking major inspiration from Matt Fraction and David Aja’s superb 2012 Hawkeye comic book run, the latest series in Disney’s so far excellent run of MCU-based shows is off to […]
Ben and Katy’s discovery of the robots that have invaded their home at Christmas results in a worrying discovery: one of the high tech critters is not a fan of […]
I’m a little late to the party with my coverage of Byte-SIzed, but I hugely enjoyed the first issue and the second issue is just as much fun. Though AWA/Upshot […]
Who knew old jolly Saint Nick was such a badass? In this one-shot comic book, St. Nicholas is a grizzled, tired defender of Christmas – all too happy to perpetuate […]
Halloween may have come and gone, but the long, cold nights are here for a little while longer – the ideal conditions to scare yourself silly with a pair of […]
The original Star Wars Holiday Special was an unmitigated disaster. Quickly produced for TV in 1978 – just a year after the first movie was released – it was a […]
Santa’s almost here! It’s about this time that I like to sit back, chill out and watch some classic movies. There’s a lot of debate about what makes a Christmas movie a Christmas movie, but for me it’s easy: Is it set at Christmas? Are there Christmas-themed songs on the soundtrack? Does the Christmas setting feature heavily? If the answer […]
Though my parents had owned consoles – mostly Pong clone machines and, in the late 80s, an Atari 2600 – I’d never had one that I could truly call my […]