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Thymesia – Game Review
View Resource: Thymesia – Game ReviewThymesia (available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and PC) (PC version used for review) Yeah, I don’t know how to pronounce it either I feel like most non-from software Soulslikes are following a very similar formula: emulate Dark Souls in gameplay and difficulty, and not much else. While we have had a decent number…
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The Forgiven (2021) – Review
View Resource: The Forgiven (2021) – Review“THE FORGIVEN” The Forgiven came into film festivals last year and is both written and directed by John Michael McDonagh, and based on a book by Lawrence Osbourne. I haven’t read the book, so this film will be judged alone. I also therefore have no idea what changes and omissions happened when adapting the book…
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Beast (2022) – Review
View Resource: Beast (2022) – Review“BEAST” The Beast comes to us from Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, who’s directing credits consist of an episode of the series Trapped, as well as the Denzel Washington & Mark Wahlberg film; Two Guns (if you didn’t see that, don’t bother- it’s not very good). This film is essentially a safari horror movie. The plot…
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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – Game Review
View Resource: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – Game ReviewXenoblade Chronicles 3 (available for Nintendo Switch only) Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has finally been released, making the entire trilogy now available on one console. It also has the distinction of coming out earlier than expected, it originally had a September release date when announced on the Nintendo Direct in February, but got pushed forwards to…
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Anime Amigos Podcast: Yu-Gi-Oh’s Best and Worst Duels
View Resource: Anime Amigos Podcast: Yu-Gi-Oh’s Best and Worst DuelsIn this podcast we discuss our favourite and least favourite duels throughout the first incarnation of Yu-Gi-Oh Calvin Nerd Consultant Share This Post:
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Nope – Review
View Resource: Nope – Review“NOPE” Nope is the latest film written, directed, and produced by Jordan Peele, director of such films as ‘Get Out’ and ‘Us’. This review was meant to come out way sooner but in the UK the film’s release schedule was changed a couple of times and as a result received a later release date than…
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Live a Live – Game Review
View Resource: Live a Live – Game ReviewLive a Live (available for Nintendo Switch only) Live a Live has been developed by Square Enix, and in the case of America and Europe has been published by Nintendo. It’s another game that Square Enix has used its HD2D engine to recreate the sprite work of early Square Enix RPGs to give them a…
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Stray – Game Review
View Resource: Stray – Game ReviewStray (available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC) (PlayStation 5 version used for review) Video games have made us play as some strange things in the past. We’ve played as robots, goats, even as a goose in a small British village. But surprisingly, never a cat. Well, for those of you who were begging…
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Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes – Review
View Resource: Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes – ReviewFire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (available for Nintendo Switch only) Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is the latest collaboration between Koei Tecmo and Nintendo to once again adapt one of their famous franchises into a game similar to the style of Dynasty Warriors. The last time that this was done was Hyrule Warriors: Age of…
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Where The Crawdads Sing – Review
View Resource: Where The Crawdads Sing – Review“WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING” Where the Crawdads Sing is the latest film from director Olivia Newman, who previously did the straight to Netflix film; First Match (2018) and is based on the bestselling novel by controversial author Delia Owens. When they say bestselling, they really mean it! The book sold 12 million copies! I am…
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Anime Amigos Podcast: Berserk (1997) vs Vinland Saga
View Resource: Anime Amigos Podcast: Berserk (1997) vs Vinland SagaIn this podcast we decide which show is Better Berserk 1997 or Vinland Saga over 5 categories TRIGGER WARNING: we do discuss sexual assault in relation to the plot of Berserk viewer discretion is advised 12:26 Best presentation (animation, music and art style) 24:00 Best side cast 41:22 Best protagonist 52:32 Best antagonist 1:04:04 Best…
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The Railway Children Return (2022) – Review
View Resource: The Railway Children Return (2022) – Review“THE RAILWAY CHILDREN RETURN” The Railway Children Return is essentially a sequel to the 1970 adaptation of The Railway Children; what could easily be described as one of the most influential British films. It’s on countless lists of best British movies and has received many accommodations. The Railway Children Return is a very belated sequel,…
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Thor: Love and Thunder – Review
View Resource: Thor: Love and Thunder – Review“THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER” Taiki Waititi returns to direct the newest entry in the Thor franchise, which now marks the first time that a Thor movie has had a returning director. I was really pleased to hear that Waititi was going to return to direct, since Thor: Ragnarok was one of my favourite films prior…
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Neon White – Game Review
View Resource: Neon White – Game ReviewNeon White (available for Nintendo Switch and PC) (Nintendo Switch version used for review) Speed running is a phenomenon in gaming that has increased in popularity within the last number of years, mostly due to events like AGDQ/SGDQ and other content creators gaining a career from the craft. With the growth of the speed running…
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PlayStation Plus Premium – Review
View Resource: PlayStation Plus Premium – ReviewPlayStation Plus Premium – One Week In At the time of writing this, I’ve owned the new tiers of PlayStation Plus for one whole week, and I’ve decided to give my thoughts on the service at launch. It’s definitely not because I needed to fill in some gaps after I went to a Guns n…
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Sonic Origins – Game Review
View Resource: Sonic Origins – Game ReviewSonic Origins (available for Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox Series X & S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Playstation 5 version used for this review) Sonic Origins had a very weird marketing cycle. It was announced last year for the 30th anniversary of Sonic Central, but went radio silent for ages, only showing up…
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Elvis – Review
View Resource: Elvis – Review“ELVIS” Elvis is directed by Baz Luhrmann who is previously known for films like Moulin Rouge and Great Gatsby, and this new one is essentially a biopic about the life of Elvis Presley- but even from the trailers it gave the sense that it would be in Baz Luhrmann’s typical style of filmmaking; over the…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge – Game Review
View Resource: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge – Game ReviewTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (available for Playstation 5, Playstation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Nintendo Switch version used for this review) Shredder’s Revenge has come to us a year after its initial announcement, being made by the indie studio Tribute Games, based in Canada. It was promised to…