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NoWave
This week I've been playing a bit of Halflife 2 again. It's really aged quite fantastically well. Let's figure out why.
Friday, 27 September 2013
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Nine Inch Nails - My Violent Heart
Nine Inch Nails have just released their first major label album since Year Zero and it's been getting high reviews. For me, the intervening period has been... well... let's just say not great.
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Call of Cthulhu: dark corners of the earth
CoTC:DCOTE is the winner of the world stupidest acronym for a game. It's also an unappreciated classic of recent games.
Monday, 23 September 2013
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
The definitive song from the definitive glam rock album. Really, this review could stop right there. But it won't. I wouldn't shortchange y'all like that.
Sunday, 22 September 2013
Saturday, 21 September 2013
Akira - Volume 1
Recently I took a look at the anime classic that broke down the doors to the western market and paved the way for thousands of others. Today, we start our six part look at the epic length Manga that inspired it.
Friday, 20 September 2013
District 9
Not all scifi needs to have a message and certainly some people out there would prefer it didn't. But I'm not one of them. District 9 is very much sci fi with a message. It's also one of my favorite films in recent memory.
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Madness - Baggy Trousers
The first song I ever danced to in a nightclub, when I was 17 years old, was this and to this day I've never seen a dancefloor respond so quickly and fun. With the clatter of schoolbells that opens the tune, circles of conversation were tossed aside as the dancefloor was rushed with people.
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Doctor Who - Series 6
Continuing our look back at Doctor Who, it's time to cast an eye over the second half of Moffat's best season.
Monday, 16 September 2013
Sunday, 15 September 2013
We're Alive
You know, I've been of the opinion recently that zombies are becoming kind of old hat and could do with going away for a while. But then, here comes something new to reinvigorate the genre again.
Saturday, 14 September 2013
AKIRA
Over the next little while, I'm going to be taking a look at Katsuhiro Otomo's masterpiece manga AKIRA. Today, we'll start with it's best known incarnation though, one of two films that broke open the anime market in the west.
Friday, 13 September 2013
Android Roundup 1
Everyone wants in on the handheld market. It makes sense why, it doesn't take a lot of observation to spot the humongous stacks of money Nintendo have made from the market. Which is why it's so surprising that it was phones that ended up stealing the crown.
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Tupelo
It starts with a crack of thunder and an ominous bass pulse. The voice of a mad preacher cuts through the air with protestations of doom. A guitar shimmers and twists in and out of hearing. That black rain comes down.
Monday, 9 September 2013
Breaking Bad - Confessions
With the lovely N returned from her holiday, we returned last night to Breaking Bad. The episode did not disappoint.
Sunday, 8 September 2013
Dead Space
There are many things I want to like about Dead Space. Indeed, I would probably class it as a good game. But more than anything, I wish it could have been better.
Saturday, 7 September 2013
Welcome To Night Vale
Welcome to Night Vale is the broadcasts of a small community radio station in a town where hauntings are quite possibly the least of their problems. It is also by far and away one of the most enjoyable listens I've had in recent memory.
Friday, 6 September 2013
Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
I've been on a little bit of a kick for Talking Heads in the last few weeks. I've always been a fan but for the last wee while, they've occupied a fairly regular place on my spotify favorites. Let's see if I can explain why.
Thursday, 5 September 2013
Anais Mitchell - Way Down Hadestown
A concept album about a greek myth in a post apocalyptic future setting heavily inspired by great depression era America while worryingly relevant to our situation today? Sign me up!
Wednesday, 4 September 2013
The Happening
M. Night Shyamalan, who I still remember was being called a box office hero for his early run of movies, has become such a toxic name that movie studios now intentionally hide his involvement in movies he directed. While that does raise questions about how he continues to get work when there are so many young directors trying to get into the business, lets take a look at the film that was the effective ringing bell for the end of his career.
Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Beardyman - Twist Ya Ankel
Beatboxer Beardyman released his debut album 2 years ago and at first, I hated it. But on a repeated listens, it went from one of my most disappointing releases to one of my favorites.
Monday, 2 September 2013
Excision - 8 Bit Superhero
When did dubstep become a dirty word? Ok, perhaps a better question would be when was it not, but regardless, today we take a look at a wonderfully filthy little track from Excision.
Sunday, 1 September 2013
Doctor Who Season 6 - Part 1
I'm going to continue my gradual recap of Doctor Who, today we take a look at the first half of season 6.
