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Blu-ray Review: The Day The Earth Stood Still

Blu-ray Review: The Day The Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still (which shall from hereon be referred to simply as “Earth”) is a remake of the 1951 movie of the same name. I can’t talk with authority regarding the differences between the original and this ultra-slick, polished and extremely noisy remake given that I haven’t seen it. I will tiptoe [...]

April 4, 2009 | 1 Comment More
Resident Evil 5: Part 2

Resident Evil 5: Part 2

Two blog posts about one game?  Yes, if for no other reason than I have nothing else to write about at the moment (save for a new review that will be coming this weekend) and also because I’m still in something of a state of shock at how much I am loving this game. Since [...]

April 3, 2009 | 4 Comments More
Dell FAIL

Dell FAIL

I was hoping to be posting one of my hardware reviews by now. After coming back from holiday a few weeks ago my trusty Media Centre PC decided to give up the ghost after a few months of erratic behaviour. The prognosis was a deceased power supply, but given how the machine was now several [...]

April 2, 2009 | 2 Comments More
Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5

Capcom. I apologise, from the bottom of my bottom (and possibly my heart as well) for pouring words of scorn upon Resident Evil 5 before its release. Mr Resident Evil saying he may not buy Resident Evil at launch, what was I thinking? In my extremely slim defence, the demo really was rather…underwhelming. If I [...]

March 26, 2009 | 0 Comments More
Blu-ray Review: Max Payne

Blu-ray Review: Max Payne

Gears of War lead designer Cliff “don’t call me Cliffy” Bleszinski once said that the attaching of a chainsaw to a gun in his game was a peanut butter/chocolate combination. Two things that when put together make something even better. Videogames and movies should theoretically do the same thing, especially given that how videogames have [...]

March 20, 2009 | 0 Comments More