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12 of 12 V – February 2010

12 of 12 V – February 2010

We begin this months 12 of 12 (created by scriptwriter and all-round good guy Chad Darnell) with a note to everyone else who participates but isn’t on Twitter, Facebook, et al to ask you all to send a huge amount of love to our girl Janelle in Australia who has had a rather…difficult month and [...]

February 12, 2010 | 15 Comments More
Blu-ray Review: Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs

Blu-ray Review: Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs

It is taken as a given that Pixar are the rightful rulers of CG Animated Movieland(TM) and despite numerous imitations none of the other studios can replicate their magical formula.  Dreamworks continue to cram as many pop culture references as is humanly possible into their outings, and previous Sony titles have been a trifle insipid [...]

January 24, 2010 | 1 Comment More
Bayonetta: Inspired Insanity

Bayonetta: Inspired Insanity

For the past few years there have been numerous articles written in countless magazines, on gaming web sites and blogs about the state of the Japanese gaming industry.  Where once Japanese companies, games and studios ruled the roost, now we find some of the largest players in the electronic entertainment business are from the US [...]

January 18, 2010 | 4 Comments More
12 of 12 V – January 2010

12 of 12 V – January 2010

Amazingly we are now into the fifth year of 12 of 12, it doesn’t seem possible!  But this is an extra special year, as it is the final year that creator, host and all round nice guy Chad Darnell will be hosting. So I will do my very best to get all twelve done this [...]

January 12, 2010 | 17 Comments More
New Media Arrives

New Media Arrives

Thanks to the excessively cold temperatures this past week we went without any post until yesterday when this bumper crop arrived.  To be honest I’m amazed it all came at once Planet Terror and Crank 2 were from the Play.com sale (£9.99 each, the only non-digital sale items I bought this..no wait..last year) and Bayonetta [...]

January 9, 2010 | 4 Comments More