Three Word Chart: Plague Edition: June 23rd 2013
Apologies for the lateness but it seems that we both have the plague. With that in mind this special plagued edition of the chart will only cover the three new entries in the top 10. I’m certain that we will be fine once the weeping cysts on our faces die down. Oh how I wish that we were doing the full chart because that would be the perfect segue into Passenger (who is still in […]
Categories: Column, Music, Reviews Tags: another love, dizzee rascal, goin' crazy, Jason Derulo, music, Official Charts Company, plague, Reviews, robbie williams, The Other Side, Tom Odell, top 40, UK Top 10
Review: Man Of Steel
At a Glance: A thrill ride from start to finish. It has a promising start on Krypton, setting up the plot and a strong background. Unfortunately this greatness does not continue throughout the whole film but that is not to say the film is bad. Henry Cavill IS chillingly good, genuinely brilliant and proves he deserved to play cinema’s most iconic hero. You’ll enjoy this fresh approach to Superman and the mind-blowing collateral damage. Quality […]
Categories: Film, Reviews Tags: Amy Adams, Chris Nolan, Clark Kent, Film, General Zod, Henry Cavill, Jonathan Kent, Jor-El, Kevin Coster, Krypton, Lois Lane, Man of Steel, Michael Shannon, Reviews, Russell Crowe, Superman, Zack Snyder
Review: Bioshock Infinite
In August 2007 Ken Levine, via his studio Irrational games (then under the guise of 2K Boston) and the publisher 2K released Bioshock. Arguably one of the best games of the now ending current generation of consoles, Bioshock was a game with a distinct story to tell and enough deep and meaningful mechanics to tell that story in a new way. How many games have used the idea of logs and messages to tell a […]
Categories: Gaming, Reviews Tags: 2K, 2K boston, 2K marin, bioshock, bioshock infinite, booker dewitt, comstock, elizabeth, irrational games, ken levine, PC, playstation, PS3, reviewed, Reviews, songbird, Xbox, xbox 360
“Nightmare in Silver” S07E12 Doctor Who Review
I’m not sure where to begin with this episode of Doctor Who. I walked away from watching it with no real feeling about it. Would I be keen to watch it again? Probably not. Would I throw a tantrum if someone put it on? Probably not. And that’s not really great is it? Yes sure, it wasn’t bad, but then it wasn’t brilliant either, and with this series being fairly hit and miss already I […]
Categories: Reviews, TV Tags: Doctor Who, Doctor Who Series 7, episode 12, Hide, Reviews, Series 7, TV
Retrovued: Heavy Rain
After taking a look at the trailer for Beyond: Two Souls in last week’s trailer watch I got to thinking about David Cage and his studio Quantic Dream’s other projects. The studio itself is far from prolific, in fact, they have produced just one game for each console generation since the studio was founded in 1997. Their first offering was Omikron: The Nomad Soul. Released for PC in 1999 the game got mixed reviews at best; […]
Categories: Column, Gaming, Retrovued, Reviews, Videogames Tags: Beyond: Two Souls, David Cage, Dream, Farenheit, Games, Gaming, Heavy Rain, Omikron, playstation, Quantic, Quantic Dream, Retrovued, Reviews, Sony, Videogames
“The Climb” S03E06 Game of Thrones Review
Warning: I’ve probably spoilt a lot in this review. Just when you think a show can’t surprise you anymore (like when you stupidly read the books beforehand – see last weeks review http://revued.net/index.php/kissed-by-fire-s03e05-game-of-thrones-review/), it jumps up and slaps you in the face. Joy, oh joy! Melisandre, then Gendry (no, not Gendry), followed by that meeting of minds, or rather balls, between Olenna and Tywin and to top it all off, the unholiest of betrayals, Ros. […]
Review: Don’t Starve
Don’t Starve is a beautiful son of a bitch. Unfortunately the emphasis is very heavily on son of a bitch. I promised myself after last week’s review of FTL I would pick a game to review that I actually had a chance in hell of beating and after hearing good things about this isometric survival game I decided to give it a go. I’ve already said that Don’t Starve is beautiful, this game has, when […]
Categories: Gaming, Reviews Tags: don't, Don't Starve, Game, Isometric, Klei games, Mark of the Ninja, PC Game, Reviews, starve, Steam, Survival, Video Game
Catch Up Round Up: 25/04/13 – 01/05/13
A brief summary of what’s still available on Catch Up/On Demand from a pick of the previous weeks TV. All dates are as of Thursday 2nd May 2013. The Politician’s Husband – Aired Thursday 25th April BBC2. 15 days left. An enjoyable drama that I anticipate will get darker as the series goes on. Some flowery dialogue aside (they are politicians after all), this could be one to keep an eye on. Let’s just hope […]
Categories: Column, Reviews, TV Tags: Bailey, Column, Dispatches, Job Lot, Mail, Politician's Husband, Post, Reviews, Scott, Scott & Bailey, Scott and bailey, Sweat the small stuff, United States of Television, Vicious
“Hide” S07E09 Doctor Who Review
After the erm episode 3 and the universally reviled episode 2, finally a storyline that feels like good old fashioned Doctor Who. Haunted house, check; rainstorm, check; two guest characters that are secretly in love with each other, check; scares that aren’t really scary but are the kind of family friendly scares that apparently give children nightmares – you know, the best kind, check. And thank God for that as we were starting to wonder […]
Categories: Reviews, TV Tags: Doctor Who, Doctor Who Series 7, Episode 9, Hide, Reviews, Series 7, TV
FTL: Faster Than Light – First Impressions
Rogue-like used to be such a dirty word. Games with artificially inflated difficulty and a penchant for screwing you over were a niche market at best. From the punishing Kaizo Mario games to mainstream successes like Super Meat Boy, difficult games have had their market and stuck to it. Until FTL. I’m no stranger to Super Meat Boy, hell I’ve sworn at Kaizo Mario eight, nine, ten thousand times but FTL feels different. The difficulty […]
Categories: Gaming, Reviews, Videogames Tags: Faster Than Light, FTL, Games, Gaming, Reviews, Rogue-like, Roguelike, Videogames
