Thought Bubble: What Do We Want From Old Friends?
A glut of 1990s TV revivals are upon us. What do these Friends, X-Files, and Full House reunions hope to accomplish – and what should we as viewers expect from them?
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Guacamelee! Review
These days, most games billed as Metroidvania don’t live up to the moniker. Enter Guacamelee!, an excellent Mexican-themed brawler that oozes 2D authenticity. The latest offering from Toronto’s DrinkBox Studios maximizes the Metroidvania concept with tight combat, intricate level design, and a colourful aesthetic that reminds players that more is not necessarily better.
Super 8 Review
It’s safe to say that many filmgoers will always measure newcomer sci-fi epics by the standards of the classics that came before them. Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. and the now thirty-to-forty year old peers that reserve warm fuzzy spots in hearts around the globe. So it was both interesting and completely logical that Steven Spielberg, creator of these titan classics, would use the talents of J. J. Abrams, undeniably a contemporary lord of genre, to, in essence, create a new film that makes tribute to his own triumphs.
The Ten Most Annoying Video Game Baddies of All Time
I spent a great deal of my childhood playing video games; some would say that too much of my childhood was devoted to games, but that’s another discussion entirely. I played what was available to me, mostly Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis and PC games. Like any avid gamer, I often ran out of lives, […]
