Tag: Review
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An Open Letter to FIFA 16
Dear Fifa 16, This is really hard to write down, to put down in words, to articulate, but, I think I may have reached the end. We’ve reached a dark, dark place and, well, I’m not sure there’s any return. That’s not to say there haven’t been good times. I’ve had a long relationship with…
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Film Review: Lincoln
Sometimes films inspire you, compel you to write about them. You exit the cinema, heart filled with joy, soul crying out for fulfillment and you know, you know from the deepest darkest place inside you, that you must tell as many people as possible about what you have just seen. Run to the top of…
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Game Review: Battlefield 3
I have always been a sports game sort of guy. Sensible Soccer, through every version of Fifa via a brief excursion to Pro Evo, a momentary glance at Brian Lara with a hint of Top Spin and an ill fated visit to the Winter Olympics on the original Playstation. I’d never even played a first-person…
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Review: On The Edge
For frequent readers of this blog (which mostly seems to be Unity Theatre staff and my sister… There will be a post about pizza at some point…) you’ll know I had a show on at The Lantern Theatre a few weeks ago! It was nice to see my work onstage with a fresh perspective! I…
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Game Review: Fifa 12
I hate to say it, but I’m here now, and, well, I have a problem, an addiction. I don’t like confessing it, maybe it’s churlish, pathetic, maybe it isn’t, I don’t know. All I know if it’s here to stay and there’s no escape. I’m addicted to losing. It started in the late 90s with…
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Comedy Review: The Axis Of Awesome
Edinburgh Festival 2011 One of the great things about the festival is the contrast in performances, styles, venues and atmospheres. Surely there are few other places where you can go from an underground basement room with six other people watching a Geordie comedian flogging his comedy heart and soul out for little noticeable effect to…