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Book Review: ‘Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Dr. Moreau’

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Author: Guy Adams Publisher: Titan Plot: Holmes and Watson are once again recruited by Mycroft to deal with a decidedly delicate situation. Reports of bodies mauled by animals in London are linked to… Continue reading

Doctor Who Review 7.2 – ‘Dinosaurs on a Spaceship’

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Things were looking pretty bleak last week with The Doctor and the Ponds being dropped on a planet-wide dumping ground for bat-shit crazy Daleks. Awesome, yes, but not the brightest start to a… Continue reading

Game Review: ‘Bastion’ for iPad

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Developer: Supergiant Games Concept: A third person action/RPG where players control ‘The Kid’, one of few survivors of a ‘catastrophe’ that has destroyed the land and left pockets of it floating in the… Continue reading

Book Review: ‘The Twenty-Year Death’

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Author: Ariel S. Winter Publisher: Titan Books, Hard Case Crime Plot: In 1931, small town France, a dead prisoner is found in a gutter during a storm and proves to be the tip… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Bully’

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Director: Lee Hirsch Plot: A documentary examines the issue of bullying in small town America, focusing on the experience of the victims and their families as they try and get the school system… Continue reading

Top 5 Creepypasta

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For those looking at that title and scratching their heads: the term ‘creepypasta’ originated on the internet (and I am yet to hear someone use it in any other context) and refers to… Continue reading

Game Review: ‘The Simpsons Tapped Out’

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Hand-held devices and tablet computers have become a boon for imaginative and creative game developers. Minimalist games like Angry Birds and Temple Run have been a delight for people looking for a pick… Continue reading

Doctor Who Review 7.1 – ‘The Asylum of the Daleks’

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It’s been a while since the 11th Doctor took flight through the time vortex with the new season being delayed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the show. This past week we’ve… Continue reading

Game Review: ‘Slender’ (Or: Virtual Constipation Reliever)

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Sometimes with all the hype and promotion happening around the big releases in gaming it’s remarkably easy for something low key to slip right on by the average punter. Even if you set… Continue reading

Charlie Chaplin Does Cocaine and Twists off a Woman’s Nipples

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Everyone thinks of Charlie Chaplin as a loveable scamp. The outfit and mustache, the little waddle, the pratfalls…the man was a clown through and through. Although his most famous character – The Little… Continue reading