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Prof. Annalise Keating is Terrible at her Job (How to Get Away With Murder)

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So this past weekend I had a stack of papers to grade. When doing this I like to have a popcorn type show playing – it helps me keep focus. I went with the… Continue reading

Reviewing the Scary Movies That Traumatised My Childhood (Pt. 2)

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Last Halloween we rolled out this feature, and what better time to revisit it? These are the movies that I encountered in my childhood and haunted my nightmares, revisited as a somewhat adjusted… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Knock Knock’

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Director: Eli Roth Cast: Keanu Reeves, Lorenzo Izzo, Ana de Armas Plot: Family man Evan stays home overnight while his family goes to beach to recover from an injury and work. Two girls… Continue reading

Book Review: ‘There is a Light That Never Goes Out’ by Justin Cawthorne (Halloween Reads)

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Let’s take a moment to talk about the self-published market that has blown up thanks to Amazon and Kindle related technologies. Anyone can now publish their own work for people to read and… Continue reading

Did ‘Scream’ Work as a TV Series?

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Horror and television has a sporadic relationship. It doesn’t happen as often as it should and when it does it only occasionally hits the mark. Restrictions of television means that the content is… Continue reading

Tabletop Tuesday: ‘Marvel Legendary’

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Or ‘Legendary: Marvel’. It’s not clear and we’re seen it written both ways. Either way it’s an Upper Deck deck building game under the Legendary heading based in the Marvel universe. It’s always… Continue reading

The 5 People You Don’t Want to Play Board Games With

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Playing tabletop games is one of my favourite social activities. I loved them as a kid and have been embracing the current renaissance brought about by the influx of European style games like ‘Settlers… Continue reading

Terry Pratchett Just Trolled Us From Beyond the Grave

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We’ve talked about Sir Terry Pratchett here from time to time, such as this guide to the Discworld series, his 10 best characters and, sadly, a tribute following his departure from the mortal… Continue reading

Cheap Game Tuesday: ‘The Escapists’

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One of our favourite indie game of all time is Prison Architect, it echoes the Theme Park and Theme Hospital games I loved in the 90s. And the release version of Prison Architect is out this week!… Continue reading

‘Tomorrowland’ – Good or Bad?

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Here’s the thing that drew me to watching Tomorrowland, the new movie based on a Disney theme park attraction directed by Brad Bird…the 50% it’s got on RottenTomatoes. Smack bang in the middle! It’s caught… Continue reading