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The Geekery Guide: Who is Sir Terry Pratchett and What is the Discworld?

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Anyone whose browsed the fantasy section of any bookshop in the past 30 years would have noticed dozens of titles carrying similar artwork and bearing the name ‘Terry Pratchett’ on the spine. You… Continue reading →

Revisiting ‘Heroes’ Before ‘Heroes Reborn’

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Amongst the upcoming new TV shows we have the resurrection of the 2006 sci-fi series Heroes. Coming before the Marvel reinvented the cinematic superhero franchise while Arrow got the ball rolling on TV, Heroes was a… Continue reading →

Cheap Game Tuesday: ‘Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture’

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This addition to the PSN store has been garnering positive reviews and has a great title, which caught our attention. It also has been billed as a ‘spiritual successor’ to the game Dear Esther,… Continue reading →

Movie Review: ‘Straight Outta Compton’

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Director: F. Gary Gray Cast: O’Seah Jackson, Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Paul Giamatti Plot: With their community offering them little opportunity and the authorities giving them no room to move a collective of hip hop… Continue reading →

Tribute: Yvonne Craig R.I.P.

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A few hours ago the news broke that movie and television star Yvonne Craig had passed away. Yvonne Craig had more than a couple of great roles under her belt, but there’s one… Continue reading →

Movie Review: ‘Vacation’

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Director: John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein Cast: Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo, Steele Stebbins Plot: Rusty Griswold, son of Clark and Ellen of the previous Vacation movies, tries to help restore… Continue reading →

Why Does Everyone Hate ‘Fantastic Four’?

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Oh boy, here we go again. We had a similarly themed article concerning Pixels a few weeks ago, a movie aimed squarely at the geek market that failed abysmally. Now we have Fantastic Four, another… Continue reading →

Tv Review: ‘Minority Report’

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Straight off the bat this seemed like a bad idea. A movie based on Minority Report does have potential as a procedural investigation show, a popular television genre in this era of serialised entertainment, so… Continue reading →

Tabletop Tuesday: ‘Exploding Kittens’

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Needless to say, this isn’t the first tabletop game to employ an attention getting title. It’s evocative of the already popular ‘Kittens in a Blender’. Yet this game has become a pre-order smash… Continue reading →

Movie Review: ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’

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Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki and Hugh Grant Plot: At the peak of the Cold War spy games in Berlin CIA agent and former thief Napoleon… Continue reading →