The modern FPS wouldn’t be the same without the headshot. But are one-hit kills right for games, James wonders… The release ofSniper: Ghost Warrior 2has us thinking about videogame combat mechanics. Specifically, the idea of the one-shot kill. In most shooters, the easiest way to get an instant kill is to go for a headshot. This is why games likeModern Warfare 2give gamers the One Shot, One Kill bonus. To encourage you to get better....
Jarrett Kruse makes his way through episode 7 of The Americans and tells us what’s up. The Jennings are still reeling from the beating they took from their own people in last weeks episode. Seeing the Towers intact just for a moment is still haunting. Sandras marriage is crumbling as Stan continues his rise in his new post at the FBI. Amador convinces Stan to go out for a drink, despite his domestic obligations....
Ethan Lewis brings us the last installment in our ‘Minorities In Comics’ with some activism and community creation. The same can be said for LGBT communities. Some minority communities have used comics to tell their side of history. And of course, comics are also created for fun and to share in-group humor. Some of the most popular comics were comedies and romances. There was then a feminist backlash and women began creating their own comics....
Heres what he had to say. So how did this joint venture between Trion and Syfy come about? They ended up creating a new IP simply because we have to have a clean slate. So here we are withDefiance. So then it was decided to do it on a massive scale. The game itself, right now, we have 150 people [working on it]. The television show, the production quality is pretty goddamn good....
He is bound by an old school professionalism that dictates he wear a suit and probably a fedora. His mild-mannered smile gives off the vibe of an unassuming everyman with those storied Midwest values. Behind that ever reassuring smile is a perversely wicked mind that has improved movie going for us all. A Born Showman Sam Raimi did not begin as a master of horror and depravity. Born as the youngest of five children, Raimi was raised in a Conservative Jewish family....
BBC crime two-parter Shetland reaches a hurried and uneventful conclusion. Here’s James' review of the final instalment… This review contains spoilers. All thatShetlanddid well in part one though became its undoing during its second half. The focus is on the discovery of archaeology student Hattie James body after her apparent suicide. Aside from some welcome comic asides from Alison ODonnells Tosh, its hard going. Moving into the second half of the episode, this diversion-style plot was dropped....
Nick Harley gives us the low-down on the show’s eighth episode. Kevin Bacon is even starting to become a problem on the show. Once the only saving grace, Bacon is starting to be brought down by the shows disastrous writing. In interactions with his F.B.I. superiors, Hardy is written as sarcastic and snarky. Bacon plays the role with more sass and eye rolls than necessary. At this point, playing a badass quipster while interrogating prisoners just seems inappropriate, off-base, and bizarre....
What, no one read that? Quoth Vamp U, I dont read that shit. If anything, I suppose this movie is mostly for vampire eroticism fanatics? Who like storylines involving older men seducing college girls? Is there a big market for that? Vamp U catches up with its marketing of Sorority Girls Suck! The film rarely gets beyond the punch line of vampires on a college campus, LOL. Essentially, this movie has equally forgettable National Lampoon movies AND the appeal of Twilight to blame....
Action, sex, zombies…what more could you want! This episode ofThe Walking Deadstarts off with one of the most suspenseful openings weve seen in awhile. Rick enters the barn and soon finds the Governor also coming in. What does this say about Andrea? Another unwanted boo hoo moment for Andrea. Glenn steps up, to put Merle in his place, while Rick is gone . But a scuffle breaks out between Merle and Glenn as Merle tries to leave....
Is new two-part BBC crime adaptation Shetland a friendlier version of The Killing? James checks out the first episode… This review contains spoilers. Theres more than a hint ofThe Girl with the Dragon Tattooin the Beebs latest stab at crime drama. Her body is discovered the next morning by local bobby on a bike, Sandy Wilson. The policeman riding a bike was thankfully where the similarities toBalamoryended. Jimmy Perez is a decent leading character forShetlandand Henshall is good enough in this opening episode....
Treasure of Sierra Madre is a classic western tale of greed and an indictment of capitalism. It ate at mens souls and turned even the closest of friends against each other. Greed was an addiction, when you land some, you have to have more. And gold was crack, meth and ice rolled into one big rock of jones. The yellow metal gets into their skin and threatens to blacken their souls....
Warwick Davis, from Star Wars, to Labyrinth and Willow to Jack the Giant Killer . Warwick was born with a congenital disease that causes dwarfism. While many might see Warwick as being disabled, he acts anything but. Warick played a goblin (who was part of the Goblin Corps.) in Jennifer Connelly and David Bowies dark fantasy,Labyrinth. But as withReturn of the Jedi, his extensive costume and makeup hid his features....
The ABCs of Death fails to live up to American anthology horror film expectations. How does a self-described horror fan, then, decide which movie is worthy of her time? ), was definitely something I needed to see. It sounds pretty cool, huh? Or, at the very least, it seems like it would be semi entertaining, right? Both die and the duck is left quacking. With his unsympathetic parents urging him on, the boy finally decides to use the toilet....
