Category: Reviews

Armada by Ernest Cline Review

Anyone who enjoyed Ready Player One has probably heard of Armada, the book which followed from author Ernest Cline. Again, the focus here is on video games, this time focussing on a college kid who balances his job in a games shop with school, playing his favourite space...
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Zootropolis Review

You wouldn’t think to look it but Zootropolis is a film about racism, social tension and ambition. All her life, Judy Hopps wants to become a police officer. Yet a bunny has never been a police officer before – it’s considered too dangerous and is a job bigger,...
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Skull Review

Want a chance to trick your friends, lie through your teeth and take huge joy in them swearing at you when it all goes to plan and they lose the game because of it? Skull is a game of bluffing, luck, and trying everything you can think of...
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Deadpool Review

I was worried about Deadpool. There was no need to worry. The odd one out of the Marvel cinematic universe gets a second chance – after the frankly horrible imaging of our hero in the Wolverine saga, Ryan Reynolds’ retelling of Deadpool’s origin story is quite brilliant. From...
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Fitbit Charge HR Review

More than just another activity tracker, the Fitbit Charge HR’s big selling point is the heart rate monitor. In the back of the seamless case and band powered by pulsing green light the heart rate monitor takes a ready every 5 seconds by some technological magic – and...
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T.I.M.E Stories Review

If there’s one thing that most board games don’t do too well, it’s telling stories. While there might be plenty of action, quests to do or scenarios to beat the actual narrative tends to be left behind. T.I.M.E Stories looks set to do away with that theory, by...
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Broken Hero by Jonathan Wood Review

Arthur Wallace is back with MI37, and this time he’s got a simple matter of some Nazi-built robots to deal with, some of which are hell-bent on ending most of humanity with a fairly hefty bomb. The fourth book in the Hero series, Broken Hero picks up not long...
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