DIABLO III: THE DOWNSIDE OF NOSTALGIA

Adam Brereton gives his take on Blizzard’s long-awaited latest release.

Diablo III, more or less a remake of its predecessor, is a polished game in true Blizzard style – addictive, well balanced, easy to pick up with a savage difficulty curve (if that’s your thing) and immensely popular. But like most other pop-cultural products at the moment it gleefully slides down the cliché waterslide to splash with a grin in the kiddy-pool of its own recent past.

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Q & A WITH JANE ESPENSON AND BRAD “CHEEKS” BELL

We spoke to Jane Espenson and Brad “Cheeks” Bell, the writing team behind web series Husbands. Following a highly successful Kickstarter campaign,  they are now in the planning stages for season 2 and took some time out to share their combined thoughts on the series, their future plans, and humour as a force for good. Continue reading

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FULLY SICK BONDI HIPSTERS

Interview with Connor Van Vuuren, stunt performer, director and one of the writers behind SICK! and Bondi Hipsters.

“What do you get when you take a hobo, add some emo, a touch of metro?” Dom (Christiaan Van Vuuren) and Adrian (Nick Boshier) are Bondi Hipsters, complete with an organic food fixation, underground clothes label and a pledge to reduce their “environmental footsie” – one can of deodorant at a time.

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THE AVENGERS, MY SOUL AND OTHER STORIES [REVIEW]

Hey! This movie is really something, you know?

I know this is the second Avengers review in a row. It’s a massive movie. Quit complaining.

In 2008, I and many others were sitting in the cinemas watching Iron Man for the first time. Being more of a DC comics kind of guy I wasn’t really expecting much. Maybe that was the right frame of mind to be in because I walked out of there completely blown away. It was stylish, classy and a little bit sexy. It also featured the best Stan Lee cameo to date (for the worst, see Spiderman 3. Or better yet, don’t).

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MGM TO REVIVE STARGATE SG-1?

If the official Stargate Facebook group is to believed, news from the Stargate Convention in Vancouver*  is that MGM may be reviving SG-1, though in a different format to the original.

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