This post contains full spoilers for Resident Evil Village and its predecessor Resident Evil 7. I would recommend playing both games before this. I have tried to refrain from discussing other Resident Evil games in this review and judge this specific duology on their own terms. Thanks for reading. As many people have noted before, …
This essay was not originally written for this blog, so the style might seem a little different. I'm currently busy with work so I've decided to lightly edit this and post it here. This post contains spoilers for Memories, Perfect Blue, Paranoia Agent, Millennium Actress and Paprika and I recommend watching them before reading. Kon …
This post contains full spoilers for Cyberpunk 2077, and I recommend playing before reading. A lot of “Triple A” games launch with controversy, but CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 launched with a litany of technical issues and even life-threatening features. Before I get to a proper look at the game, I’d like to address this …
2020 hasn't been a bad year for films, but it has been a slightly strange one. I was only able to see one of these films in the cinema; the rest had to be seen on my laptop, my TV or my shitty home projector. This isn't the worst thing in the world, but it's …
This post contains spoilers for Magnetic Rose and mild spoilers for Colour out of Space and Cure. The segments in this post are mostly unrelated, so feel free to skip out any that don't interest you. Satoshi Kon’s films mostly have similar themes, but what’s interesting about them is how they play with those themes …
2020 saw the launch of a whole new console generation for gaming, albeit one that a lot of people, including myself, didn’t actually get to experience. I’ve been searching for a PS5 since they came out, but I think games like Demon’s Souls and Spider-Man Miles Morales will have to appear on next year’s list …
I’m sure every critic and their mums will be struggling to write a suitable introduction for any 2020 list. How does one properly address one of the greatest tragedies to hit on a global scale in something as trivial as a list of some good TV you can use to distract yourself? The truth is, …
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This post is about the 2020 film On the Rocks and contains full spoilers within. I highly recommend seeing the film before reading. I am, in theory, against stunt casting. I used to be more opposed to it until I realised that, with a few exceptions, almost all casting is stunt casting. Like it or …
This is the eleventh and final post in a series of Ace Attorney reviews, and I recommend reading the others before this. Although this post is called Turnabout Time Traveler, I will not be talking about that case in detail. However, this post will contain spoilers for all Ace Attorney games discussed prior. Thanks for …
This review is part of a series of the best of the decade. You can read the other entries in the list by clicking this link. This review contains full spoilers for The Killing of a Sacred Deer and I recommend watching before reading this. Unless deliberately trying to trick you (a la Audition), films will generally inform …
