With the release of the second and final part of Bioshock Infinite‘s story-driven downloadable content last month (accompanied by precious little press coverage), now seems a good time to review the package as a whole, and also to briefly look back at the entire Bioshock series. With the recently-announced closure of studio Irrational Games, Burial at […]
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (12A) Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Sally Field, Paul Giamatti, Chris Cooper. Running time: 142 mins approx. So, cards on the table – I’m a massive Spider-Man fan, always have been. As a child of the 80’s and based in the UK, my exposure whilst growing up […]
Bloomsbury Children’s Books recently announced that, in conjunction with author J.K. Rowling, that they have selected a new artist to illustrate re-releases of the seven Harry Potter books. The artist is Jonny Duddle, who you may most likely know from his award-winning picture books, The Pirates Next Door and The Pirate Cruncher. Bloomsbury, as part […]
Newly out in paperback, Robin Sloan’s love letter to both print and digital media, which began life as a 6,000-word ebook, ultimately fails to live up to its promise. Mr Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore starts strongly enough, with Clay Jannon, a jobless everyman, taking a job in the titular San Francisco-based establishment and discovering strange goings-on […]
The cover of Retrovirus is great, I admit. The promise of violence, a Strong Female Lead, an enigmatic plain white background – it’s full of promise. Then you turn to the back cover, and are promised de-frosted neanderthals. You can’t lose, right? Yes. Yes, you can. This review is full of spoilers, because I read […]
“We always write in order to remember the truth. When we invent, it is only in order to remember the truth more exactly.” (Luis Fernando Verissimo) I’ve often mistakenly attributed the above quote to Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges, possibly because it’s written in a book (Borges and the Eternal Orangutans) which pays tribute to […]