As this is an interpretation/analysis of the film Only God Forgives rather than a review, it goes without saying that it’ll be chock full of SPOILERS…. Based on the sheer spread of reviews and reactions, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives must be the most divisive cinematic release in recent memory. When the film’s end […]
Celebrated physicist and comic book geek James Kakalios was at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Monday night to give a talk about some of the scientific ideas explored in his two books, The Physics of Superheroes and The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics. Appearing as part of the festival’s ‘Stripped‘ theme – celebrating the world of comic […]
Celebrated sci-fi author China Miéville spoke about the “geekification of popular culture”, and his desire to build a counter-history of popular literature through the “books that don’t fit” at the World Writers’ Conference event, hosted by the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Saturday. The event as a whole was rather directionless; despite acting as a […]
Jonny investigates that rarest of beasts: a tie-in video game which is actually really good…. The Walking Dead: The Game is a puzzle-adventure originally released in April 2012, with successive episodes made available over the following four months resulting in a 5-act story. Since then there’s also been a sixth episode released, titled ‘400 days’ […]
Journalist and cartoonist Joe Sacco used his appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival to talk about the unique strengths of graphic reportage, the importance of “honest journalism” and the power of outrage. His most famous works, the harrowing travelogue Palestine and the Bosnian war chronicle Safe Area Gorazde, have set the benchmark in comic book […]
Geekzine UK founder, Andrew Jamieson, will be reading from and discussing his debut novel, The Vengeance Path, on Wednesday 14th August, at 5pm, alongside fellow debut author, Damien Love, who will be reading from his book, Like Clockwork. Both author’s works are eBooks, and the event is billed as ‘Future Books’ – expect discussion to […]