Wolfenstein: A Retrospective Back in the 80s, a computer-game author named Silas Warner made what could be considered the world’s first stealth-action game: Castle Wolfenstein. Taking place at the height of World War II deep in Nazi Germany, the game doesn’t give you much of a backstory or even a name. Since the graphics don’t...
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July 10, 2011February 9, 2017Arts and Entertainment
The King’s Speech
The King’s Speech Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush Genre: Drama/biopic Rating: R for some language. Here’s an excellent picture that delivers to us a dramatized look into the accession to the British throne of Albert Frederick Arthur George, or simply Bertie (Firth), Duke of York, who would become King George VI, shortly before the outbreak...
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July 8, 2011February 9, 2017Arts and Entertainment
A look back: Retro and Retraux
(pronounced the same, actually) I’ve played quite a few retro titles in my time, and for good reason: Retro, as well as more modern attempts to capture the retro feeling through graphics and/or sound (known as Retraux as a sort of portmanteau of Faux Retro), is one of my favorite styles of entertainment. The Seventies,...
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July 6, 2011February 9, 2017Arts and Entertainment
Become little plastic pirates and explore epic environments!
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean By Travellers Tales and Disney Interactive Genre: LEGO-building, action-adventure Rating: E10+ for Cartoon Violence, Comic Mischief Once again the venerable designers at Travellers Tales partner with a license holder to translate a property to the LEGO medium. This time, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean gets the treatment. It’s every bit...
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July 2, 2011February 9, 2017Arts and Entertainment
Build and explore to your heart’s content in the retro-styled world
Terraria By Re-Logic Genre: 2D sandbox action-adventure-puzzler-RPG? Not rated, but if it were it’d probably be E10+. Terraria is an extremely addictive sandbox game that supports co-op, and you will need your friends for this. You make your character from quite a few presets of color and basic look; you create a randomly-generated world, small,...
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July 2, 2011February 9, 2017Arts and Entertainment
Become the legendary monster hunter again
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings By CD Projekt RED Genre: RPG Rating: Mature for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski’s series of books about the professional monster hunter, Geralt of Rivia, have yielded two games for the PC thus far. The first...