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…

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,…

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…