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Avengers vs X-Men. Issue One. Comic Book Review!
Avengers vs X-Men. Issue 0. Comic Book Review
AvX 0!(Aaron. Bendis. Cho. Keith)
Two guns, Witch!
In 2004, Marvel called in Brian Bendis to ‘fix’ The Avengers. Many didn’t consider they needed fixing, but clearly Marvel felt that Bendis would be able to make the book ‘A-List.’ He began fixing it by killing off characters he didn’t like, throwing other characters onto a ‘one-way’ bus, and turning Scarlet Witch even more insane than she already was.
Some...
Street Fighter X Tekken review
Street Fighter X Tekken sees the Tekken cast cross onto the 2D plain to do battle with Street Fighter’s world warriors. There were initially worries about how well the Tekken characters would cope on a 2D battlefield considering their origins, but Capcom have done a brilliant job with the transition.
Anyone with any experience with the Tekken characters will instantly see familiar combo strings and attacks from the original 3D Tekken games,...
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Review
Final Fantasy XIII was released to wide criticism. The game was linear and the combat mechanics did not truly open up until around 30 hours in when you were finally able to have free rein over your characters and parties. Square Enix set out to fix these deep flaws in FFXIII by creating another direct sequel, Final Fantasy XIII-2.
Something that struck me in Final Fantasy XIII-2’s opening credits was the understated name of the director and then...
Soul Calibur V Review
The word “gratuitous” comes to mind whilst talking about the Soul Calibur series, with its gratuitous story, absurd weapons and characters. Whilst most of the game is lighthearted, fun and a great multiplayer game, there are some things I need to address before delving into the mechanics, customisation and all that.
I’m not a fan of the way that Namco has marketed this game in some of their posters. For those who do not know, they are risqué...
Anticipated Return Of ‘MBLAQ’ Means 100% War
Known in the past during their debut days as beast’dols (beastly idols) MBLAQ have released one of the first highly anticipated mini albums of 2012, ‘100% Ver‘. Being the creation of world star Bi Rain, and being under Rain’s company ‘J-Tune Camp‘, expections from their very first debut was high, and gradually grows higher with every single and album they release.
In 2009 MBLAQ released ‘Oh Yeah‘...
Tales of the Abyss 3D Review
It’s lucky that we even get the opportunity to play a game from the “Tales of” series in the UK, with many titles not making it overseas due to a lack of localisation or poor sales. Tales of the Abyss was originally released on the PS2 way back in 2006 but was rid with bugs and a crippling frame rate issue that put me off playing my imported PS2 copy. Tales of the Abyss has finally seen a release in the UK as the PS2 version of the game never...
Must Watch K-Dramas of 2011
With the end of 2011 and a new year beginning, what better time to look back at the fantastic entertainment the Korean drama scene has given us. Over the past 12 months there have been drama releases that have had us laughing hard and moments of pure sadness. Although I can’t list every single drama I have had the pleasure of watching this past year, I have decided to at least share a few of my favourites, the ones I would recommend watching.
Secret...
The Artist review
“I won’t talk. I won’t say a word.” These are the first words we read from the intertitle card of George Valentin’s film A Russian Affair. We then realise that we’re actually watching people, watching a film, in an auditorium. How quaint. Not only is Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist loaded with symbolism and subtext, it happens to be a black and white film with no dialogue. Hell, it’s not even in widescreen!
Set in 1927, silent movie...
A Very SMENT Christmas
Its that time of year where music charts are filled with festive joy and tunes that get you jumping around happily realising Christmas is now upon us. Korea and their entertainment companies are not ones to miss out on all this happiness, and compete head to head releasing Christmas singles and Christmas family albums. This is a perfect time for all the imagery we have grown accustomed to over the year to disappear, as a new fluffy, cute and...
