Archive for August, 2008

Review: Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

Demon days

Revert to Saved recently had Hellboy week, so you might already have an inkling that I’m a fan of Mike Mignola’s blue-collar demon. However, the first Hellboy film didn’t entirely deliver. Although it retained something of the spirit of the original comic, it lacked its humour and fascination with folklore, instead concentrating on Lovecraftian […]

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Posted: August 25, 2008

By Craig Grannell in Film, Rated: 4/5, Reviews

Review: Arkanoid DS

It pongs. You won’t want to break it out at a party. Etc.

“It may seem familiar, but it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before!” boasts Taito about Arkanoid DS. However, this isn’t entirely true—I’ve seen plenty of half-baked Breakout games over the years.
The fact remains that Arkanoid was never that good in the first place. […]

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Snippets for 2008-08-21

Rebellion’s bought Blackfish, publisher of Death Ray, which will now go quarterly. Rebellion also owns 2000 AD… http://tinyurl.com/5srr4r #
Most fun DS game of late: New International Track and Field. However, the throwing events are hateful (as in Zoo-Keeper-Quest-Mode hateful). #

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Posted: August 21, 2008

By Craig Grannell in Snippets

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