Well this was a little late. Usually The chars make the rounds on the Monday afternoon (hence why up Monday evening). But this week it went round on the Tuesday morning. There’s nothing in the UK like a Bank Holiday delay but either way, here it is now. Starting with…
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What’s Next Focus: Focus Home Interactive in 2019: Part One
Last week, (April 10th – 11th) Focus Home Interactive had their yearly ‘What’s Next Focus’ event near their headquarters in Paris. It’s their own press event where they get to show off what they have planned and media gets a hand’s on with their titles for 2019. This year Focus…
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Mortal Kombat 11 Brings the Brutality from the Past to the Present
Long-running fighting game series is hitting our screens with its 11th incarnation of the popular video game franchise. Originally released by Midway Games Chicago in 1992 Mortal Kombat gained infamy for its violent gameplay and it, along with Digital Pictures’ Night Trap, were involved in the formation of the ESRB (Entertainment…
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Virtual World Residents Pay Respects to Notre Dame Cathedral
In the wake of a fire that devastated one of France’s most famous landmarks, Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, residents of the virtual world Second Life visited its replica to pay their respects. On April 15th, while undergoing renovations it was reported the roof of the 856-year-old cathedral caught fire…
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Evolution of the Chatbot
The artificial assistant has been around for some time now, since the mid-90’s Clippy for Microsoft Office. Today’s version is much more intelligent, and we helped it get there. Today we see them everywhere, as in-store assistants, as sales representatives and even as medical helplines. The chatbot has become so…
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Book Review: Stranded With the Cyborg by Cara Bristol
Stranded with the Cyborg is a 2015 Erotic Romance Novel by Cara Bristol. Assigned to be the bodyguard of his former protectee, Penelope Isabella Aaron the daughter of the ex-president of the Alliance of Planets as she embarks on her first diplomatic mission as Terran Ambassador, CY-OPS Cyborg Agent Brock…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews | SHAZAM!
Having disbanded their cinematic universe, instead deciding to focus more on the standalone films for their array of superheroes, allowing them space to breathe and not be under pressure to have everything build to something major, the DCEU picked themselves up off the floor with Aquaman. After the disaster that…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews | US
Riding on the wave of success Get Out has provided him with since 2017, Jordan Peele returns with Us, a psychological horror that promises to get under your skin even more than his debut effort managed to. Peele showed innovation aplenty with Get Out, the social commentary apparent in the…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews | CAPTAIN MARVEL
With the 21st feature film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios have their first female-led superhero film in Captain Marvel. This is something that should be celebrated but we unfortunately live in a world where internet trolls try and trash a film before it’s even released, the most ludicrous…
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Book Versus Film: Hellraiser/The Hellbound Heart
Clive Barker is one of my favourite horror writers, his stories of the macabre and grotesque always leave a very satisfying, yet overwhelming feeling of disgust and intrigue as you read his stories. He was and still is the master of Body horror, and his stories tend to question and…
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