The residents in the virtual world of Second Life (SL) are always finding new and unique ways to entertain themselves in the vast virtual realm. From opening clubs, making clothes and building structures such as houses, anyone would argue that giving residents the right tools can help them to create their…
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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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Charmed (2018) Pilot Review + Fan Theory
Sisters Mel and Maggie arrive home to find their lives have been turned upside down with the death of their mother. Things become even more complicated when a girl, Macy, shows up on their doorstep claiming to be their long lost sister. With emotions running high the trio soon find…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews | VICE
When Adam McKay moved away from making stright-up comedies like Step Brothers and The Other Guys, the last thing I was expecting him to start making was more serious biographical comedy-dramas. With The Big Short, he showed he could handle something a little more serious while telling the tale of…
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