The real-life events of Flight 1549 might have been tailor-made for a Clint Eastwood movie. On 15 January 2009, a US Airways Airbus, having just taken off from LaGuardia en route to Charlotte, North Carolina, ran into a flock of Canada geese whose ingested bodies disabled both engines. Veteran pilot …
Read More »Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare review: “Consistent and exciting, albeit without any overtly outstanding moments”
For the first time in a while, COD doesn’t feel entirely like COD. Well, okay, it sorta does – it’s still several hours of shooting dudes – but a new intergalactic setting and interesting narrative angle means this is less about LOUD NOISES and more ‘weary resignation to the costs …
Read More »Mafia 3 review: “Intelligent storytelling and a sumptuous world, underserved by inconsistency and repetition”
You know that kid at school who seemed disruptive and lazy, but then a few years later it turned out that s/he was actually some kind of genius, and just wasn’t being well-served by the comparative mundanity of the classes on offer? And was actually capable of brilliant things, given …
Read More »Mafia 3 review: “Intelligent storytelling and a sumptuous world, underserved by inconsistency and repetition”
You know that kid at school who seemed disruptive and lazy, but then a few years later it turned out that s/he was actually some kind of genius, and just wasn’t being well-served by the comparative mundanity of the classes on offer? And was actually capable of brilliant things, given …
Read More »WWE 2K17 review: “You and your opponent can re-enact ECW’s greatest hits with glee”
Many fans argue that it’s impossible to have a five-star wrestling match; the same could be said of a five-star wrestling game. That’s partly because they want an experience which feels like wrestling, but plays like a competitive fighter – a false hope given that in reality combatants work to …
Read More »WWE 2K17 review: “You and your opponent can re-enact ECW’s greatest hits with glee”
Many fans argue that it’s impossible to have a five-star wrestling match; the same could be said of a five-star wrestling game. That’s partly because they want an experience which feels like wrestling, but plays like a competitive fighter – a false hope given that in reality combatants work to …
Read More »Westworld season 1 episode 2 Chestnut recap
Question: Is it possible to follow one of the most outstanding pilots (opens in new tab) in a long time with a second episode that sustains the pace, mystique, and detail of the first? Answer: Well, not really, but Westworld episode 2, Chestnut, still has plenty going for it. As …
Read More »The Man in the High Castle season 1 review: “The world-building is superb”
Alternate histories – especially ones involving Germany winning World War 2 – are old hat in science fiction literature. The idea’s gone from high-concept to pure pulp. TV has been slow to embrace the sub-genre, but now we may have the show that’ll define alternate history on TV, and it’s …
Read More »NBA 2K17 review: “The model that all modern sports video games should aspire to”
For the better part of a decade – certainly since the explosively popular cultural touchstone that was NBA 2K11 with its legendary Jordan Challenge mode – 2K Sports’ NBA franchise has been the gold standard of sports video games. Only PlayStation exclusive MLB The Show has come close to matching …
Read More »ReCore review: “A great example of good ideas, flawed execution”
ReCore begins promisingly. You are Joule, a young woman sent to help terraform the planet of Far Eden. But when you wake from hypersleep, you find a world devoid of fellow humans, overrun by robots aiming to kill you. Somewhere, hidden deep beneath the shifting sands of this desert wasteland, …
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