Berlin, 1960. The gigantic Reichstag towers over Hitler’s magnificent capital, a monument to his realised vision of the Third Reich and the magnitude of his victory over Europe and the US. Like Robert Harris and Philip K. Dick novels, Fatherland and The Man in the High Castle, imagining a world where the Nazis achieved their […]
INSIDE (PS4, Xbox One, PC) INSIDE is short, classy and polished to a high sheen. It’s also dark, disturbing and reminds me of David Lynch’s Eraserhead crossed with one of Storm Thorgerson’s more dystopian album covers (e.g. Pink Floyd’s Animals or Muse’s Absolution). Despite running from left to right for the whole game, solving a […]
I’ve decided what the ‘Album Of The Year’ is. More and more, it strikes me that Pink Floyd’s The Wall is the record we need to make sense of what we are thinking and feeling in 2016 (well, some of us). The overall concept and core themes of The Wall, first released in November 1979, are credited […]
I was curious to see what the very best video games of all time were as listed around the net. Like all the best distractions, I fell very far down the rabbit hole. For fun (spreadsheets—woohoo!), I collected a whole bunch of data, stirred the pot and create what felt like a reasonably convincing list, […]
The spiritual sequel to Demon’s Souls and first in a series that recently enjoyed its third (and final) entry, Dark Souls is one of the best-regarded games of all time. For good reason: it’s a game that haunts you, if you’re able to stick with it. Before it clicks though, Dark Souls can be frustrating […]
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