Joshua Philpott
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Apr 13
Retro Review: Condemned
In these quiet times between game reviews it is an industry Tradition to dig through ones collection and revisit some of those titles that made you do all this in the first place. While rifling though my games I found an old copy of a personal favourite of mine, a game by with merely a …
Apr 12
Retro Review: Plan 9 from Outer Space
What makes a bad film so watchable? Where is the line where a film’s mediocrity becomes a shining achievement? These are some of the questions raised when watching any of Ed woods cinema genius, he was a man with vision. Even if that vision was odd, his films left a resounding mark on cinema that …
Mar 30
Daily Thought: Is the Nintendo 3ds a smart direction?
Yesterday in Platforms we showed footage of nintendo’s new design prototype, the “3ds”, which is a pre- announcement announcement. The concept behind this is a 3 dimentional image inside the screen that will track your head allowing image rotation, etc.. This got me thinking.. Is this really practical? The design at this stage still remains …
Sep 01
Geek Trailers: The Tournament
Well surfing around the interwebs I stumbled across this awesome looking action film that I thought I would share with all of you. Everything about this film speaks to the action junkie in me, the plot (simple as it may be), the cast and of course the explosions! Check it out .. Comment!!
Aug 31
Geek Thoughts: Will Wii drop its price now?
The last two weeks bring some interesting developments in the console wars. Ps3 finally coming out with both its price drop and also its slim model in one swift and powerful blow, finally we see the titan of the previous generation pull its special move out and force the whole industry to adapt. So, then …
Aug 25
Geek News: Bioshock Movie may have new director!
Recent talks have surfaced that the Bioshock movie (previously to be a Gore Verbinski epic) may not be as dead in the water as previously stated. The movie had been given an budget of around 160mil, but had the plug pulled pre-production by universal saying the movie needed to be more cost effective. Well fans …
