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Since Skate was released, snowboarding fans have been screaming out for a similar title aimed at them specifically – and the gaming industry has at now at long last delivered their wish in the shape of Stoked, a snowboarding title with shapes of those before it but enough new about it to make it stand out as a game you will not have experienced before.
Back in 2005, FEAR was rightly seen as a new standard in the horror game genre and gained rave reviews from all corners of the gaming industry. Four years on can FEAR 2 : Project Origin match, or possibly better its predecessor?
When you think of Tom Clancy, you probably immediately think of a squad based third person shooter game due to the huge success of series’ such as Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six. However the brand’s most recent video game exploit takes us higher than ever before, into the skies in fact, in Tom Clancy’s HAWX.
This ain’t yer daddy’s Resident Evils game! Kijuju, Africa is the sight of RE5 and what a setting it is. While some of the game has that dark, horror feel like RE lovers have come to know, RE5 changes the pace a little. This isn’t your normal RE game. In fact, it’s fairly different. Traditionally RE games have been dark with the constant feeling that you’re just about to die and be totally overwhelmed by a horde of zombies. RE5 never really feels like that except one place and I’ll get to that later.
Who watches the Watchmen? I did, duh!
Here is a very brief description of the film. Watchmen is based on the popular graphic novel set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of everyday society, and the Doomsday Clock, which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union, moves closer to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the outlawed vigilante Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) sets out to investigate, and is reunited with his surviving old colleagues, all of them former superheroes themselves. Together, they unveil a conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future.
Alright? Sounds fun right, well let me explain a few things before you rush out to see Watchmen. First of all, Watchmen is rated R for a reason. It’s a very graphic film so if you don’t like lots of brutality then you should pass. The language is heavy as well and there is even a sex scene but the most important part is that Watchmen is depressing. This isn’t Marvel’s positive outlook on life, this is a very realistic yet depressing look at an alternate 1985 and what could have been. (more…)
