Category: Arts & Entertainment

The Language of Hip-Hop: A Lot More Than ‘Ass’

This article was done for the Phonograph, can be found here. Okay, so we live in a world where Big Sean can release a song called “Ass”, where the lyrics consist mostly of just that word. Granted, if you’ve been paying attention to Top-40s …

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Film Review: Weekend

This review can also be found at The Yorker. The majority of my experience with romance-type movies has been rooted firmly in the sappy, feel-good realm. And I can’t goddamn stand them. Boy meets girl in a chance encounter – potentially a …

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Mario Kart 7 – Glidin’ & Divin’

This review can also be found at The Yorker. Nintendo are pretty smart businessmen. They’re very confident in their intellectual property – on any given Nintendo console, you’d be had pressed to not find a Mario, Zelda, or Pokémon title. And yet, …

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Film Review: Dream House

Psychological thrillers are hard to do properly. Whether trying to appeal to a pretentious deep-seated metaphor, or just a set up for an M. Night Shaymalan-esque twist, attention absoltuely has to be paid to keeping the twist obscured, and orchestrated to pack …

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Singles’ Club: Review Compilation

These singles reviews are taken from assorted articles found at the Yorker. Reviews are ordered from earliest to most recent. Lupe Fiasco – The Show Goes OnThe recent fad of rappers (and wannabe rappers) producing club tunes to hit the top 40 …

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Film Review – Demons Never Die

This review can also be found at the Yorker. I’m not particularly well-versed in horror films, but a lifetime of cultural osmosis has left me with a good understanding of how it’s supposed to go. Morally bankrupt, personality-lacking, or otherwise Orange County …

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Have You Played – Resonance of Fate

This article can also be found at the Yorker. Japanese RPGs fall into some rather typical camps. There are the menu-heavy games like Pokémon and Final Fantasy VII, slow affairs where reaction speed isn’t a focus; and action RPGs like Kingdom Hearts …

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Character Design: Weighing in on Women Protagonists

This article can be found at PixelxCore. Like all media telling a story, characters in video games require detail and definition – especially player characters. It’s not just the gameplay mechanics that make up your digital avatar; exploration into interesting costume design, …

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A Glimpse into Navigator

“So, what is all this Navigator business?”Navigator is PxC’s 1st publically released project, a puzzle game starring the titular Nav, a pioneer in virtual reality. He works alongside Professor Claire Nova, building the first-ever virtual reality survival puzzle game. “Survival Puzzle game?”That’s …

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An Inside Look at Operation Moonfall

In a time where video game companies and the fans of their products can interact through social media – fans are lucky enough to have gotten an increasingly powerful voice in regards to the things they want from their games; and in …

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