November, 2013

• 15 November

  Sony was hoping for 7s with Knack, and thats just not good enough

  

  “I was hoping Knack (opens in new tab) could score in the mid 70s”, said Shuhei Yoshida, the other day. He was speaking (opens in new tab) to GI.biz about the decidedly mixed review scores for PS4 launch games, and particularly, the outright stinker of the bunch. Mark Cerny’s platform-brawler …

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• 15 November

  PlayStation Plus could be PS4s most essential launch game

  

  If you’re planning on picking up a PS4 today in North America, or in two weeks’ time in Europe, you’ve likely spent plenty of time thinking about which next-gen game/s you want to buy on launch day. After all, having just spent £349/$399 on new hardware, there’s nothing worse than …

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• 12 November

  COMPO Game Of Thrones Christmas Hamper

  

  Win! A Christmas hamper of Ice And Fire (opens in new tab) Winter is coming. No, really, winter is coming which means Christmas is almost upon us. It also means that the traditional eleventh hour scramble for presents isn’t so far off either. Fortunately, our friends at HBO have your …

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• 11 November

  Michael Fassbender says Prometheus 2 is going to happen

  

  Fans and critics alike of Ridley Scott’s epic Alien pseudo-prequel are in luck. Whilst chatting to Michael Fassbender about his new also-Ridley Scott-directed drama The Counsellor, the star admitted that – while news on its production may have gone quiet of late – Prometheus is going to happen. Fassbender, who …

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• 10 November

  Atlantis 1.02 A Girl By Any Other Name REVIEW

  

  Atlantis 1.02 “A Girl By Any Other Name” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 1.02 Writer: Howard Overman Director: Justin Molotnikov THE ONE WHERE Jason, Hercules and Pythagoras go to rescue a girl from the Maenads, but come back with a different girl – Medusa. VERDICT Atlantis builds solidly …

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• 9 November

  Utopia review

  

  Taking its title from Australia’s poorest region, home to its first people, this powerful documentary from John Pilger and Alan Lowery highlights the plight of indigenous Aussies. There’s ample evidence of injustice with scandals ranging from the stolen children of the early 20th Century to the 2007 Northern Territory Intervention …

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• 9 November

  Dom Hemingway review

  

  Twelve years, as a caption at the start of this foul-mouthed, foul-tempered crime flick tells us, is a long time inside. And judging by safecracker Dom Hemingway’s (Jude Law) anger management issues, he didn’t get time off for good behaviour. Locked up while cancer claimed his wife, Dom has also …

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• 8 November

  Video game storytelling: The real problems and the real solutions

  

  If any one element of gaming has dominated discussion of the medium over the last few years of this generation’s stubborn battle against the reaper, it’s narrative design and storytelling. With the rising prominence of indie developers through console and PC download services, as well as the increasing cinematic ambitions …

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• 8 November

  The 50 Greatest Community Movie References

  

  American Psycho Episode: Season 3, Episode 12: Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts Reference: For reasons best left unexplained, Pierce walks into the library one day with one hell of a makeover – hair slicked back, pinstripe shirt and dressed in suspenders, it’s not long before Troy makes the obvious …

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• 8 November

  COMPO Terry Pratchetts Truckers

  

  Win! One of five signed copies of the DVD (opens in new tab) Animated by Cosgrove Hall, the makers of Dangermouse, Count Duckula and The Wind In The Willows, Terry Pratchett’s Truckers was the first of his books to be adapted for television. Now for the first time, you can …

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