New York City’s famous Top of the Rock represents its limitless ambitions in many ways that Manhattan’s other observation decks cannot. And I can qualify that by looking at how warm and energising the feeling of nostalgia is. Whether it’s your first time up to the iconic deck, or your fifth, you’ll know that feeling….
Twenty-five years after Super Troopers transformed a group of sketch comedians into unlikely cult icons, Broken Lizard still hasn’t grown up. Thankfully. If anything, Super Troopers 3 proves they’ve become even more comfortable embracing the wonderfully bizarre universe they’ve built. What began as a relatively grounded story about Vermont state troopers amusing themselves on lonely…
Gothic 1 Remake is a full ground-up remake of an action-RPG that originally debuted back in 2001. That era was defined by hardcore, uncompromising RPG design; games rarely offered quest markers or hand-holding to assist with progression, actively demanding players struggle through early hours to earn a sense of growth. Twenty-five years later, times have…
When you think of cosy fantasy, you think of Travis Baldree – or more precisely, his novel Legends and Lattes, which introduced so many readers to the genre. His latest work Brigands and Breadknives continues this sweet trend, but with a little twist. It keeps the comforting vibes going, but with an added dash of…
Some films confront difficult subject matter. Blue Film traps you in a room with it and refuses to let you look away. Writer-director Elliot Tuttle‘s feature debut begins with deliberate provocation. Aaron Eagle (Kieron Moore), a successful Los Angeles camboy, performs dominance for an online audience, weaponising confidence, humiliation and carefully cultivated bravado as part…
