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  • Flashforwards: The Overused Tool of the Long-Form Narrative

    15/08/2017
    Spoilers for Lost, Arrival, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Walking Dead, Agents of Shield, Uncharted 2 and The Leftovers incoming. Every now and then television as we know it gets reinvented. One pioneering show garners acclaim and fandom and completely changes the landscape inspiring a number of other...

  • Atomic Blonde – Movie Review

    10/08/2017
    Watch this video on YouTube Atomic Blonde is directed by one of the directors of the first John Wick and stars Charlize Theron as a super badass spy in 1989, she is sent to Berlin to get a list and on this list, is some very important people that...

  • Hopes for House of Cards Season 6

    08/08/2017
    Spoilers for House of Cards seasons 1 through 5 inbound. With the release of shows such as Orange is the New Black and Glow mere weeks after Netflix dropped the fifth season of House of Cards, the political thriller was lost in the bevy of great content, which is...

  • Tanked Up 85 – Pink Beer goes Splatoon

    04/08/2017
    This week we talk ‘Splatoon 2’, the ‘Destiny 2’ beta, ‘Yonder: the cloud chronicles’ and ‘The Final Station’ before moving on to our topic. A Czech brewery “Aurosa” has emerged releasing the ‘first beer for her’® a pink-bottled number, discussion ensues. Lego may be mentioned. Aadil starts things off...

  • The Best TV Series Finales Ever Made

    01/08/2017
    Spoilers inbound. If you see the name of a TV show you don’t want spoiled then move on to the next. Being of a long form narrative, television shows are a journey. A journey for the characters we check in with every week and also for us watching the...

  • Out of the XFire 2.2 – The Lost God of Sacrifice

    01/08/2017
    Ben and Dave get together to discuss a selection of Playstation news from the last two weeks, what they’ve been playing and add another Game to Dave’s list of must plays. There’s a little focus on PS Plus too after a rather infuriating email was received by those subscribed...

  • 47 Meters Down – Movie Review

    31/07/2017
    Watch this video on YouTube 47 Meters Down is directed by Johannes Roberts and stars Mandy Moore and Claire Holt, the story is about two sisters on vacation in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean, with less than an hour of oxygen...

  • Sonic CD – Does It Hold Up?

    31/07/2017
    This week the Nostalgia Goggles are coming off to take a look at Sonic CD, as we ask, does it hold up? Sonic CD | Does It Hold Up?Watch this video on YouTube   Season 1 may have wrapped up but season 2 is coming, make sure you like,...

  • On The Test – Destiny 2

    29/07/2017
    We return with the first of this summer/autumns big FPS beta tests, Destiny 2. Ben is joined by two veteran Guardians, Dave Wyatt and Ross Falconer to discuss both the game and the beta test itself. Both Ross and Dave give Ben a little background on some of the...