You could call this Netflix Roulette horror movie by its name, Pay the Ghost, but you might as well call it “Pay Nic Cage’s Bills.” This tale of a vengeful ghost features missing children, CG vultures only a few steps up from Birdemic, at least three exposition dumps, and a sleepwalking Cage. Join Brett, David, Nicole, and guest Greg Tilton of Rumor Files and Jack … Continue reading 42: Pay the Ghost
No Truncation If you haven’t heard by now, Telltale Games is pretty much gone. About two weeks ago, reports started trickling out that 225 members of its staff had been laid off without notice or severance. The future of The Walking Dead: The Final Season came into question, first with news that it would not be continuing, followed by stories that it might be finished with outside … Continue reading Review – The Walking Dead: The Final Season Episode 2: Suffer the Children (PS4)
To start our ninth go-round, Brett brought in a film that was New to Two (Nicole and David). His choice was an unconventional biopic by a filmmaker who began his career with a biopic of Karen Carpenter enacted with Barbie dolls. While Todd Haynes used actual humans in his portrait of Bob Dylan, he felt the need to use six of them in I’m Not … Continue reading 41: I’m Not There
This October is a busy time for gaming, where the faucet are turned to gushing, and we all become awash with an abundance of titles to play. It’s so busy, I’ve had to rewrite this list several times to find some kind of balance. Usually, November is a busy month too, but this year it’s like companies squeezed everything into October and then got the … Continue reading Ten Games to Look for in October 2018
You Did This to Us. Again. You were super nice last time and we got complacent. Our hubris cost us, big-time. The needle swung way back to the other side on the quality indicator and we ended up watching The Emoji Movie. 🤮 Our guest, Bandrew Scott of the Bandrew Says podcast and YouTube channel Podcastage, was game AF and even played devil’s advocate in favor … Continue reading 40: The Emoji Movie
Brett made the pick for “Around the World” this time, and chose Robert Rodriguez’s debut film, El Mariachi. This $7,200 movie was shot for the Mexican home video market, but Columbia Pictures picked it up for distribution and turned it into an indie hit. Brett, David, and Nicole dug into this homemade potluck dish, wondering if its technical quality hurts its longevity, what has become … Continue reading 39: El Mariachi
Sweet Fuse: At Your Side Developer: Comcept/Idea Factory (under their Otomate label) Publisher: Aksys Games Genre: Visual Novel/Otome Platform: PSP (Playable as a PSN download on Vita) NA Release Date: August 27, 2013 (over one year, six months after the Playstation Vita launch) Aksys Games Swings for the Fences Sweet Fuse: At Your Side rests at a weird convergence between two different eras in gaming. On … Continue reading Games You May Have Missed – Sweet Fuse: At Your Side (PSP)
About six months ago, I posted an article about how the 3DS seemed to be shaping up for the year. When I started writing, there were only a few titles announced, and I had assumed that the year would be quiet and peaceful as the handheld passed on into legacy. I was wrong – Nintendo hosted a March Nintendo Direct that breathed new life into the system. … Continue reading The 3DS in 2018: An Updated Progress Report
Kickstarting Success One of the biggest issues in choice-driven games is the illusion of choice itself. Those who play Telltale’s The Walking Dead might like the story, and perhaps relish in choosing who lives and dies. However, there’s no denying that while a few things may change, the story progresses along the same linear path. Visual novels suffer from this too. Choices never get too … Continue reading Review – Distress (PC)
For Future Classics this round, Nicole chose the 2008 film, WALL-E. Pixar pulled off two major feats with this movie: making mountains of garbage look beautiful, and making audiences empathize with a mobile trash compactor within a few minutes of the opening music. We picked through topics such as the influence of past sci-fi characters like E.T. and R2-D2, homage paid to major classic movies, … Continue reading 38: WALL-E
Tilting Windmill Studios 