Jake Jackman

Part of being a filthy hipster is only liking things that are obscure and non-mainstream. If you’re really good at it you’ll manage to like obscure things that have the potential to become mainstream, thus giving you a chance to then…

I’m not usually one for shooting games. Trust me when I say that my average kill to death ratio has teenagers spewing profanity at me all across the internet. Why then am I about to gush romantically about how brilliant the game Dirty Bomb…

Blood, Sweat and Synths: A Journey into the dank underworld of 1990’s Miami. It is an understatement to say I have been excited about the release of this game. Hell, I’d even go as far as to say I’ve been as giddy as a schoolgirl.…

Flops and Nobbers: How to make an underwhelming multiplayer experience. When my friend told me about Battlefield: Hardline, I was excited. Here were my favourite tactical shooter developers, Visceral Games, creating a fun game. The premise…

What is it that England needs most during the first murmurings of a bitter class war? That’s right, impeccably dressed toffs and coarse street urchins, fighting tooth and nail against a common enemy. From writer Jane Goldman (The Woman In…

I can’t speak for all gamers, but I’m fairly sure most of us think we’re the dog bollocks when it comes to our favourite old games. No game is seen through those rose-tinted glasses as much as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Like me,…

2014 was a year in gaming that brought a lot to the table but didn’t necessarily deliver gourmet meals. The new generation of consoles scrapped for top position in the gaming charts, with Playstation 4 and Xbox One engaging in a spirited…

Peter Jackson has once again outdone himself, but this time it is in multiple different facets. Firstly, he has outdone himself in terms of spectacle. BOFA is splendorous and absolutely captivating from the first minute. Personally, I…

I just finished getting my arse handed to me on a plate by an online stranger known to me only as “fat boy”. His Diddy Kong read my every roll, short hop and dash attack until finally, he up-smashed me out of existence. It was fast, brutal…

Ever since Hollywood conceptualized the idea of cinema as an experience, each corner of the world has had a take on the medium. Each culture has had its own myriad of cinematic triumphs and failures, telling the stories of their countries…