The International, part 3
Day 2: To say that day 2 started strongly would be an understatement. The first best of 3 was between probably the most popular team in the competitive DOTA 2 community, the Ukrainian...
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Amazing Spider-Man spin off still on track for 2016 release
RUMOUR has it that over the last few weeks following the relatively poor critical and commercial performance of the blockbusting, wall-crawling sequel to 2012’s Amazing Spider-Man, Sony was having second thoughts on sinking their money...
First trailer for ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ released
SENSATIONALIST erotica fans rejoice! The first trailer for the much anticipated adaptation of the best-selling Fifty Shades of Grey has been released to audiences worldwide. The novel, written by E L James and originally published...
Album released this week in…. 1993: The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
SOMETIMES, great art comes at a price. For Billy Corgan, James Iha, D’Arcy Wretzky and Jimmy Chamberlain, AKA The Smashing Pumpkins, that price was the near disintegration of the band. Their debut album, Gish, had been...
Pirates of the Caribbean 5 scheduled for 2017
ORIGINALLY slated for a 2015 release, the latest adventure in the career of loveable scallywag Jack Sparrow is finally back on the table. ScreenRant.com reports that the film, supposedly shelved due to financial concerns following...
The International 4, part 2
Day 1: Day 1 was all about the upper bracket teams duking it out to be, as one commentator aptly put it, the “final boss” of the series. In order to advance up the...
First Thoughts: Kuroshitsuji Book of Circus
It’s been about 4 years since the last instalment of Kuroshitsuji, and even then it’s sequel received mixed feedback from fans. A common complaint with the first season was that fans were disappointed that the popular...
The International 4, part 1
E-sports is a very large part of the video-gaming ecosystem right now. So I thought: why not write about one of the biggest, The International 4? I hope you find it even fractionally as...
Album Review: La Roux – Trouble in Paradise
GO BACK to 2009 and you’d be hard pressed to find a person who didn’t know the songs ‘In for the Kill’ or ‘Bulletproof’. Ah, 2009; the year Elly Jackson and Ben Langmaid ruled. The...
Thor to be replaced with female counterpart
ON JULY 15th Disney/Marvel announced a change to Thor, not by press release but rather by The View, an American chat show. You can View (ho ho) the video here. Marvel.com has given a preview to the upcoming comic...
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