tag: review
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When I discuss my writing, I speak about the writings of Orwell, specifically his novel 1984. I’ve always been partial to dreary texts coated with misery. I’ve always enjoyed...
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It has been a long week. After the disappointment that was Ghost in the Shell, I had to perk myself up with a classic—The Running Man. Directed by Paul Michael Glaser, The...
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Ghost in the Shell Buries its Source Material and Resurrects it in an Entirely New Shell Movies & Anime
The Neon Dystopia team comes together to take on Rupert Sander’s Section 9. Ghost in the Shell is one of the most beloved films in the cyberpunk canon and sits happily...
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It is officially Ghost in the Shell month, and though this short trailer has been out for a little while, I thought that it would be prudent to perhaps shine a bit of a light...
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When it first debuted in 2015, no one was sure of what to make of a feral-looking girl stalking robot deer before a mechanized dinosaur overshadows her. Was this the future?...
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Absolute Knowledge, written by independent author Drew Cordell, is the product of a successful Kickstarter project, and is a novel that feels reminiscent of elderly SF. The...
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A fan of awesome mid-80’s/90’s science fiction? Techy-savvy enough to own a VR headset (cheap cardboard’s fine if that’s your thing!)? If so, jack into the net and follow me...
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Rollerball is one of those special films that needs no introduction. The music. The violence. The macabre and miserable atmosphere. Unlike Death Race 2000, Rollerball contains...
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‘Scoring isn’t killing Mr Frankenstein, it’s a part of the race’: A Review of Death Race 2000 Movies & Anime
Though the late seventies is famously known for producing Star Wars IV: A New Hope, earlier SF films in the decade were often dark, grisly and grim stories that were partly...
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I was excited for this one. Very excited. And it’s hard to not be excited when peering into the beautiful cover of the second issue of L0WL1F3, with Luke Molver’s stunning...
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Cover art of Control Theory. Written by independent SF writer, Pedro Iniguez, Control Theory is, unlike the novel I previously reviewed, a serious hard-boiled detective fiction...
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The Past Inside the Present is twelve minutes of intense Phillip K. Dick-esque imagery. The first time I watched the film, I wasn’t prepared for the unabashed surreality of it....
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Westworld’s game between gods and their creations is one without winners. But for the playthings of genius men, given the opportunity to shine brightly themselves, the...
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Since its stealthy debut on the Ubisoft stage of E3 2012, Watch Dogs wowed audiences with a world of aggressive hackers up against corrupt politicians and enterprising...
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With the season closing up, Westworld inflicts a little pain to remind us of the cost that comes with being conscious. Westworld: “Trace Decay” (HBO) With Theresa gone and...
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‘I can buy you, grow you, sell you, cut you into bits. Your screams: my music’; A Review of Bruce Sterling's Schismatrix Books & Fiction
Though published in the mid-nineties, Sterling’s compendium Schismatrix Plus includes the Schismatrix novel itself, along with several shorts and prose pieces that add to his...
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A Brief Overview of Hypnospace Outlaw for PC/MAC/LINUX; ‘Bedtime just got a whole lot HYPPER!’ Cyberpunk Games
The year is sometime in the 1980’s, possibly mid fantasised 1990’s. The world remains pixelated, and you, my friend, are the newest Hypno Enforcer. Developed by Jay Tholen,...
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‘What could be a more genuine case than a murder investigation?’: A Review of Independent Investigators Inc. Books & Fiction
I should’ve known what I was in for when I picked up Independent Investigators Inc. I should’ve known after I read the title. I should’ve known after poring over the cover. I...
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Bluescreen is one of those novels that I picked up based on the cover. The title, Bluescreen, immediately tells you there is going to some kind of computer crash, in this case,...
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Deus Ex took an eight-year hiatus before returning with Human Revolution. Now controlled by Eidos Montreal, this installment features new locations, factions, and protagonist...