It was only a matter of time before I reviewed a game that required drawing. Telestrations is a party game for four to eight players published by USAopoly in 2009. Each player is assigned a word, which they write on a white board. The board is then passed to the player beside them, who interprets that word in a drawing. Play continues until the boards reach their original players and they see what kind of monstrosity has been created.
Itâs the main event, and the crowd is almost silent in anticipation. At ringside, staff members finish putting together the steel cage, a stage that has only been used once before in Chikaraâs history. This is the battle of the ages, a deciding bout in a war that has claimed many of their favourites. Dark, thunderous music hits, and a chorus of boos and angry yells echo through the hall.
As the 87th Academy Awards draw near, there will be plenty of speculation on which film will win the coveted title of Best Picture. However, since the awards (and Neil Patrick Harris) wonât air until February 22, it allows for plenty of time to revisit some of the great films that have won the title at Oscars past.
Narrative-wise, Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon is a revelation. This book is funny, compelling, and thoroughly engaging. I loved the characters and the entire mood of the graphic novel, which is somewhere between dark comedy and unexpected drama. The only thing that threw me off was the art style, which I think is too simplistic for the complexity of the plot.
In 1959, jazz was king and Miles Davis had just recorded his magnum opus Kind of Blue with his now legendary quartet. While Davis and his contemporaries were releasing records by the truckload, you would never catch any âcatsâ complaining about the lack of soul in songwriting or questioning the talent of jazz musicians as a whole.
The Saints Row series has always been known for being a much wackier, humorous version of Grand Theft Auto, Saints Row IV has been released again, this time on next-gen consoles, called Saints Row IV: Re-Elected.
If I wrote that Whiplash is a movie about jazz drumming, that brief description wouldnât be exactly accurate. The plot of first-time director Damien Chazelleâs film centres around a jazz musician who goes to extreme lengths to achieve perfection in his craft. Itâs as much a love letter to jazz music as a film can be. Right from the ascending snare beat and the claustrophobic, shadow-drenched shot that introduces the film, Chazelle makes you very aware that this film is definitely not going to be like that one time at band camp.
There are three kinds of people in the new war movie American Sniper: sheep, who are the victims in the crossfire of war; wolves, who are the warlords and enforcers who torture everyone who helps US soldiers; and sheepdogs, who nobly protect the sheep from the wolves.
I picked up the short story collection The Pull of the Moon after hearing Julie Paul read part of âSquirrel Peopleâ at an event. I thought the story was funny, but Paul warned me that not all of the stories in the collection would be like that. I told her that was okay.
Of the two games that make up the fourth instalment of the critically acclaimed fighting game, Super Smash Bros., the Wii U version is absolutely the definitive version. However, Super Smash Bros. has also solidified itself as one of the best games for the Nintendo 3DS.
