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Review: “Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game”

  By Stephen Colfer | August 13, 2010 - 8:18 am | Games
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With the last of Brian Lee O Malley’s Scott Pilgrim Comic book series released last month and Edgar Wrights feature film only a couple of weeks away, Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game hit the Playstation Network this week and due to appear on xbox arcade on August 25th. With both the comics and film heavily influenced by video games the question is how do you make a game based on a comic based on games? The answer: You make a retro styled beat ‘em up stuffed with coins, extra lives, continues, heart points, combos, co-op and game overs and hire pixel artist Paul Robertson and chiptune artists Anamanaguchi to put it all together. As well as visually being based on the Comic’s Artwork it also loosely follows the story. Scott Pilgrim is dating Romona Flowers and must defeat her seven evil-ex boyfriends, his own personal issues and everyone … There’s more →

Denzille Cinema

  By Peter | January 20, 2010 - 6:48 pm | Movies & TV
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Darren had mentioned in a previous post that we were there to see the wolfman movie and with that in mind I should also note that Simply Zesty and Universal really do deserve this second mention of thanks. That done and said….. where we watched the film made it so very special….. Myself, Darren and Anthony caught up with Laura of Denzill Cinemas after the show….

It’s a big bright night, let’s howl at the moon

  By Darren Byrne | January 20, 2010 - 12:23 pm | Movies & TV, The Culch
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Universal and Simply Zesty invited a bunch of us along to see the classic Hollywood horror The Wolf Man last night. Chock full of the great horror heroes Claude Rains, Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney Jr., it was a great experience to see it on the big screen. The screen in question was Denzille Lane cinema, an intimate venue that has no more than 30 seats. A few beers and some pizza before the film didn’t stop a few people from scoffing at the ancient black and white horror, but I loved it. As with Benicio del Toro’s remake (released 12th February) the 1941 movie centres on Larry Talbot (Chaney) who returns home after many years away to take charge of the family estate alongside his father (Rains). On a night out wooing one of the local girls, he is attacked and bitten by a wolf. Though he kills the … There’s more →