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We Review: Dishonored

Many decisions go into choosing to eat a meal at a new restaurant: will be it nice? Might it give me indigestion? Will I tell my friends about in the morning? (Ed: Will I live to tell my friends about it in the morning? We’ve all been to that restaurant.) Some of the similar decisions go into choosing the games we play. Arkane Studios’ latest stealth/action FPS title, Dishonored, is all about exploration and choice. Is deciding to play this game a bad decision? Let’s find out.

Tags arkane studios, Bethesda, dishonored, dunwall, PS3, sterkinekor, video game reviews, video games, xbox 360

Featured Gadgets Game Reviews

We Review: PlayStation Vita

Post author By Fayyaad
Post date March 1, 2012
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It’s always big fanfares and a parade complete with seventy-six trombones whenever a new major console hits the market, and the new PS Vita, the successor to the PSP, was no different. The PS Vita, announced way back in July 2009, finally released to western shores on February 22, and we took it through its paces to see what it’s all about.

Tags 3ds, gadgets, gaming consoles, livearea, playstation, PSN, reviews, sony, sony entertainment network, sterkinekor, video games, vita, xmb

Awesomeness Cautionary Tales Featured Movies

Aliens Among Us: District 9 Soars to Box Office Glory!

Post author By prawn1
Post date August 17, 2009
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An aliens-among-us story by a first time director has topped the American box office, raking in US$37 million this past weekend!

Helmed by 29-year-old South African born director, Niell Blomkamp, District 9 has no big name stars – in fact, the lead actor (Sharlto Copley) had never acted in a movie before – but that didn’t prevent the film from outgrossing G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra by a whopping USD 14.5 million! District 9 is no slouch in the ratings either, scoring a solid 88% at Rotten Tomatoes.

We South Africans have to wait a bit longer to watch Wikus Van De Merwe and “prawn” friend Christopher Johnson taking the fight to the seedy MNU corporation. District 9 releases officially in local theatres on August 28th, but word is that Joburg will see a premiere screening this Wednesday, August 19th, at the Zone in Rosebank – full details are available at SterKinekor. Canal Walk in Cape Town might be hosting a premiere too, but no details have surfaced as yet. We’ll keep you posted though.

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BONUS: Vanity Fair had a chat with Sharlto Copley about working on District 9. Read the Q&A HERE.

Tags alien, apartheid, box office, district 9, Niell Blomkamp, premiere, sci-fi, sterkinekor

Entertainment Movie Reviews

Blu-ray Review: Felon

Post author By prawn1
Post date February 16, 2009

Felon tells the story of a hard-working man Wade Porter (Stephen Dorff) who has a thriving construction business, and lives a comfortable life with girlfriend Laura (Marisol Nichols) and their young son Michael (Vincent Miller). Porter’s happy existence turns to a nightmare when he chases and unintentionally kills a burglar who has broken into his home. In this type of situation the law states that you must physically protect yourself from robbers within the confines of the home. Porter killed the burglar outside his house and is summarily arrested and charged with second degree murder. To avoid the mandatory 15-year life sentence, Porter reluctantly accepts a deal from the district attorney and is sentenced to three years in prison for involuntary manslaughter.

Tags blu-ray, felon, Harold Perrineau, prison fighting, stephen dorff, sterkinekor, val kilmer

Entertainment Movie Reviews

Blu-ray Review: Weeds Season One

Post author By prawn1
Post date December 28, 2008

Doobie, dope, roach, reefer, grass, Mary Jane, boom, splif, ganja, herb. Marijuana goes under several names and is a contentious issue with many people. And Weeds Season 1 takes a satirical look at it in an affluent, suburban context.

In Weeds, housewife Nancy Botwin (Mary Louise Parker) is a recent widow living in the Los Angeles, California suburb of Agrestic. Having lost her breadwinner husband to a heart attack, Nancy is hurled not only into a financial crisis, but into a single-mother role, having to console sons Silas (Hunter Parrish) and Shane (Alexander Gould) as they mourn their father’s passing. As the debt increases, Nancy discovers the community’s insatiable desire for marijuana, and becomes the neighbourhood weed dealer to make “easy money” and maintain the lifestyle her family is used to.

Tags blu-ray, marijuana, pot, satire, sterkinekor, TV series, weed