Month: July 2007

Pan’s Labyrinth

Pan’s Labyrinth is a very odd movie. It’s essentially the story of a young girl named Ophelia living in post-Franco Spain in 1944, whose mother – through necessity – marries a brutal fascist army captain. After moving to the captain’s rural posting, where he’s involved with stamping out a local resistance group, she discovers a

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Oblivion (360)

Hold the front page! I actually did a bit of the main quest! I closed the Oblivion gate at Kvatch (for the second time, technically, but only the first time with this character) then stormed the city and rescued Martin. I haven’t done the second city assault yet, cos I decided to escort Martin back

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Oblivion (360)

I haven’t really posted about this game, despite having been completely sucked into it. As I’ve just crossed the 10 hour mark, I though I may as well give a brief summary of what’s happened so far. Well, I escaped from the prison and did all the class creation stuff. I turned out to be

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Prey

If there’s one thing the 360 appears to have no shortage of, it’s mediocre shooters. This one is very pretty, has a good variety of things to shoot but is otherwise as dull as dishwater and filled with completely unneccessary bad language, presumably to get that all-important 18 certificate. It’s a yawnfest. Are you noticing

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Gears of War (360)

If there’s one thing the 360 appears to have no shortage of, it’s mediocre shooters. This one is very pretty, has a good variety of things to shoot but is otherwise as dull as dishwater and filled with completely unneccessary bad language, presumably to get that all-important 18 certificate. It’s a yawnfest.

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