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The Reading Canary: Fighting Fantasy (Part 2)
Arthur B - Saturday, 31 January 2009

(Reading Canary, Books, Batteries Not Required, Sci-fi / Fantasy, Young Adult / Children, Gamebooks) Three gamebooks by Ian Livingstone and one by a mystery guest get a good pecking.

The Problem of Evil
Daniel Hemmens - Saturday, 31 January 2009

(Computer Games, CRPGs) Dan Hemmens Reacts to Kyra's Completion of Fable II

The Vampires are Elves, the Werewolves are Orcs, the Audience's Intelligence Is Insulted
Arthur B - Monday, 26 January 2009

(TV & Movies, Sci-fi / Fantasy) Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is an utterly pointless film which tells us nothing new except that Rhona Mitra is a poor substitute for Kate Beckinsale.

A Commercial For a Conman
Daniel Hemmens - Monday, 26 January 2009

(TV & Movies) Dan Hemmens was going to call this one “Restrictions of the Medium”

Come Near Me and I'll Smash Your Face In
Arthur B - Monday, 26 January 2009

(Computer Games, Horror) Condemned: Criminal Origins does the impossible and provides an FPS with a decent hand-to-hand combat system and a terrifying survival horror plotline.

A Game Whose Time Has Come Again
Arthur B - Friday, 23 January 2009

(Computer Games, Sci-fi / Fantasy, CRPGs) Chrono Trigger enjoys a new lease of life on the Nintendo DS.

Incarceron Review
Kyra Smith - Tuesday, 20 January 2009

(Sci-fi / Fantasy, Young Adult / Children) Kyra Smith is crazy in love.

Rockstar Ain't Shit (Volition Is Where It's At)
Arthur B - Monday, 19 January 2009

(Computer Games) GTA IV was stale and joyless; Saint's Row 2 is a breath of fresh air.

Pratchett's Nation
Sonia Mitchell - Friday, 16 January 2009

(Books, Sci-fi / Fantasy, Young Adult / Children) Sonia is sadly not shameless enough to call this review 'Vines Not Vimes'.

Ferret Food - Jamie's Italian
Julian Lynch - Thursday, 15 January 2009

(Ferret Food) Julian Lynch Versus Jamie Oliver.

Not Exactly T.H. White
Viorica - Wednesday, 14 January 2009

(TV & Movies) Viorica's review of the BBC's cracktastic Merlin.

His Is The Kingdom, The Power & The Glory
Kyra Smith - Tuesday, 13 January 2009

(Books, Horror) Kyra Smith reads Tom Holland's Deliver Us From Evil for no other reason than the Earl of Rochester is in it.

Mr Bubbles' Nostalgia Trip
Arthur B - Monday, 12 January 2009

(Computer Games, Sci-fi / Fantasy) Bioshock, when weighed in the balance against System Shock and Deus Ex, is found wanting. But that's like saying that vanilla ice cream isn't as good as chocolate ice cream - in the end, it's still ice cream.

Consuming Problems
Kyra Smith - Thursday, 08 January 2009

(TV & Movies) Kyra Smith gets all consumed with irritation for Consuming Passion: 100 Years of Mills and Boon.

Rapetastic
Kyra Smith - Friday, 02 January 2009

(Books, TV & Movies, Sci-fi / Fantasy) Kyra Smith rambles about Twilight.

A Kiss to Build a Dream On
Daniel Hemmens - Thursday, 01 January 2009

(Computer Games, Sci-fi / Fantasy, CRPGs) Dan Hemmens shares his first (and last) impressions of Fallout 3