The Witchlands fantasy book series by Susan Dennard is set to hit the small screen as a live-action series. Set on a distant continent, the story follows best friends Safi (a rare Truthwitch) and Iseult (a Threadwitch) who have a habit of finding trouble. In a continent on the edge of war, the two witches hold its […]
So you want to convince your friends to play Dungeons & Dragons? You picked up the Starter pack, you’ve simplified the rules and character creation as much as possible. You even sold it as like being in the Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter! The date set for your first game and the preparations […]
Exams are fast approaching for me. Needless to say, procrastination is not too far behind. I have been working hard to find TV shows, books and video games to keep me from going crazy. So, this is what I’ve come up with this week! Watching I love it when a show has great plot, lovable […]
In a blog post released by EA during the week, it was announced that EA has shut down Visceral Games. The studio was behind such titles as Dead Space and Battlefield Hardline, as well as the likes of James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game) under […]
I adore films. It is just an enthralling medium where I feel I can just lose myself for a couple of hours, fall in love with characters. But a good films don’t rely solely on good plots or well-detailed characters. Don’t get me wrong – those features are immensely important to get a film off […]
I’m probably not the only person in the world who has several anime, game and TV obsessions. Nor am I alone in the fact that, with every obsession, I require bags and bags of merchandise which I unfortunately cannot afford. So, when I first heard of Loot Crate, needless to say I was immediately on board […]
Hold onto your hats, Tolkien fans, and sit down for your second breakfast to celebrate! A new J.R.R. Tolkien story, published last week, was recently uncovered! It’s called: The Tale of Beren and Lúthien. This new tale is set in Tolkien’s wonderful Middle-Earth universe and adds even more to the lore any Lord of the Rings fan […]
In this day and age, it’s hard to pull off a fairy tale movie. Snow White and the Huntsman was bumped around production purgatory for nearly a decade, struggling for the green light. The box-office failure of The Brothers Grimm wasn’t a good sign, but thanks to the success of Tim Burton’s Alice In […]
Released late last year, Arrival is a sci-fi drama directed by Sicario director Denis Villeneuve. Starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner, alongside Forest Whitaker, the story centres around linguistic professor Louise Banks (Adams) as she tries to communicate with a mysterious alien arrival. Personally, this was probably the best film I saw last year. I was […]
I first came to Edinburgh during the Fringe Festival of 2014. The city was buzzing with life during August, featuring some of the best comedy, music, and theatre this side of the globe. But it was only once I settled into this city to begin my M.A. that I was able to appreciate its rich […]
