Hugh Jackman is Logan

Growing up, I was an X-Men fan, I still am. A house full of people with powers that are a metaphor for any level of discrimination and fight scenes where a big blue hairy guy jumps around. Sign me up. But the one character who made the X-Men franchise their own was the one and […]

Dark Souls and the Pain of Playing

Personally, I have only been through FromSoftware’s Bloodborne, but just started my first playthrough of Dark Souls: Remastered. I’ve had friend after friend tell me to sink into the painful joy of FromSoftware’s classic and so far its great, and painful, and taxing, and amazing. For those who have never played a Dark Souls game […]

The ‘Subtle’ Art of Flirtation

To start with, I am aware that 95% of all flirtation bartenders receive are a poorly planned attempt at getting a free drink. That leaves the 5% that are genuine, and there are few things less appealing than being chatted up by someone who’s on their ninth drink of the night and clearly usually only […]

Rico Rodrigruez: Part 80s Action Hero, Part Superhero

The character from the Just Cause series of games, not the Modern Family actor. More specifically from Just Cause 3. For those who are a fan of the series or sat through the press conferences for E3 will know that the fourth instalment has been officially announced and as a fan myself, I can’t wait […]

Violent Video Games

Now, violent video games always get brought up during the terrible events of a shooting, commonly in America and sadly commonly in a school. Part of the argument is that children shouldn’t be playing games such as Call of Duty or GTA, and in all honesty, they’re partly right. Not that they are to blame […]

Novels: Graphic and Non-Graphic

Now, I’m a nerd, as anyone could have guessed by the title of the blog, and as a result I have enjoyed and still enjoy to read comics and graphic novels. I’ve also studied English literature at university and so have read a few novels that don’t include people in colourful costumes fighting crime. I’ve […]

A Racist, A Homophobe and A Nazi Supporter Walks Into a Bar

He ordered a drink and everyone seemed to like him, so I thought this retired and talkative Irishman was going to be some nice company on a quiet Monday night shift. I was wrong, he spent two and a half hours explaining his life story and showing every piece of discrimination that seemed to dwell […]

Let’s talk about Lego Batman

Now, for those who have not seen Lego Batman, firstly, I understand why. Secondly, you are missing out. It is brought to us by the same teams that brought The Lego Movie to us in 2014. The 2017 sequel/stand alone is something very different, instead of a story about growing up, losing childhood due to […]

Assaulted into Model Mode

So, this story happened last night, in fact as I write this I am waiting to make my official statement to the police. Obviously, all names will be changed to whatever I choose when a name becomes relevant. Thursday nights are usually a quiet one, I have a theory about it being the quietest night […]

Nostalgic Spider-Man Games

Everyone has probably at least heard of a Spider-Man game, whether that’s from playing them, knowing someone who did or just finding the concept ridiculous the existence of them is still known. For decades people have been getting excited to control the red and blue gymnast swing through New York City on varying sizes of […]

No ID on the First Night Out

I’m not sure what it is about turning 18 that makes people think they will never be asked for ID ever again. This story was a couple of weeks ago now, it was a Friday night, an unusually quiet Friday night at that. But at around 9:30 there was a sudden surge of customers, all […]

The Idiocy of Fanboy Drama

If anyone has at least one friend that is really into either DC or Marvel comics then they will be aware of the apparent war that has been going between the keyboard warriors of the world. Before this starts any animosity I will say how although I have a personal preference there will be no […]