The Last Days of American Crime is a 2020 crime thriller adapted from the 2009 graphic crime novel by Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini. The film was directed by Olivier Megaton, who previously worked on the last two Taken movies.  Read the full article here…

Excluding the Final Fantasy series, few franchises sparked my interest. I admit, I have not played any Persona games (also known as Shin Megami Tensei: Persona) before this one. That said, since I got the chance to jump into the cognitive palaces of 2020’s Persona 5 Royal, I have never wanted to leave.  Read the full article here…

I have gone through countless horrible films this year, and surprisingly enough, none of them felt like a chore to watch. Then came Netlix’s AVA, a 2020 film so dull and contrived that it almost managed to bore me to sleep within the first half-hour. Ten minutes more than 2001: A Space Odyssey.   Read the full article here…

Some video games have funding that can rival the combined monthly income of an entire country’s population. Then there are those games developed with a more modest budget that spring out of nowhere and still manage to deliver a pleasant surprise.  Read the full article here…

So, 2020 has been a rough year for many people from the looks of it. While the film industry has taken quite a beating this year, at least most of the films that I have seen seem to have made an effort to be good. However, there is one hot mess that firmly places itself at the pinnacle of my 2020 movie garbage list, and that is Andrew Lawrence’s attempt at an action movie, Money Plane.  Read the full article here…

With its sequel coming up this year and a new port now available on PC, I thought it would be best to review Metal Gear hunter simulator, i.e. Horizon Zero Dawn. Horizon Zero Dawn, developed by Guerrilla Games, started out in 2017 as a PS4 exclusive but has now made its way to Steam in the form of a full package release. For this review, I will be using the PS4 version.  Read the full article here…

Without the usual mega-contenders of Marvel and DC hogging all the spotlight, 2020 has offered few titles to the superhero genre, but those few have all felt unique. Project Power offers a break from the superhero movie formula, following more closely to the crime drama genre and incorporating superpowers in a unique and compelling story.   Read the full article here…

The original Final Fantasy VII started out as a bold claim by Square Soft that they could develop a video game that could be seen in the same light as a blockbuster movie not coming to a cinema near you. Their gamble paid off and Final Fantasy VII was a mega-hit, which not only became part of the pop culture zeitgeist but revitalised the dying JRPG genre in the process.  Read the full article here…

I had wanted to hope that the movie industry in 2020 would improve and be remembered for many more works than just Sonic the Hedgehog and maybe a few indie films. Then, however, I watched Peter Berg’s film adaptation of Wonderland, “Spenser Confidential”, and I only have one adjective for it, unremarkable.  Read the full article here…

Shorter Games: A Perspective Introduction Recently, a former Sony executive shared the idea of creating shorter AAA titles instead of spending their resources developing one long one. Game size has been a hotly debated topic in the industry for a while now. So, the question is, would it be more reasonable to produce smaller games? Read the full article…