Man Of Steel: An Insurance Nightmare for the DC Universe

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Given what’s coming out today, you know the internet’s sites, video bloggers and Reddit sites of this world will be taking this opportunity to milk the f**k out of anything to do with Batman Vs. Superman. You know, that silly little thing which got released today for the general public to ignore in favour of finishing off DareDevil series 2 on Netflix. Judging from the reviews and opinions released so far, it’s middling to borderline a war crime depending on who you talk to.

Do you think I would stoop so low as to do the exact same thing as everyone else on the internet? Do you really think…. Yes you’re damned right I would too and with great gusto! Except of course, it’s perhaps best to look at the film which proceeded the events of Batman Vs. Superman: The Quest for Marvel’s cash.

Which of course was the last Superman reboot, Man of Steel.

As it stands I’m not entirely sure if this is a must see, considering that we don’t know exactly if you’ve had to have seen Man of Steel before going to see Batman Vs. Superman. But to be honest, that’s the least of the concerns with what Warner and DC are going to be doing.

When if came to Man of Steel, the best way to describe myself was shall we say, meh? The only reason I watched this on Amazon Prime, was only for the possibility that this was going to be required in order to have a clue of what happens next in the new DC comics mega vehicle. At the time of release in cinemas, I completely bypassed this film, having been put off by the trailer and, to be honest, various other aspects.

I wasn’t interested in seeing a dark brooding version of a character which, let’s remember, is ridiculous. Batman may have worked in that regard with the Christopher Nolan reboot version, given it was still based largely in reality. Ok, despite everyone being confused as to how the hell Bruce Wayne came back to Gotham City in the Dark Knight Rises. Ok, despite a few other plot issues which has been talked over on the internet to death already. Ok, I’m going to stop saying ok at the start of sentences.

With Superman though it, was hard to forget what had come before; Christopher Reeves did a pretty good job despite some questionable sequels, Lex Luthor was played to great pantomime effect by Gene Hackman. Hell, even that Superman Returns film with Brandon Routh and Kevin Spacey wasn’t entirely the almighty car crash everyone seems to remember it for.

One day my boy, all this will be yours….now put on the silly suit we did for you.

So when it came to revisiting the superhero who doesn’t like green stuff and can time travel backwards (oh yeah, it was a thing in the first one, you won’t make me forget it), what were the creative bods going to bring to the table with this? From hereon out there will be spoilers for Man of Steel but to be honest, anyone who wanted to watch, has already done so by now.

You still here?

Sure? OK, let’s go speeding along as there’s quite a lot to get through and I guess I have to rush it all…. Continue reading →

PC Gamer Weekender: Part 2

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Welcome back campers to Part 2 of the PC Gamer Weekender round-up, a look at some of what was shown during the event which took place in East London a couple of weeks ago. This time we’re having a look as some more of the games presented along with some of the technology on show too, along with some final meh mehs about whether or not the PC Gamer Weekender was worth going to.

THE ORCHID NEBULA

Great Scott Marty! We have to go back to the past or the present with a right mouse click!

This was actually a surprising game to be covering and is based on a group of student’s work while studying game design and they were actually very good in explaining some of the design choices that went into the game. The best I can describe this at the moment, is another one of those walking simulators where somehow you’re stuck in an abandoned high-tech laboratory.

Everything around you is pretty much all b*llocksed, probably because someone forgot to get that last packet of screws from the DIY shop and now it’s all fallen to pieces. But for some reason, you seem to have one power: the ability to jump in time between the present and the past, when the laboratory was in a better state before it all went to s*it.

You also got a lovely robot buddy who was telling you all about what needed fixing and so it progressed as you solved a couple of puzzles to then exit the demo level. Because this was an early demo, there wasn’t a lot of detail in the place and some design aspects could do with improvements to keep the immersion, but hell it was running well and I wanted to keep going to the end.

This showed some good promise and I look forward to how they’re going to expand things out, especially where some of the inspiration came when the developer of the Stanley Parable came to speak to the class of student some time before. You can find out more about the game at https://www.facebook.com/TheOrchidNebula/ Continue reading →

PC Gamer Weekender: Part 1

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After quite a while in the wilderness, we’re starting to find our footing again here at Ooh Sometimes, albeit at the pace of a dead badger. After the fun and frolics that comes with performing DIY (no, not that kind of doing yourself….wee scamps), it was about time some merriment was had.

But rather than drink myself silly and then wake up in Belgium the next day, instead the time was spent being a proper nerd at the first ever PC Gamer Weekender, which took place in the Truman Brewery in East London a couple of weeks ago. It was actually the same venue where Eurogamer began their rise to dominance in the event space before moving round London before plonking themselves in Birmingham for the time being.

Rather than sounding like a film from the early 2000s where everyone goes to the beach and party for spring break, this was a more geeky affair where the magazine PC Gamer, owned by Future Publishing, set out to have a weekend event devoted entirely to that thing in the back room where you tend to game and watch illegally downloaded anime porn, the PC. Perhaps it was because the EGX and Rezzed events year after year proved to be a popular hit that the chaps at PC Gamer decided to get in on the action, which is a fair shout given there’s nothing else currently dedicated entirely to the PC space.

So was it worth going and what was on show? Continue reading →

Lara’s second big day out…

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She’s packing….just it’s a packed lunch as opposed to anything else…

Hello there campers, and in a rather bizarre turn of fate, while I’m off having fun with the bathroom, it’s time to unleash another video onto the world of YouTube, only this time, we are giving that Rise of the Tomb Raider a proper going over, seeing as at the end of January 2016, it got released on PC.

Sadly it seems there is no sign of when the PS4 version will turn up at the moment, so it’s still a case of the timed exclusive deal Microsoft brokered with Square Enix being very much in play.

So then, Rise of the Tomb Raider….Given this is the sequel to the very successful Tomb Raider reboot released back in 2013, this had a lot to live up to as the original reboot was one of the few games I actually bothered to play to the end and complete.

Will it have all the pieces of the magical puzzle to win our hearts all over again, or will it have us kicking and screaming to death in that same that happened to Lara in the first reboot?

Hearthstone Miniature Warfare: Part 1

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It’s that time again dear campers where we once again take on the might of Blizzard’s card game, Hearthstone. In the very week that I stopped doing the Hearthstone Happy hour, what did they go and do?

Release a tavern brawl which I couldn’t get enough of…. DAMN YOU BLIZZARD! But seriously, I love you….Don’t leave me….

Anyway, while the various adventures with the bathroom and other stuff continues unabated (where if you’re really bored you can see what’s going on via pictures on Twitter, because of reasons) this is part 1 of a two part series about fun and frolics with tiny minions, that cost 1 mana, have 1 attack and 1 health. Let’s see what lies, treachery and deceit awaits us….

Gaming Xcom Crash

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Every possible expense spared!

Finally after all the waiting by literally one person who asked if it was up yet today, the Gaming Car Crash brings to bear the gameplay and the misery that is XCom 2, the most awaited sequel to aliens buggering up the world since Independance Day…or perhaps people actually wanted XCom 2 as opposed to see why anyone bothered to turn up to make another Independance Day come to think of it.

Chucked out by 2K games and Firaxis Games at the beginning of February on PC, Mac and Linux, the sequel takes the turn based fighting misery / ecstasy to a whole new level. In that it assumes you buggered it all up in the first game and now the aliens rule the world.

But… is it any good? How many troopers will I lose*? Will I research the meaning of life or +2 armor? Find out and more in today’s Gaming Car Crash review / failure to play correctly!

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* Terms and conditions apply, see pack for details, how do I get outta this chicken sh*t outfit? Do they mostly come out at night, mostly?

Deadpool: A Love / Hate Story

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So Valentine’s day has come and gone and all the while, many more couples would have sat in silence while staring across from each other, wondering why they even bothered to pretend to care. However at the cinema this time around, it seems to be that even Hollywood’s gotten a bit bored of just chucking out the usual romantic stories for everyone to drag their significant other to, whether they like it or not.

Aside from the continuing Oscar bait being shown, of which various amounts of hype would be increased for various creative endeavours as a result of last night’s BAFTA awards, there were a couple of strange choices to arrive onto our 4K rendered cinema screens. First on the roster to investigate, was Marvel’s Deadpool, which on the face of it should be complete and utter rubbish, considering what Fox had allowed to happen with the character during the events of X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Ladies, he’s available for funerals and birthday parties….

It was a minor miracle even that the film got into production, as it was only due to a leak of some CGI-based test footage that Fox then decided to green light the project itself.

Ryan Reynolds during the two minute test footage gave a glimpse as to what we would expect from Deadpool, the character himself, aka the Merc with a mouth no less dispensing one liners and bad guys with the same amount of effort. It was quick, funny, full of swearing and excessively violent. Something which actually come to think of it, has been very seldom seen from anything recently done within the Marvel Universes that Fox, Marvel and Sony have been putting out there. Continue reading →

Gaming Love Crash: 2016 Edition

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The trees are swaying, the birds are singing and Deadpool is on at the cinema. Yes campers, sadly it’s that special time of year where lovers around the world come together to show how much they care about each other when the card companies, florists and restaurants all band together to ensure that either you are happy with someone, or dead inside by yourself!

Seeing as we managed to see some of the most horrible games about dating last year in the first Gaming Love Crash, what possibly could we look at this year to top off matching colours to win a woman’s heart, or perform open heart surgery? As said in Wargames, would you like to play a game?

If so, then once again prepare to gather your pictures of your ex, get back your sense of self worth only to lose it again and once again wear the t-shirt with the 12 curry stains and join us once again for a good old time* recorded from Valentines Day 2016;

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* Terms and conditions apply, see pack for details, no gloving, no loving!

Madness of the Lobster

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On Saturday afternoon I sat down on a small wooden chair, placing the backpack down in the corner of the South American restaurant, just after leaving the local cinema. It made a change from the usual haunt of the breakfast burrito and eggs florentine that usual follows a trip to see the latest cinematic masterpiece, and perhaps there were surprises to be had.

After some time perusing the menu, a feast fit for the eyes as well as the stomach was ordered, with cups of tea of course. What? We’re not barbarians, now excuse me while I change into my evening tuxedo!

What followed afterwards was a delight. A mixture of pulled meats, lentils, plantain with either sour dough bread or arepas which is a lovely fried bread when put together with salad and sauces. Even pictures of said food would not do it justice and brought back some wonderful memories of previous visits to South America. These dishes only served to lift your spirits in a wonderfully bright and warm environment, and to even enhance the dining experience, the staff were just a delight. Round off with a cup of tea and to be honest, it was a great surprise to find such a feast awaiting us in the confines of a small indoor market.

Why am I telling you this? Well, one simple reason; it’s about 100% more interesting than what happens in today’s film on the chopping block; The Lobster.

Winning several awards from various bodies around the world, this seems to be a prime example of Oscar Bait surely? It was released last year and now is available on DVD. Well I’m not even going to waste your time any further. This is one of the worse attempts at satire or indeed story I’ve ever witnessed. During the screening, it sent people to sleep, others walked out, and even those who stayed were compelled to look at what was happening on Facebook more than what was on screen.

If you want to read on about the film, then by all means but the more you read, the more you will get confused. There will be spoilers but seriously, it really won’t matter here. Continue reading →

Oscar Bait 2016: Trumbo

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It’s about time for visiting another contender for the golden dildos of Hollywood. Well, it was either that or I could just remark on how to waste a day playing video games while eating cheese toasties instead of, well, doing anything else. And after posting about the Ridiculous 6 the other day, anything surely would be better.

It’s all glitz and glamour up in this bitch!

Today’s epic true story toting tale comes in the form of Trumbo, a screenwriter having lovely fun among the Hollywoodies back in the day (starting at the end of the 1940s). Trumbo (whose name keeps conjuring up an elephant at the circus in my mind for some reason) spends time fighting for worker’s rights within the film industry and just also happens to be a member of the communist party in America.

Already you can see the problem with covering something like this that sparks the spider senses of meh from us, the viewing public; It’s a true story for the most part about someone who worked in Hollywood who had to suffer. The subject matter is such that you instantly think this will blow up up everyone’s arses in the industry and therefore makes everyone instantly want to fawn over it. Prime Oscar Bait for sure. Continue reading →