Author: Spike

  • REVIEW: Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 (2020) *SPOILER-FREE*

    REVIEW: Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 (2020) *SPOILER-FREE*

    A little delayed due to COVID-19 – just like this very review is nine months late – Netflix has given us another entry in the Ghost in the Shell concept, Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045. This one is a direct sequel to 2nd Gig in the Stand Alone Complex continuity – and made by most…

  • REVIEW: Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) *SPOILER-FREE*

    REVIEW: Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) *SPOILER-FREE*

    I have to cut to the chase. First and foremost, let me assure you, Wonder Woman 1984 has no politicking in it whatsoever. The flick doesn’t preach with any type of partisan message, and much less anything related to the Trump administration. This misreporting from irresponsible sites will surely unfairly affect this movie without any…

  • Halloween Video Game Pick: Blasphemous

    Halloween Video Game Pick: Blasphemous

    The word “Metroidvania” gets thrown around a lot in retro gaming, and these types of video games have become an indie staple on all modern platforms. With all the competition, it’s hard to come across games that can go beyond the classic themes in the genre. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 1, 2, and Ritual…

  • REVIEW: The New Mutants (2020)

    REVIEW: The New Mutants (2020)

    It’s funny how life imitates art; in the comic books, the New Mutants were notorious for being a young group of X-Men trainees facing traumatic experiences from the very beginning, with tragedy surrounding them as much as or even more than the actual X-Men or the original X-Factor. The same thing happened to the team’s…

  • REVIEW: Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl (2020)

    REVIEW: Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl (2020)

    It’s been twenty-five years since Mallrats hit the movie theaters in the United States, bombing spectacularly at the box office. After the success of Clerks, that didn’t stop the film from getting a huge cult following from the home video version, which made it a celebrated and highly quotable entry in Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse.…

  • REVIEW: Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection (2020)

    REVIEW: Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection (2020)

    The beginning of the 21st Century was hard for SNK, the company that became the Rolls Royce of console gaming during the early years of the ’90s with their NeoGeo AES. This system was the first one to bring the arcade experience into your living room by literally making game cartridges out of their arcade…