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Advanced or Ad Nauseum? In-Game Advertising and You
When you’re gaming, there’s nothing more frustrating than having your leisure time interrupted by in-game ads. One moment, you’re slaying zombies and quick-scoping enemies, the next you’re watching an ad for nachos.
However, public…
I Know That Face | Ernest Borgnine
On our last episode before our annual summer break, we talk about the career of the legendary Ernest Borgnine. A naval officer through the war years, he turned to acting after his discharge and within a decade had won the 1956 Best Actor…
Game Review: Meet Your Maker Provides a Satisfying and Sadistic Loop
Player-curated content has been a trend in the gaming industry for quite some time. Games like Super Mario Maker, Dreams, and LittleBigPlanet have allowed players to design their own games and levels using tools provided by the developers.…
Album Review | The National Stay Classy On First Two Pages Of Frankenstein
When The National dropped ‘Tropic Morning News’ as the lead single for their new album in January, it very much felt like the Cincinnati indie icons had delivered a top tier track to rival their 2007-2013 peak (the four records from Boxer…
Subtext | More Classic Swedish Murder Mysteries
Over the last few years the Swedish Film Institute have blessed us with some amazing restorations of crime films from the 1950s. We previously looked at a collaboration between two giants of Swedish crime writing, as well as the first two…
EP Review | Berlin is Everything Good About Æ Mak
When you’re reviewing a three-track mixtape, you would think you’d struggle for things to say. After all, writing about 13 track albums puts a fierce strain on my long-suffering wordcount (although a lot of that comes from writing…
Album Review | Arborist Crafts A Gorgeous Fever Dream On His Third Album
Nearly ten years and now three albums into his career, Belfast-based musician Mark McCambridge has made quite the impression thus far under his Arborist alias. First came his breakout debut Home Burial in 2016, which was then followed by a…
In The New Golden Age of Irish Cinema, Where Is the Preservation of Its History?
With Irish cinema getting a 'boom' moment, what with the successes of The Banshees of Inisherin and The Quiet Girl, I feel that one has overlooked how we got here in the first place. Despite all this talk of a new Golden Age of Irish…
Album Review | Swimmers Jackson Gains Perspective On Now Is All
Now is All is the second solo album from Swimmers Jackson.
Starting as a trio called Swimmers, the album is the follow up to 2020’s Murmuration, which in turn follows the releases of EPs Swimmer’s Year and This Burning Circus in 2013…
I Know That Face | Mia Goth – Part 2 (with Katie McGrath)
Two iconic women return to I Know That Face this week. Fourth-time guest Katie McGrath comes back to talk about Mia Goth's stratospheric rise in the indie sphere. With Ti West's X last year and Pearl this year Goth established herself as a…