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Star Wars-based movies: “The Family Guy Trilogy – Laugh It Up, Fuzzball”
Parodies of movies are always hit or miss, especially with “Movie” in the title. But sometimes, it all just falls into place, as it’s the case with the The Family Guy Trilogy – Laugh It Up, Fuzzball, including animated features … Continue reading
Posted in Movie reviews, Movies
Tagged 20th Century Fox, A New Hope, Alliance, animated, animation, BD, Blue Harvest, carbonite, Darkside, Death Star, Dominic Polcino, DVD, Emperor, Empire, Episode IV: A New Hope, Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, Family Guy, Fuzzball, George Lucas, Han, Han Solo, humor, It’s A Trap!, James Purdum, Laugh It Up, Leia, Leia Organa, parody, Peter Shin, Princess Leia, Rebels, Return of the Jedi, Robot Chicken, saga, series, Seth Green, Something, special edition, spoof, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, The Family Guy Trilogy, trilogy, TV, TV-series, Yoda
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Adventures made in Germany: “The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles” (PC)
Prequels to games aren’t as common as in the movie industry, but this doesn’t mean that they’re inferior to the original, as KING Art Games’ point-and-clicker The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles shows. The Book of Unwritten Tales: … Continue reading
Posted in Game reviews, Gaming
Tagged adventure, adventure game, Alien, animal cruelty, antagonist, artwork, classic, comedy, comic, Critter, DRM-free, epic, Escher, fantasy, GOG, Good Old Games, headhunter, humor, KING Art Games, LucasArts, Munkus, Nate, Nate Bonnet, Nordic Games, Northlands, PC, penguins, point-and-click adventure, prequel, puzzles, RPG, Seastone, slapstick, Star Wars, Steam, storytelling, Telltale Games, The Book of Unwritten Tales, The Book of Unwritten Tales: THe Critter Chronicles, The Critter Chronicles, Yeti
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Adventures made in Germany: “The Book of Unwritten Tales” (PC)
There is always a fine line between subtle references to well-established genres, books, movies or other media, and obvious parodies trying too hard to be funny and only ending up rather tame in humor. The German sense of humor is … Continue reading
Posted in Game reviews, Gaming
Tagged adventure, adventure game, adventurer, Alliance, Aventasia, Baldur's Gate, classic, comedy, comic, Critter, dance game, DRM-free, dwarf, elf, fantasy, folklore, funny, GOG, Good Old Games, Gremlin, humor, Ivo, Ivodora Eleonora Clarissa, KING Art Games, lore, LucasArts, magician, mini game, Monkey Island, Mortimer McGuffin, Mother, Nate, Nathaniel Bonnet, Nordic Games, NPC, online RPG, parody, PC, point-and-click adventure, prejudice, princess, puzzles, quest, rhythm game, rhythm-action, RPG, slapstick, Steam, storytelling, Terry Pratchett, The Book of Unwritten Tales, Tolkien, Voodoo, voodoo doll, Wilbur, Wilbur Weathervane, Zorro
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Star Wars movies: “Episode II: Attack of the Clones”
Some directors learn from their mistakes and listen to the audience’s feedback. While this is certainly no bad thing in the games industry due to obvious gameplay flaws or other problems which can be smoothed out, it’s not as easy … Continue reading
Posted in Movie reviews, Movies
Tagged action, Anakin Skywalker, Boba Fett, bounty hunter, C-3PO, CGI, Christopher Lee, cliché, clone, Clone Wars, Dark Force, drama, epic, Episode II, Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Force, George Lucas, Hayden Christensen, humor, Jar Jar Binks, Jedi, Jedi Council, Jedi Knight, Kenobi, lightsaber, love, love story, Master Yoda, mystery, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé, Queen Amidala, R2D2, saga, sci-fi, Senator, Skywalker, space fights, Star Wars, The Fifth Element, trilogy, Yoda
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Adventures made in Germany: “The Book of Unwritten Tales 2” (PC)
Does KING Art Games’ Kickstarter-funded adventure game The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 tread new ground in the point-and-click genre or is it just another succession of mildly amusing scenes and good puzzles? The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 (PC) … Continue reading →