Review

In Russia Dashboard Cams You

January 18, 2018

I’m not quite sure why I’m obsessed with these things. For the uninitiated, in Russia everyone drives around with cameras on their dashboards- it’s just a thing they do. This also means that there’s hundreds of hours of crazy accidents and road rage from Russia out there in the wild, many of which I’ve soaked up via YouTube. So I jumped at the chance to review The Road Movie, which is pretty much a curated collection of just that kind of footage. It’s a pretty fascinating idea for a movie and I’m curious what people will think of it as a documentary- you can read my full review at Slashfilm.

Castlevania Spoiler Review

July 10, 2017

I enjoyed the Castlevania Netflix show for what it was, but it wasn’t much. I’m a HUGE fan of the series (check how I used the titles in this review) but man, did it need more than four episodes to tell this story.

Read the whole thing here.

Everything at the 2017 Overlook Film Festival

May 14, 2017

I was incredibly lucky to be able to cover the inaugural Overlook Film Fest for /Film this year, and I really had a blast. Not only did I meet some amazing people at the hotel that was used as the exterior location for The Shining, I saw a ton of films and even took part in a number of interactive horror games that may or may not have scarred me for life.

Here you can check out all my reviews, my horrific experience with the Blackout haunted house, and an overview of the fest. Or you can just see everything I wrote right here.

Mr. Robot is the best mobile game I’ve played all year

August 27, 2016

I am a MASSIVE fan of the Lifeline series, so when I heard that Telltale Games and Night School Studio’s Mr. Robot game was in a similar vein, I had to have it. I love mobile games that do interesting things and trick is into interacting with them in ways that no other platform could, and this game is just perfect for it. It plays like you’ve downloaded an E-Corp app and runs in real-time as characters from the show text you and convince you to hack people for them. It’s wonderful and exciting and made me nervous like no other game before it.

You can read the full review here.

The Lost Arcade: A Documentary About NYC’s Chinatown Fair

August 18, 2016

I’ve been having a ton of fun writing for Geek.com for the past few weeks, especially since it’s allowed to basically write about every single one of my interests. The game and film fan in me got to join forces with the New Yorker for this review of The Lost Arcade, a documentary on the last independent arcade in NYC. I enjoyed it but seemed to like less than most everyone else!

That may be because I actually remember the place. I only stepped foot in it once but that was enough for me to know that the fond remembrance of the place might be tinged by nostalgia, the same way everyone looks at dirty old NYC and feels nostalgic. It was funny to note that after posting this on Facebook a friend of mine noted the time he almost got jumped for beating someone in Street Fighter there, which further cements my point that things might not have been as rosy as they appear in the doc.

My full review is up on the site here.