In their third album, these Nordic melodic-metallers have taken the sci-fi potpourri of their previous two albums Heaven’s Gate and Journey Of Souls, and consolidated it into something much more cohesive and firm: a unified mission statement. You can spot
Amazing Spider-Man: Graveyard Shift review
(Cross-posted from Goodreads!) What a fitting title: the Graveyard Shift trade paperback collects what would be the final issues of Amazing Spider-Man before Marvel decided to revamp their entire canon with Secret Wars, the event that collapsed the Marvel Multiverse
Mad Max: Fury Road Review: Who Killed The World?
(Updated for 2016 at the bottom!) You don’t often hear the term ‘word-of-mouth success story’ when it comes to triple-A Hollywood blockbusters, because films of that budget and caliber are typically promoted to high heaven anyway – but the buzz
Playstation All-Stars review: One Step Sideways And Falling In Line
Starting now, I’ll be making an effort to update the Looking Glass once a week! Super Smash Brothers came out of nowhere and instantly became its own genre. The ‘mascot brawler’ spawned sequel after sequel, with increasingly ambitious story modes
Bloodborne: Review
“I have frequently wondered if the majority of mankind ever pause to reflect upon the occasionally titanic significance of dreams, and of the obscure world to which they belong. Whilst the greater number of our nocturnal visions are perhaps no
Collector’s Watchdog: The Lithium Apocalypse
Hey! Welcome to the new feature on the Looking Glass, Collector’s Watchdog: inspired by the Watch Dog column from Gamepro magazine, the Collector’s Watchdog aims to shine a light on certain elements of building an awesome multimedia entertainment collection –
The Order: 1886: Review
What if the mythical Knights of the Round Table, sustained by vials of liquid from the Holy Grail itself, survived into the industrial era, continuing to protect the Crown from threats within and without? You take up arms as Galahad,
11/22/63: Review
(Belatedly cross-posted from Goodreads to give the site some content while I handle the renovations!) November 22nd, 1963. You know how it unfolds: shots ring out in Dallas, and within seconds, President John F. Kennedy is dead. What if you