Terrified | DVD Review

I'm a fan of horror. Been one most of my life. I've watched about every sub-genre of horror that there is. From the supernatural to the slasher flicks, and everything between I've seen it all. In the past 10 years or so, in the midst of my routine horror viewings, I've noticed that the horror genre has not only been revived, and rescued from Hollywood has beens, but has also been saved many times over by indie directors and studios from all over the globe. One such studio which recently started putting out films in physical and digital formats regularly is RLJE Films. In conjunction with streaming services like Shudder RLJE has released quite the interesting library of modern takes on the usual frightful formulas. One of the most recent releases that is "Terrified" is one such take on time honored tradition. It blends the paranormal with the otherworldly, and adds a few twists along the way in it's fractured timeline of events.

Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story | Nintendo Switch Review

Top Hat Studios' indie game "Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story" was subject to some misplaced scrutiny at least a week before the scheduled launch. The SJW portion of the gaming community decided to not only spread disinformation regarding the game, and it's contents, but also to threatened the developers if they did not censor it. Having played enough of the game to see what it's about I found that there's nothing remotely offensive, sexually or otherwise, within the game. While there are some suggestive themes, and some sexual imagery/innuendos it's nothing worth censoring, or fretting over. The game itself is a far cry from the pornographic experience it is claimed to be. It is instead a horror sleuthing, and survival game centered around an Asian character known as Mei who is a part of a dystopian cyberpunk world set in 2084 Hong Kong. 

Through Mei, and her enhanced eyes, we get to see the world in great detail as she goes about solving puzzles, and interacting with the various NPCs. We get a glimpse of the state of the world, it's politics, and how it operates on a civilian/governmental level. Additionally the game's story throws things for a loop with a sort of supernatural twist that happens after Mei honors the dead for a mystery man. Turning her world into a haunted nightmare where she encounters ghosts whose souls have yet to pass over. Through back and forth investigations within the spirit realm Mei must try to find her way back to her world while simultaneously dodging the dead, and freeing them from their trapped state. The horror that ensues due to the methodical, and slow burning nature of the artistically rendered narrative adventure is more suspenseful, and less of a jump scare in that the atmosphere set is one that is both melancholy, and foreboding. Filled with an air of expectation, and dread as you try to assist Mei in figuring out what it is she needs to do to remedy her situation.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | Onslaught Review

Zombies in Cold War seems to be the most lucrative experience of the entire game. It offers up XP in spades, and even has one of the game's only ways to earn special weapon blueprints. When it comes to the modes of play within Zombies there are a trio of different modes with their own separate variations. You've got your Die Maschine, Dead Ops Arcade 3, and Onslaught. I almost immediately took a liking to Die Maschine,and it's holiday spin-off, but after awhile I sought fun elsewhere in Zombies. That's where Onslaught comes into play. As of today I've spent a fair amount of time in Onslaught. Enough to give you the insider info you'll need to know if you dare to take it on. Unlike Die Maschine, and it's 4 player co-op setup, Onslaught is strictly a 1 - 2 player co-op experience that can be played publicly or privately. The goal is simply to follow an orb of Aether, and feed it the souls of the undead as you kill them wave after wave. The catch being that every few rounds elites are introduced, and the stakes in those encounters are raised as it is one of the ways you will be able to earn rewards.

Granblue Fantasy Versus | Yuel

Yuel is Granblue's own foxy Southern Belle. In fact her foxy nature isn't up for debate. Within the confines of the Granblue fighting game Yuel sports a fox's ears and tail, and refers frequently to her fighting technique as being that of the "FoxFlame". Additionally as an Ancestral Guardian within the series lore she channels fire energy into her dual swords as a means for combat advantage. Demeanor-wise her overall countenance is that of the usual cutesy waifu inspired anime girls who are cross-animal types. Her voice in English is also something worth noting as it brings with it a certain Southern charm. To accent her Southern Belle English voice-over, Yuel also sports two ribbons of large and smaller bells in her hair. Bells which she playfully toys with in the pre-match introduction. During said intros she often times talks to characters about dancing, and their boots lending further credence to her Southern influence. She's fun, fiery, and feisty with her own balancing act turned sword dance. 

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | Zombies ... Die Maschine

Cold War, like all the other black Ops entries in the Call of Duty franchise brings with it it's own take on Zombie warfare. This includes three new main modes of play. Die Maschine, Die Maschine 20, and Dead Ops Arcade 3 being those three modes. The story driven, and wave based Die Maschine, in particular, is what I'll be focusing on in this article. Within Die Maschine the developer, being Treyarch, adds a new Soviet spin to the ongoing Zombies lore. This time around the Nazi experiment falls into the Soviets hands, and once again all hell breaks loose on earth. We find this out from a female agent who has gone off the grid after stumbling upon video footage of the containment breach from an unknown machine that has quite literally reanimated the dead after having been reactivated itself. This of course takes place in and around a snowy bunker, and abandoned communications/crash site. As one of four soldiers it is your duty to go in on this informational lead, unlock the mysteries at hand, and defeat wave after wave of increasingly stronger undead as you collect that intel.