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Resistance 3
Rejoice, the medipack gets a revival. As a partisan of old school gameplay I welcomed it as much as the fact that the alien invasion takes place in a setting other than Kabul or evil corporation headquarters.
Madden NFL 12
It’s Madden, it’s fun – even for people who don’t understand what a middle line backer or tight end does.
NHL 12
It’s probably one of the most challenging things for a games journalist or reviewer to write a text about every sports game update when the games itself basically just follow the formula of ‘same as last year’s game just a bit better’
Shadows of the Damned
I rather laugh over things like Silvio Berlusconi just did edgeplay watersports with bunga bunga Ruby because he ran out of swine blood. This is the kind of kinky sex jokes I can laugh about.
Lich & Resurrectionists – Split EP
This is hands down some edge of the seat stuff and probably again a milestone split release. Top shelve material.
Touché Amoré – Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me
Sure it’s not the best album you’ve ever heard but still this is the record of the summer.
Deafheaven – Roads to Judah
I never thought that there could be some easy listening black metal but with Wolves in the Throne Room and the likes lowering the threshold it was just a matter of time until scene kids discover that black metal has actually some musical flavor apart from the kvlt grimness.
Alice: Madness returns
I can totally see why critics tear apart little Alice’s wonder land but I won’t queue up with other pundits. Haters gonna hate. I know. I’m usually on of’em. The game has issues. So has she.
Outland
The gameplay is not innovative – combining Prince of Persia with Ikaruga – but in this case nailed to perfection. For a tenner you get a game that has a bad soundtrack, lush graphics and an addition to the genre that should not be missed.
Infamous 2
For the sequel Sucker Punch seemed to put more effort in the do something cool part instead of really getting some more meat on the backgrounds, storytelling, characters and atmosphere.
Kitsuné – The Indie-Dance Issue
With the constant repetition of half-baked schmonzes the only ones still feeling entertained are the hip kids who gain their street cred through Marlboro Lights.
SOCOM: Special Forces
It’s sad to say but with the latest Socom the once so good franchise seams to have officially died. From its demanding tactical shooter antics it bowed the knee to the more casual gaming experience.
Celeste @ Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin
Out of six bands however four were utter shit, one was quite okay and one is usually a safe bet but had a nightmarish night.
Shift 2: Unleashed
There’s nothing really game-breakingly bad about Shift 2 Unleashed but it arguably lacks the arguments why you should prefer it to the top dogs Gran Turismo or Forza. Where’s the love?
Liturgy – Aesthetica
There are bands which are equally competent as they are boring. Especially in anything metal related. It’s much like circus or true hipster occult math prog post black metal.
Belong – Common Era
October Language was beautiful, but in a kind a forest fire is beautiful. In the wake of hurricane Katrina it embodied a panoply of thoughts, fears and hardships and gave the listener a soundscape with enough room for interpretation to cope with the catastrophe.
Infinite Light Ltd. – s/t
It all depends in what you soak your guitars. I’m fine with anything as long as it’s not Rohypnol. You could as well push this 180g 12″ at the local subway station. Say No to Drugs.
31knots @ Levee, Berlin
31knots is one of those bands you can not point out enough how genuinely awesome they are. They are as underrated as they are brilliant.
La Lisière
La Lisière is ambiguous and possibly fatalistic. I can’t decide whether the film should be even more faint and surreal or just the opposite, more explicit and drastic in its nature. Eventually it only taxes the viewer’s patience, a reaction the movie actually should not excite. It’s a challenge, but not a rewarding one.
Lento – Icon
The bait and switch tactics of their scatterbrained postmetal only works the first listen where you are all like ‘oh this is fresh’ but once you dig deeper in this muddy bank you find nothing but rehearsal room indulgence, practiced boredom and lack of ideas. Avoid.
Pianos become the teeth @ Lovelite, Berlin
I know some people will punch me in the face if I admit that I’m actually not really handcuffed by neither Baltimore screamo upcomers Pianos become the teeth nor their swedish counterpart Suis la lune.
Fight Night Champion
After having rushed through the cookie-cutter career mode in less than three hours (spending the majority of time on the end boss, sucker) I found myself wasting more time in creating a little monkey boxer
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