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Atomic Heart (2023 Video Game)

Ignore the complainers

[23 July 2023]

Not all of us are into steampunk and so ignored the BioShock train. For those who loved Fallout but became disenchanted with whatever happened after 4...this is an amazing game to play to come back to that Fallout 3/Wolfenstein love.

Absolutely stunning graphics and a really fun environment to explore and dive into. You'll be captivated in the first 15 minutes. BioShock took steam punk Americana, Fallout did post nuclear America, Wolfenstein took Germans winning WWII...finally we see a game explore the USSR side of this genre!!

This game is Fallout meets Wolfenstein in the USSR + iRobot in all the best ways!

Your Place or Mine (2023)

Underwhelming Cacophony of Cliché's

[3/10 · 15 February 2023]

Not sure how Netflix let this get past the test audiences, maybe the though the test crowd had been so blown away they fainted (they actually fell asleep). So much potential with so little follow through. The best parts are the two besties who carry the plot (and any humor) in this whole movie. You could just fast forward to about 45 minutes left in the movie and enjoy it from there but don't put yourself through the hour that precedes that. On a more technical note the cinematography is excruciatingly symmetrical and static while the acting is flat. The soundtrack was clearly pushed together by a Cars fan to the point that it was annoying, ruining perfectly good opportunities for a real composer to create some semblance of emotional movement in the film.