My abiding love for all things cosmic horror knows no bounds. I’ve written about the sublime themes of Bloodborne, listed my favourite Lovecraft stories and extolled the virtues of using your nightmares as creative fuel, so when I tell you that Darkest Dungeon might very well be the best distillation…

I’ve made no secret of my struggles with my mental health, there have been many times where the weight of all my various issues has seemed almost insurmountable and I just feel like throwing up my hands and letting life, depression, anxiety or whatever it is take that final swing…

Picture a world steeped in the glitz and glamour of late 40s-early 50s Hollywood. Movie stars, jazz clubs, impeccable suits and Marilyn Monroe style dresses. A time when the US were heroes who helped save the world from the tyranny of The Third Reich and everything was about to change…

I’ve been an avid gamer since I played Sonic The Hedgehog on the Sega Megadrive, I’ve played every console from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the PlayStation Four, its always been a great way to relax and have fun with my friends. Now I know I’m not unique by saying…

SPOILERS FOR BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER FOLLOW — I’ve always been a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and while perhaps aspects of the series haven’t aged well (I’m looking at you Xander), I feel that on the whole it’s still as relevant as it was back in the 1990s if not more in 2020. If you ask…

News just broke that Ennio Morricone, the masterful composer of hundreds of films and one of architects of the Spaghetti Western genre passed away on the 6th of July 2020 and I just want to take some time to acknowledge both his virtuoso compositions and the impact such music had…

SPOILERS FOR MY HERO ACADEMIA FOLLOW It’s no secret that I have an abiding love for comic books. If you look around my living room you’ll see canvases of the Justice League and Spiderman crowning a bookshelf filled with titles like James Robinson’s Starman, Neil Gaiman’s Sandman and All Star…

There’s nothing better than taking a little time to revisit an old TV show that meant so much to you, which is exactly what I did over the last week. When that first explosion lit up Serenity valley and the bullets began to fly, I was transported back to the…

Before we begin I’d like to apologise for my absence around the end of last year, I attempted to use Nanowrimo to finish a novel and failed, I neglected my followers and paid for it by losing some. I’m planning to be more consistent in 2020. I remember the first…