Andy K (10821 KP) created a video about Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) in Movies
Dec 16, 2017 (Updated Dec 16, 2017)
GameCritics (290 KP) created a video about Echo Arena in Video Games
Sep 11, 2017
Phone Arena has combed through whatever notable offerings available and picked out some of the best new apps that you should check out, either because they are useful, or fun.
Flightsayer
Travel
App Watch
Flightsayer predicts flight delays before they happen, helping you be proactive about potential...
Blocker by Afternow
Photo & Video
6.0
Rate It
App Watch
Blocker is an augmented reality director's viewfinder. It makes it easy for filmmakers to...
photo and video
Yoink - Improved Drag and Drop
Productivity and Utilities
App
Yoink for iPad and iPhone lets you easily and quickly store items you drag, copy or share, for later...
Boomerang Mail
Productivity
App Watch
Join millions who use Boomerang to email productively and save time. Boomerang’s iPhone email app...
productivity
Temi - Speech to Text
Business
App
Temi is the easiest way to record and instantly transcribe speech to text. For a limited time, the...
business
and 6 other items
October is not just the month that brought us pre-orders of the Apple iPhone X and wider availability of the new iPhone 8, as well as the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, it also brought a ton of new games.
Lunar Battle
Games
App Watch
Conquer the skies and explore uncharted terrain with Lunar Battle™, a new action-packed mobile...
games
Turn Undead: Monster Hunter
Games
App Watch
Take on Dracula and his legion of monsters in this turn based action puzzle platformer. Features:...
games
Roly Poly Monsters
Games
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The 'Roly Poly Monsters' are back with a bang! Enjoy a bloody awesome sequel to the 50 million...
games
WitchSpring 3
Games
App Watch
The story of a witch who is chased after by warriors. Eirudy, the Marionette Witch. A story-based...
games
and 8 other items
Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about League of War: VR Arena in Video Games
Nov 19, 2017
Andy K (10821 KP) created a video about Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) in Movies
Nov 2, 2017 (Updated Nov 2, 2017)
Erika (17788 KP) rated Authority (Southern Reach #2) in Books
Jun 3, 2018
At least in this installment, they finally use the term 'alien', it only took a book and a half.
Andy K (10821 KP) created a video about The Graduate (1967) in Movies
Mar 7, 2018 (Updated Mar 7, 2018)
Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Condemned: Criminal Origins in Video Games
Oct 24, 2019
Condemned: Criminal Origins places an emphasis on melee combat and puzzle solving, including searching for fingerprints and gathering evidence. Lets talk more about the crime scene's, and gathing evidence.
Condemned directly involves the player in crime scene investigations, offering the ability to, at the press of a context-sensitive button, call upon a suite of forensic tools to find and record evidence. The player character is linked to an FBI lab via his mobile phone throughout the investigation, allowing (almost immediate) remote examination and analysis by his support worker, Rosa. Crime scene evidence can be used to solve puzzles, allowing the player to pass previously impassable barriers, and provide clues to the overall mysteries of the story.
Examples of evidence include fingerprints, footprints, fibers, fluids (such as blood or chemicals), particles, residues, markings/etchings, material, imprints, wounds, small objects, documents, and body parts.
The player character is gifted with the instinctual ability to detect when forensic evidence is nearby, allowing players to bring up the detection and collection tools when appropriate. However, the "instincts" of the character only vaguely highlight the area in which the evidence resides; it is up to the player to methodically sweep the scene and catalog any findings.
Lets talk about the plot: Condemned: Criminal Origins is set in the fictional American city of Metro. The player takes on the role of Ethan Thomas, a crime scene investigation agent with the FBI's Serial Crime Unit, as he traverses the seedier sides of the city. His journey takes him through a number of condemned buildings as he searches for the one who framed him for murder, the evasive Serial Killer X. Along the way, Ethan must use his investigative intuition and technology to examine evidence left behind by SKX, all the while fighting off the violently psychotic denizens of Metro City, who seem to be driven to such madness by a mysterious, yet seemingly extraneous force.
Their are two different ends: but really its the same ending.
If you do like psychological, crime solving horror games than you will like this one.
Gareth von Kallenbach (962 KP) rated The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) in Movies
Aug 14, 2019
A dispute between Fox and series creator Chris Carter was often listed as one of the main reasons that the second film had not arrived and thankfully with the resolution of the dispute and the pending writers strike, the new film was approved by the studio and placed into production.
The film picks up years after the series and finds both Mulder (David Duchovny), and Scully (Gillian Anderson), living with one another in a remote home in a rural area. The fact that Mulder is still a wanted man has forced him to lead a life of seclusion, but he still collects newspaper clippings related to bizarre happenings to feed his fascination with the supernatural.
Scully leads a more conventional life, as she has left the F.B.I. to return to her career as a Doctor in a local Catholic hospital.
Scully has been struggling to treat a young boy with a series condition that many of her superiors believe is a lost cause. As if this was not enough concern, Scully is approached by an F.B.I. agent named Agent Drummy (Xzibit), who informs Scully that the F.B.I. is in need of Mulder’s services in finding a missing agent.
Suspecting a trap to lure out Mulder, Scully refutes any knowledge of Mulder, but relays the information to a skeptical and bitter Mulder. The F.B.I. is willing to drop all charges against Mulder and despite his bitterness over his frame up, he agrees simply to help find the agent and clear his name.
Mulder and Scully are introduced to Agent Whitney (Amanda Peet), who is heading the investigation to recover the missing agent. Whitney has ruffled a few feathers at the bureau to bring Mulder back into the mix, but due to some odd facts of the case, and their own lack of leads, they believe Mulder may be the key to unraveling the mystery.
Mulder and Scully soon find themselves in a snow covered, remote area of Virginia where they must content not only with the elements but an ever changing case.
It is learned that a disgraced priest named Father Joe (Billy Connolly), is having psychic visions of the missing agent, and Mulder is tasked with not only helping find the missing agent, but determining the truth behind the visions of Father Joe.
As the case takes one bizarre twist after another, Scully becomes concerned over Mulder’s obsession with the case, as she worries that they are going to lose the new life they have had with one another, and once again be dragged into the old lifestyle they shared, that not only consumed them both, but cost both of them great hardships and suffering.
Scully believes that Father Joe is a sick individual who is faking the visions as his way to atone for his past sins, and believes that her time would be better spent caring for her patient and with Mulder.
Unwilling to let it go, Mulder is determined to find the truth, and will risk everything to uncover the mystery before him.
Writer/Director Chris Carter is to be praised as “The X-Files: I want to Believe” is a daring effort. Carter chose to ignore the standard movie trappings of being bigger and better and toned down the FX and action of the film to instead focus on a more intimate and character driven story.
Carter gambled that the chemistry between Duchovny and Anderson would not only attract fans, but would sustain the film without having to rely on an abundance of gimmicks. To this extent the film succeeds very well as the report between the two leads is amazing and it is a treat to see them both reprising their roles and underscoring that there is still a lot of life left in the characters.
Some may complain that the movie is little more than an extended episode and does not have the action, FX, nor eeriness to have this compare with some of the more memorable moments of the series, but to do so I believe would undermine this very worthy effort.
The film is not only a very clever character driven drama, it has plenty of subtle nods and gems for fans of the series, but holds up extremely well as a stand alone story for those not well versed in the series and it’s many complexities.
The final segment of the film truly shines as not only does it have an ending worthy of some of the best moments of the show, but it challenges the audience with questions of fate, faith, and the nature of life and the roles we are chosen to play.
From the solid acting, eerie locales and lighting and interesting themes of the film, this is a solid and enjoyable film. I only hope we do not have to wait so long for the next one.