Dead Again (1991)
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When a mute woman suffering from amnesia (Emma Thompson) arrives at the gates of an old orphanage,...
David McK (3425 KP) rated Blackout (Cal Leandros, #6) in Books
Jan 30, 2019
While, perhaps, this would have been a good opportunity for Rob Thurman to hit the 'reset' button on the world she's created, I have to say that I found this book to be a bit of a wasted opportunity - concentrating (in my opinion) far far too much on the brotherly bond between Cal and Niko (who, initialyy, he can't even remember) and nowhere near enough on the monsters or action scenes!
The One Memory of Flora Banks
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HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO TO TRUST WHEN YOU CAN'T EVEN TRUST YOURSELF? I look at my hands. One of them...
The Wrong Story
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After falling from a car park roof, cartoonist Tom Hannah is left with partial amnesia and the...
Lest She Forget
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You can't outrun your past. After surviving a car crash, a young woman wakes from a coma with...
Psychological Thriller
The Sexual History of the Global South: Sexual Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Saskia Wieringa and Horacio Sivori
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The Sexual History of the Global South explores the gap between sexuality studies and post-colonial...
Close To Me
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Close To Me is a gripping debut psychological drama that will appeal to fans of Liane Moriarty's...
cheating mystery psychological thriller
Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated the Xbox One version of Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs in Video Games
Nov 14, 2020
The game features several interlocking storylines. Some take place in the past, some in the present, and some are overtly real while some may be imagined. Set in London on New Year's Eve, 1899, the game's protagonist is Oswald Mandus, a wealthy industrialist and butcher who is implied to be the great grand-nephew of Daniel, the protagonist of Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
The game is a survival horror game played from a first-person perspective.
Players explore the environments using a lantern, with diary entries and notes providing information on the lost memory of the title character. While the core of the game remains the same between the two, some elements of The Dark Descent have been removed for A Machine for Pigs, while new elements have been added, one reason being to provide a fresh gameplay experience to players of The Dark Descent.
Most of the puzzles are based on physically interacting with the environment because of this change. The sanity mechanic of the first game has been removed, meaning that the darkness and looking at the creatures no longer cause any drawbacks. Health lost when Mandus is injured, will regenerate after a certain period of time; thereby eliminating the need to find vials of laudanum to restore health as in The Dark Descent.
The game's level design has been touted as "significantly different" from that of The Dark Descent, with larger areas and outdoor environments included. AI was also adjusted to ensure players are unable to predict enemy behavior based on their experiences with the original game.
Its a excellent survival game.
AJaneClark (3975 KP) rated Pandemic (The Extinction Files #1) in Books
Feb 20, 2021
Great writing, interesting characters and an amazing storyline. It would have got a 10 if it wasn't for the fact that at times, some of the events were overly complicated and difficult to keep up with. This book is the combination of science and human emotion, the first three quarters of the book were very impressive, but the last part becomes a little fantastical, and that's when I started to get lost.
I enjoyed the strong female lead, the male lead was somewhat egotistical. Some parts were predictable. But overall was an enjoyable read, just go in with your eyes open.