Louise Nealon’s ‘Snowflake’, published as her debut novel in 2021, is a story with no antagonist, or curse that’s shadowing over the land. It’s portrayed as an ordinary story revolving around an average girl who goes through the same thing so many of us need to go through, eventually shifting into university studies. Despite this ordinary premise, I think this book is magical as well. I don’t think I’ve ever come across a book where I’ve felt as seen and represented as this. By the time I finished reading this book, I felt like it was a story written precisely for me. I believe that a lot of university students would view this story in the same way too.Continue reading‘Snowflake’ – an exploration of one’s first, terrifying steps towards adulthood
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As a seven year old in 2007 playing ‘LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga’, I would have never pictured that in 15 years I would still be playing a LEGO Star Wars game. But here I am indulging myself in the nostalgic masterpiece that is ‘LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’.Continue reading‘LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’ – A Nostalgic Masterpiece
Dire Straits is one of the most iconic rock bands from the 1980’s and ‘Money for Nothing’, from their 1985 album ‘Brothers in Arms’, remains the band’s best selling single. But is this the best song on the album? Most people who have ever turned on the radio would recognise Sting singing the famous intro to ‘Money for Nothing’ – “I want my MTV”. However, there are another eight tracks on the fifth studio album from the band.Continue reading‘Brothers In Arms’ by Dire Straits: more than ‘Money For Nothing’
Hockey Dad’s 2016 album ‘Boronia’ explores the duo’s search for love. The eleven songs move listeners through an uplifting journey whilst tapping into the fast growing Australian Indie Rock genre. With hits ‘I Need A Woman’ and ‘Laura’, the album is a must listen. If you’re into surfing or enjoy going to the beach, this one is for you. Continue reading‘Boronia’ by Hockey Dad: an Aussie surf rock gem
The first release from Taylor Swift’s ‘Red’ was a fan favourite, and the new re-release is no exception. At a length of 10 minutes and 13 seconds, ‘All Too Well’ has become the longest song to reach Number 1 on the Billboard 100 USA music charts, surpassing Don MacLaine’s ‘American Pie’ at 8 minutes and 37 seconds. The 10-minute hit single encapsulates all the reasons listeners love Swift’s music. It is giving us a lot more of what we loved the first time she released this song.Continue reading‘All Too Well’ by Taylor Swift – A Ten Minute Hit
My name is Erielle and I did not like The Little Mermaid. As a kid, I remember cringing at the thought of the 1989 film. But as an adult I have come to love it, memorising and singing all the songs.
Thinking back, I was always annoyed at the villains in the movie but also Sebastian’s nagging and the Prince’s oblivion. Each day I would meet someone new, the film would almost always come up. “Oh Erielle, like The Little Mermaid?!”. “Yes”, I say. And that conversation repeated itself many, many times over the course of my life.Continue readingMy name is Erielle and I did not like ‘The Little Mermaid’
‘DOOM Eternal’ brings this idea of the perfect strategy game into the 21st century with mastery that no other video game is yet to match, and refines it down to a biting and brutal point.Continue reading‘DOOM Eternal’: Perfecting the Action FPS Chess Game
After the success of the first Power Moves book, Hamish and Andy are back with a Volume 2. After receiving hundreds of new moves from podcast listeners in 2021, the pair were left with no choice but to release a second edition. However, do beware, as some say that this book is even more powerful than the first. Continue readingThe most powerful book of all – Hamish and Andy’s ‘Power Moves Vol. 2’
Catch-22 had it’s 60th birthday recently, meaning it has probably started thinking about retiring. After all, with bombing runs still being flown by the young, how effective was the book ultimately?Continue readingSixty years later, can we still relate to ‘Catch-22’?
FIFA 22 is the 29th instalment in the FIFA video game series, published by EA (Electronic Arts). EA Sports has produced yet another incremental update to its football simulation series, and the game is as visually appealing and realistic as it has ever been. If you’re a perennial FIFA player like I am, you’ll know that graphical improvements are the icing on the cake, but gameplay still remains king. But have the improvements on the pitch been enough to keep EA’s loyal fanbase glued to their controllers?Continue reading‘FIFA 22’ review: a battle of the consoles