Tag: war

• Dunkirk (2017)

  David Cox’s no doubt controversial take on Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk has spurred me to writing, and not, as you might think, to leap to the film’s defence. I saw Dunkirk on Saturday morning; not in IMAX, as Nolan would make everyone if he could legally do so, but at my local cinema, on a normal screen. I’d […]

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  27 July 2017

  Cinema, Film Reviews, War

  Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk, history, military, war, war films, World War II

• Bridge of Spies (2015)

  Bridge of Spies is up there with Spielberg’s best.

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  23 October 2015

  Cinema, Film Reviews

  Bridge of Spies, Cold War, film reviews, spy thriller, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, war, war films

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and ‘othering’

  I booted up Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare lastnight, for the first time since its release. I remember enjoying playing through the single-player campaign (I’ve never been much for online multiplayer) way back in 2007, and being staggered at some of the visuals, even with it running at lowest settings on my old Toshiba laptop. […]

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  28 January 2015

  Gaming, Research, War

  America, Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, games, gaming, hegemony, Modern Warfare, othering, research, videogames, war

• What is it good for?

  

  I sunk about two hours into This War of Mine, and feel I’ve barely scratched the surface. As such, what follows are my very rudimentary notes on the early experience of the game.

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  24 November 2014

  Gaming, War

  games, gaming, This War of Mine, videogames, war