Category: Book Reviews
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Angry Birds: Hatching a Universe Book Review
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in Book ReviewsAngry Birds: Hatching a Universe is a fun yet surprisingly substantial examination of the mobile gaming phenomenon.
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The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia Review
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in Book ReviewsThe beauty of this book lies in the incredible attention to detail, with intricate artwork often containing hidden references to the games that you’ll have a blast trying to spot.
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‘The Art of Epic’ Book Review
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in Book ReviewsTitan Books have published a beautiful and comprehensive tome which reveals just how much consideration and artistry goes into your average family animated feature.
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Star Wars Book of Sith: Secrets From the Dark Side Review
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in Book ReviewsA follow-up of sorts to the Path of the Jedi, this metafictional journal offers us a glimpse into the philosophy and rituals of Star Wars’ misrepresented pariahs.
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Five Wounds: An Illuminated Novel Review
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in Book ReviewsFive Wounds’ story would stand proud in any format, but the combination of Walker’s rich cityscape and Hallett’s spidery imagery results in something beyond a conventional book with superfluous pictures.
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Primeval: Extinction Event Book Review
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in Book ReviewsTitan Books Written by Dan Abnett Primeval, the Saturday night sci-fi show genre fans love to hate. I’ve become a bit of the proponent of the show over the last few years; particularly the third season, in which Primeval’s ‘dinosaurs leap through rifts in time to terrorise England’ premise veered into more interesting territory, with…
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Superheroes, Strip Artists & Talking Animals: Minnesota’s Contemporary Cartoonists Review
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in Book Reviews2011, Minnesota Historical Society Press Written by Britt Aamodt Beneath the colourful imagery, comic books have always held a certain tragedy. Behind every fantastical world and heroic individual rising against the forces of evil there’s some poor, solitary soul confined to a drawing board, wondering how they were ever naïve enough to believe that drawing/writing…
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Avatar Collectors Vault Book 3D Review
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in Book ReviewsPublished by Whitman Publishing / Titan Books James Cameron’s “Pocahontas in Space” may not have been the first 3D cinema experience, but it’s certainly proven to be the third dimension’s most prominent emissary. While cynical cinephiles interpreted Avatar’s success as further proof that visual gimmickry will compensate for all manner of plot deficiency, the fact…