Shelf Abuse

Storytelling, comic books and self-publishing

Tag: video games

  • Warner Brothers Surveys Capcom’s Lost Planet

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    Carl Doherty
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    Sub-zero sci-fi coming to the big screen Despite Iron Man, Hellboy 2 and The Dark Knight all extending beyond the salivating fanboy demographic and enjoying mainstream attention, Hollywood is arguably at risk of running the comic book repository dry. The solution? Resume drilling, with Daniel Plainview fortitude, into that other bottomless source of inspiration: the…

  • Halo Graphic Novel Review

    Halo Graphic Novel Review

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    2007, Marvel Writers: Lee Hammock, Jay Foerber, Brett Lewis Art: Simon Bisley, Andrew Robinson, Ed Lee, Moebius, Tsutomu Nihel Given that Halo recently earned itself a page in media history as the first console franchise to send Hollywood to its gout-swollen knees, the Master Chief’s transition from video game to comic book was inevitable. Sadly,…

  • Silent Hill Movie Review

    Silent Hill Movie Review

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    2006 Dir: Christophe Gans Script: Roger Avary, Christophe Gans, Nicolas Boukhrief Cast: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Jodelle Ferland, Deborah Kara Unger, Alice Krige, Tanya Allen, Kim Coates Generic American couple Rose and Christopher Da Silva (Mitchell, Bean) are concerned about their daughter Sharon’s (Holden) ceaseless sleepwalking. The possessed daughter frequently attempts to take…