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Undertale

Posted 12:13pm Sunday 10th April 2016 by Lisa Blakie

Rating: A+ Within gaming circles, there is an ongoing debate about what it is that makes games important and unique among other forms of media. With reference to gameplay, these arguments usually focus on the dissonance between a game’s ludic elements (the ‘game’ part of the Read more...

Why Do We Need...drones?

Posted 12:11pm Sunday 10th April 2016 by Anthony Marris

Previously I have mentioned UAVs (drones) used in a military setting. I am not a fan of them. Now my attention is on civilian UAVs, the cute and cuddly version compared to their military brethren. But not really. UAVs have so much great potential. Search and rescue, agriculture, conservation, law Read more...

I’ll Forget 17 — Lontalius

Posted 12:05pm Sunday 10th April 2016 by Millicent Lovelock

Lontalius (Eddie Johnston) uses repetition in all the right ways. I’ve been waiting on his album I’ll Forget 17 since its debut single “All I Wanna Say” came out in 2015. Each time Johnston sings “all I have to offer is my love, it’s not enough” I find Read more...

Winston’s Birthday

Posted 1:56pm Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Tom Lord

Rating: A Going to anything at the Fortune Theatre is always exciting – there’s just something about walking in through the doors of the delightfully Gothic church and into the theatre that secretes anticipation. Indeed, the beautifully constructed set of Winston’s Birthday, Read more...

An

Posted 1:51pm Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Jess Alsop

Rating: B+ Ever had doriyaki before? I haven’t, but from what I now know, they are little pancakes filled with sweet bean paste (called an). In An, doriyaki shop manager Sentaro (Masatoshi Nagase) hires Tokue (Kirin Kiki), a little old lady who makes the best an he’s ever Read more...

A Bigger Splash

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Alex Campbell-Hunt

Rating: B- Imagine if Spring Breakers was directed by Woody Allen. This movie is a bit like that, but sadly isn’t as interesting as the description makes it sound.  Tilda Swinton plays Marianne Lane, a Bowie-esque rock star who is vacationing on an idyllic Italian island, with her Read more...

10 cloverfield lane

Posted 1:44pm Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Jessica Thompson

Rating: A- In the film world, 10 Cloverfield Lane is essentially ‘The House at the End of the Street meets War of the Worlds’. And really, you know a film is doing its job when you forget to eat your Kit-Kat... or alternatively feel too sick to eat your Kit-Kat.  Directed Read more...

Herb Nerd

Posted 1:30pm Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Kirsten Garcia

Welcome to Herbs101, I thought it might be helpful for those new to cooking or just not familiar with this uplifting ingredient to have a basic guide for what to do with them. Here are a few of my faves. Basil This is the herb that sparked my curiosity for all herbs, the little leaves that Read more...

Remuera Exhibit –White Night

Posted 1:24pm Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Susan Nunn

Three recent graduates from the Dunedin School of Art were invited to exhibit at the Auckland Art Festival as part of the White Night Remuera Exhibit, on Saturday 12th March 2016. Daniel Bloxham’s Commodity, Slaughter, Keystone, Extinction, Decimation (2015) is a large scale series of Read more...

Superhot

Posted 1:18pm Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Campbell Calverley

Rating: B Superhot has got style. If you were to take the minimalistic washed-out aesthetic of Mirror’s Edge, turn all of the enemies into red glass, and add a pinch of the time manipulation from Braid, then you would get something resembling Superhot. It is less than three hours long, but Read more...