Tag: Cosmic Sheep
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Xbox’s shutdown of Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin is setting a bleak precedent for the industry.
On Tuesday, Jason Schreier of Bloomberg broke the news that Xbox is shutting down Tango Gameworks (Hi-Fi Rush, The Evil Within) and Arkane Austin (Redfall) and mobile game developer Alpha Dog studios (Mighty Doom). In a move that has bolstered the turbulent nature of the industry. Though Arkane Austin’s Redfall arrived to both critical and… Read more
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Silent Hill: The short Message – a shrouded world of flawed beauty.
Silent Hill returns, with the latest entry in over 12 years of silence and the first Japanese devloped game in over 20 years the franchise promises a fresh start. Ah Silent Hill, freed from the infernal annals of the pachinko’s clutch, I see you now. It’s been a long and unignorable road of tribulations and… Read more
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Lies of P: A new Souls-like classic.
Whaddya get when you cross Pinocchio with a hefty measure of Bloodborne and a dash of Sekiro? A bloody great Souls-like apparently. Having swiftly become one of the most talked about and critically successful releases of last year in an already strong year for gaming, which has seen seen the likes of Breath of the… Read more
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Silent hill 2: Instances of the uncanny
How the uncanny takes shape in Silent Hill 2. Intro My most recent obsession has manifested itself in the most bizarre form. Taking its shape in the online phenomena of liminal spaces. Now firstly, for those unfamiliar with this term, allow me to clarify. It is a phenomenon best defined by the feeling of eliciting,… Read more
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Working class thought and creativity
Overcoming the insidious notion that is imbued within us, ingrained so deeply. The thought that we shall never and will never have anything worthy to say and thus we forgo the act of creating There’s often a question that dwells within the recess of my thoughts, rearing its cynical visage each time I return or… Read more
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The boy in the corner
With a knackered desk and something even weightier to cast from his chest Dwells the boy in the corner Who feels through deposition he shall rise above the rest For he lives to detest, unseeing and unfeeling Any emotion leaves him reeling Though inside something is keeling He is begging to experience some form of… Read more
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Hate is a body of water
Hate is a body of water which quells Hate is a body of water which swells Hate is a body of water which dwells within cells Yes, hate is a body of water. It writhes in the mind, wanes all to unkind It floods of their eyes, it fashions the guise Wear the smile –… Read more
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Brokeback alley
Down brokeback alley In the concrete valley near a neon bardo Where couples in tandem, oblivious passed together in tow And within their mouldered rooms men fornicate in woe Right next to the piano store Where a shadowed man sleeps before the door Behind him stands a grand piano Money for which, he could never… Read more
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The beast
I often gaze and wonder what is ahead of me Of who I am and what I’ll be Shall I be left for dead, upon a shadowed chair Or cold and mottled, strewn upon the stair Just how far is that beast ahead of me? I often dream of who I truly am Of how… Read more
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Boredom Cure
Our medicine, the boredom cure Inject it wholly, sniff it pure Through a blur – there I spy Your razor blade parade Which enters forth, clad in boots of suede You tease me in to kick me out You hold me down to watch me drown I’m a stranger in this lonesome town You yearn… Read more