Aisling Murphy takes issue with the depiction – or lack thereof – of brainy, unstable women on TV. As I read Chris Redmond’s article “The God of TV”, something struck me – in the three award-winning, celebrated television programmes he was discussing, the protagonists were male, extremely intelligent and, perhaps most importantly, they all…
As I’ve become more and more weighed down with college work, I’ve found myself pretty much under house arrest. When I’m not in college, I’m at home thinking about college. My only wind-down time is what I can salvage from the internet – usually in the form of a movie, spending too much time…
She grabbed the bottle out of my hand and poured its contents down her neck. Whisky leaked down from her mouth onto her dress and her eyes began to water. Bottle finished, she tossed it aside and fell backwards onto the sofa. ‘My head hurts’, she said, delicately weaving her fingers over her belly….
He was a man with a look in his eyes that told how life had ripped the heart from his body and torn it into pieces before handing it back in a barely solid, bloody lump. There was only one bathroom and he had left the door open, intentionally or not I did not…
The Jazz Festival is the biggest time of the year for music, a weekend for the city to celebrate its rich musical culture and invite the greatest in the world to ply their craft. Who to go to? What to see? Relax and let Music editor Mike McGrath-Bryan pick the highlights of the weekend. …
Jonathan Soltan analyses the gaming industry as it stands. With the recent announcement that the original Mass Effect will be released on the PS3, I started thinking how the 360 doesn’t have all that many exclusives. With the exception of Gears of War and Halo, there are no other huge franchises. This, in turn,…
Gaming Editor Fergal Carroll tells us why he won’t be purchasing the latest Resi installment. Resident Evil is one of the most recognisable video game franchises still around today. With nine main entries and ten spin offs, it has sold over fifty million units since its inception. It has had five live action movies…
Deputy Entertainments Editor Jack Broughan reviews Canada’s finest, Goodspeed You! Black Emperor’s new album Godspeed You! Black Emperor are one of those bands that I’m wary about reviewing. Like Bob Dylan, I always felt that GYBE fans would hunt me down and beat me to death with their discography printed on limited edition coloured vinyl….
But it does matter if it’s any good and Joann Kelliher is the judge. A new adventure? Many would disagree. Like the previous instalments in the series, Pokémon Black/White 2 is still set in the Unova region. Unlike them, however (and indeed, unlike any other Pokémon RPG in this series), Pokémon Black / White…
Gaming Editor Fergal Carroll wants your help, talks Sony and hits you with a blast from the past. The Biggie: This week I will assume you are still playing two of the season’s biggest releases, the Deus Ex-esque Dishonored (that is a mouthful!) and the return of a PC classic, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, while…