The Twit updates; a review in 140 characters. – Thomas Was Alone.

Cubes, character and a lot of jumping. Great work from Mike Bithell.

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Get it here – http://www.mikebithellgames.com/thomaswasalone/

Mass Effect for the Unusual Gamer

This post will be reviewing the series Mass Effect. It will be relatively spoiler free, promise. One of the main points to stress here about this game is how malleable you can make Shepard, the protagonist of the series and who you will be playing and making entirely your own.

You can choose from male or female Shepard, how they look, what status they are (Soldier, Infiltrator, Engineer, Adept and Vanguard, and who they attract which brings me to my next point, who you want them to romance.

Mass Effect, while not the first to do this, is one of the most advanced games when it comes to LGBT representation. I say this, because you can play as a male Shepard and romance male/female characters, like fellow team members Ashley Williams and Kaidan Alenko*, and as a female Shepard? Female Shepard can do exactly the same.

*Can be romanced for Male Shepard in later series, after a little bit of research.

We call this progressive for the reason that its not giving you a solid structure of what your character should be and what is expected of you as a player to conform to. Personally, I play as a male Shepard who will /eventually/ romance Kaidan, has some luck with an asari consort on the Citadel (look out for the Titanic-esque ‘hand on the window’ scene with her) and as a Renegade with a good heart.

Main objective of this game is to track and bring down a rogue Turian and Spectre, Saren (not Saran, like the cling film), a rebel with a cause of unleashing death and destruction to humanity.

He sucks, by the way.

One of my tips to play this game is to listen to Admiral Hackett when the Alliance calls. Visit different worlds and hunt for materials and turian insignias from crashed probes.

Get used to using the Mako before heading to Noveria cause it can be difficult to manouver without prior experience.

Another reason why I love this game is that you can import your Shepard and the game save into the second and third of the series, the story is completely tailored to the way that you play it.

I also love taking fellow team member Liara T’Soni to Noveria to meet Matriarch Benezia. The script changes slightly as they have a history.  I recommend it, totally worth it.

Of the series, my favourite game is Mass Effect 2. Big improvement on the graphics without the glossy film effect that’s gaining popularity at the moment. Just be careful for two of the buttons changing. (L1 and R1 now change weapons and access powers instead of L2 and R2, which on ME2 enables you to fire your weapon.)

4 Stars.

Films we think everyone should watch – Jena

I, Jena will start with the films I believe everyone should watch and Danni will then take over for the second part of the post. Just to give you a taste here are some of the film posters for some of the films mentioned.

WWE 2K14

Hello there once again, today I shall be looking at the game WWE 2K14. This game I received as a Christmas present from my younger sister although I have not tried out all the game modes yet so I might end up adding some more information in the future.

Quick Update

In the next week or so Danni and myself will tryout a little ‘game’ of reviewing films in a twitter status (140 characters). If you have any that tweet them at us (@Quickritics) and we will either retweet them or copy them as a tweet and mention you in it.

Danni is working on a Mass Effect article at the moment so expect that soon along with a article on WWE 2K14 tomorrow from myself.

If you want to get in contact with us then email us at quickritics1@gmail.com, tweet us at @quickritics or find us on Facebook under Quickritics

Many thanks,

Jena

Storage Hunters

Hello there once again, today I will be talking to you about an American ‘reality’ show Storage Hunters.

Happy 2014 Everybody!

Firstly I apologise for being away for so long it has been a busy few months. I am just here to say that the blog is now back and hopefully there will be lots of new posts for you to read in the next few days.

Below is a list of some of the things that I will be looking at in the next few weeks:

• House of Cards
• Diablo 3
• Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
• Minecraft (PS3 Edition)
• American Beauty
• The Heist
• Despicable Me
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Plus much, much more.

Hope to hear from you all really soon,

Jena

P.S – I hope this photograph I took can make up for my lack of absence over the last few months.

Danielle’s New Obsessions.

Hello there folks,

 

A lot has happened since the last time that you heard from us. I (finally) graduated after resits, I have remembered how much I love coffee and I am still currently without a microphone. Oh and I’ve watched more tv. So this post is an update on the stuff I have been obsessed with the past couple of weeks.

 

1. How I Met Your Mother

 

So here is my problem. HIMYM is on E4 everyday. That isn’t my problem, its how much I love it. But with the wonder of its programming at the moment, it shows some episodes from series 5, one from 6 and then jumps into season 8 in the space of a day. One episode we could see Robyn and Barney getting together, the next Barney is going to ask Robyn’s ‘enemy’ Patrice to marry him. Confused? Yeah, me too.

 

2. Bones

 

No problems with this series. Every weekday, 11.00pm is a rerun of my favourite investigative crime drama that has David Boreanaz and TJ Thyne (Swoon!). The series have great dead bodies, nice twists and good characters we’ve grown to love.

 

Best Episode: Aliens in The Spaceship. The introductory episode to the serial killer Grave Digger. Will Booth and the ‘Squints’ find Hodgins and Bones where they’re buried alive? You’re gonna have to watch it to find out.

 

3. Chicago Fire

 

We’re going to see the return of Lieutenant Severide and co on the 16th of October, the UK premier date of season two. I wholeheartedly recommend this smokin’ hot drama Michael Brandt and Derek Haas have to offer us.

 

If you have any suggestions on tv to watch and review, drop us a line at quickritics1@gmail.com or send us a message on the @quickritics twitter page.

 

Until next time amigos!

Danni Xx

A New Doctor

Hello once again, yesterday it was announced that the 12th person to play the Doctor in Doctor Who was going to be Peter Capaldi.

I feel that this is a very interesting choice as to a British audience he is probably best known as Malcolm Tucker a spin doctor from The Thick of It.

It’s nice to see that the BBC have moved away from casting someone very young as the Doctor and choose someone who is older and a big fan of the show itself. The only thing I noticed about the reveal is that on Twitter many people from outside of the UK had no idea who he was. Saying that though Matt Smith was relatively unheard of when he was announced as the 11th Doctor. Hopefully the fact that Peter has already appeared in an episode of Doctor Who (Fires of Pompeii) will somehow be explained or mentioned and not just overlooked.I personally think that this is a great casting for the next Doctor and hopefully Peter will make a great Doctor but only time will tell.

Many thanks for reading,

Jena.

Youtube – Jena’s Top 10

Hello there, the wait is now over. Quickritics is back and we are always wanting you opinions on stuff and  for you to contact us. You can either leave us a comment on a post, tweet to us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/Quickritics) or send us an email to quickritics1@gmail.com also forgot that you can like us on Facebook and keep up to date with everything there (http://tinyurl.com/pfsl9jr). The reason I am writing this is that both Danni and I want to interact with our audience the best we can.

Anyway onto the actual point of the post, my top 10 Youtube shows/Youtubers.