Archive for September, 2009

Game of the Month: Batman: Arkham Asylum

Tuesday, 29th of September 2009

Games based on movies, TV series and comics are frequently very disappointing. It seems that most of the money is spend on the rights and the resemblances of the main characters, but none on the gameplay. After a favourable review in the c’t magazine I decided to buy the PS3 version of Batman: Arkham Asylum [...]

Movie of the Week: District 9

Sunday, 13th of September 2009

Last Wednesday Silke and I watched District 9. I wasn’t completely sure what to expect but it turned out to be a very well made science fiction movie. District 9 has the usual ingredients: ugly aliens, ray-guns and space ships. But that is where the similarities with a lot of science fiction movies end. A [...]