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Andrew Carroll

Andrew is a graduate of English and Film Studies in UCD where he wrote for the Film & TV section of the University Observer. He is a native of Dublin, Ireland and currently resides there. Andrew has had a lifelong interest in film and despite being consistently outspoken on the matter insists that The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is the best film ever made. He also maintains a blog at carrollcritiques.wordpress.com

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St. Patrick’s Day | 6 Great Irish Video Game Characters

Andrew Carroll Mar 17, 2019

Ah St. Patrick's Day the one day a year every self-respecting Irish person grits their teeth at the thought of dyed green beer, Irish Car Bomb shots and, of course, Americans. The streets of our capital city run a kind of beige colour in…

Film

Film Review | Netflix’s Triple Frontier Is A Solid, Gritty Heist Thriller

Andrew Carroll Mar 14, 2019

It feels like heist thrillers are a dime a dozen these days especially thanks to recent mediocre offerings like Triple 9 or Den of Thieves. With that said the odd – if flawed – gem occasionally glitters like Hurricane Heist or the newest…

Gaming

Heart of Darkness | Resident Evil 5 at 10

Andrew Carroll Mar 13, 2019

I don't think the developers at Capcom intended to make Resident Evil 5 racist. I find it hard to believe that a group of mainly Japanese developers strolled into a meeting room one day and said: "Well Resident Evil 4 was the best game in…

Gaming

Game Review: Rise and Grind with Trials Rising

Andrew Carroll Mar 10, 2019

Time trials. Steep ascents. Steeper drops. Rolling boulders. None of these things agree with me but I keep coming back to Trials Rising. The Trials series is nearly two decades old since Finnish studio RedLynx published Trials in 2000.…

Film

International Women’s Day | The Rise of Female Genre Filmmakers

Andrew Carroll Mar 8, 2019

Gay surfers. There are many achievements under Kathryn Bigelow’s belt, not least the only Oscar win for a female director but Point Break may be her greatest in terms of pure entertainment. Bigelow was no stranger to genre before or after…

Gaming

International Women’s Day: 11 Inspiring Video Game Women

Andrew Carroll Mar 8, 2019

Last year for International Women's Day we here at the Gaming Section, deep in the basement of HeadStuff HQ, wrote about the women behind the games we all love so much. Well the call came down from upstairs and bellowed "MORE! MORE!". So…

Gaming

Gaming’s Forever War: Halo 2 and 9/11

Andrew Carroll Feb 27, 2019

Humanity is fighting a war and they are losing. The war has come to earth. The year is 2552 and the alien alliance known as the Covenant have arrived at Earth with a massive fleet. Tales of heroism and sacrifice dominate human propaganda…

Gaming

Lost Masters: Hope and Heavy Metal in Titanfall 2

Andrew Carroll Feb 23, 2019

Lost Masters is a series of articles that endeavours to take a fresh look at brilliant games that flew under the radar at the time of their release. This month Gaming Editor Andrew Carroll looks at Titanfall 2. Giant robots and interstellar…

Gaming

Game Review: Far Cry New Dawn Shows a Series in Need of a Reset

Andrew Carroll Feb 15, 2019

Ubisoft has been accused both justly and unjustly of making the same game over and over again. Many of their longest running series like Assassin's Creed or Far Cry have spent the last decade or so struggling to reconcile realistic or…

Gaming

Activision Blizzard Earn Historic $2 Billion, Fire 800 Employees

Andrew Carroll Feb 13, 2019

“While our financial results for 2018 were the best in our history, we didn’t realize our full potential.” Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick uttered these instantly famous words at yesterday's earnings call. All told in this quarter…

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