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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

Gaming

“Better Red Than Dead” | Red Faction: Guerrilla at 10

Andrew Carroll Jul 14, 2019

Communists, even today, are still considered the bad guys. Not as bad as the Nazis but still pretty bad. So it was kind of strange when ten years ago Volition released Red Faction: Guerrilla. This was the same year Infinity Ward released…

Film

Film Review | Bore-aganda in Jackie Chan’s 1911

Andrew Carroll Jun 24, 2019

History can either be the most interesting thing in the world or one of the most dour and dire things to sit through. Released seven years ago but only now in Ireland, Jackie Chan and Zhang Li’s 1911 falls decidedly into the latter…

Gaming

War in a Time of Games: Drudgery and Despair in Metal Gear Solid V

Andrew Carroll Jun 20, 2019

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is a pretty piss poor game in terms of the overarching story of the Metal Gear Solid series. But it's a great game about war. Repetition is a factor in every game ever made. From gameplay to level design…

Film

“Your Survival is Not a Mistake” | Internalising the Apocalypse in Neon Genesis Evangelion

Andrew Carroll Jun 18, 2019

What does the apocalypse mean to you? Does it mean the end of everything? Does it mean rebirth? Does it mean change? Does it mean heaven or hell or something altogether different? The apocalypse has been externalised in all kinds of media.…

Gaming

Best in Show: HeadStuff’s E3 Awards

Andrew Carroll Jun 18, 2019

Another E3 in the bag, man how time flies. E3 2019 was a strange one. Sony announced months ago that they wouldn't be attending E3 due to a lack of games to show but even with that knowledge if felt like a vital part of the show was…

Gaming

Zombies, Demons and Ninjas! Oh My! The Best Games of 2019 So Far

Andrew Carroll Jun 3, 2019

2019 has been a pretty insane year so far. Most have been since 2012 realistically. But just because we seem to be on the edge of a Fury Road style apocalypse doesn't mean we can't try and relax. And what's the greatest form of relaxation?…

Gaming

Video Game Violence Hurts Developers Far More Than Players

Andrew Carroll May 28, 2019

Violence and its effect on the video game playing community has been an issue for decades. Arguments were made as far back as DOOM that video game violence was responsible for school shootings like Columbine. Last year United States…

Film

Film Review | Vietnam Enters The Asian Action Scene With Furie

Andrew Carroll May 27, 2019

The list of Asian action films is long and exhaustive. This means you must do something special with the form in order to stand out. Le Van Kiet's Furie, the first Vietnamese film to be released in America, does nothing special but it’s an…

Film

Film Review | Netflix Nightmare The Perfection Lives Up To Its Title

Andrew Carroll May 26, 2019

On the grand scale of fucked up films from Oldboy through to Audition right up to Saló, or 120 Days of Sodom Richard Shepard’s Netflix nightmare The Perfection sits comfortably between the latter two of the above three. For a long time the…

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“Ripley Signing Off…” | Alien at 40

Andrew Carroll May 25, 2019

It sucks when you don’t get along with your co-workers. It makes every shift a drag and makes most jobs even worse than they already are. Now imagine your job is hauling 20 million tonnes of ore through deep space with a group of people…

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