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Andrew Carroll

Andrew is a writer, podcaster, editor and civil service goon based in Dublin, Ireland. He has written for The University Observer in UCD, Film Ireland, TheCity.ie and HeadStuff. He is the editor of the HeadStuff Gaming section but spends more time playing games than he does writing about them. With friend and HeadStuff film editor Stephen Porzio he is also the co-creator and co-host of the world's only character actor podcast I Know That Face on the HeadStuff Podcast Network. You can stroke his ego or besmirch his good name on Twitter @Andrew_Carroll0.

Gaming

War in a Time of Games: Just Who is Six Days in Fallujah For?

Andrew Carroll Feb 18, 2021 0

I've been playing propaganda for most of my adolescence and adult life. But I have had the luck and the privilege to have developed the basic critical thinking skills to recognize propaganda early on. The thing about propaganda is that it's…

Gaming

From Darkwood to The Medium: The Future of Horror Gaming is Polish

Andrew Carroll Feb 11, 2021 0

It's often we consider America and Japan as the powerhouses and tastemakers when it comes to video games. Between them they have produced nearly all of the games that define what video games are. Be it Pac-Man, The Legend of Zelda, Call of…

Gaming

Terror and Trauma in the Void | Dead Space 2 at 10

Andrew Carroll Jan 28, 2021 0

Two words: baby maggots. Maggots are already babies (OK larvae, sue me) so I can only be talking about one thing. A hideous combination of human babies and maggots. That explode. Say what you will about sequel slumps for any other game but…

Gaming

A Push in the Right Direction: Baldur’s Gate III and the Art of the Shove

Andrew Carroll Jan 18, 2021 0

Shoving people is really fun. In video games that is. A lot of games give you the ability to knock your enemies back or even off a cliff. The Spartan Kick ability in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is the first time I remember the ability being…

Gaming

HeadStuff Picks: The Best Games of 2020

Andrew Carroll Dec 27, 2020 0

What a year right? I feel like I say that every year when I'm putting together this list but man, what a year. Between plague, fire and tyranny it's been hard to find any joy in the real world. Which is why we retreated to games to worlds…

Film

‘All I Am is Who I’m After’ | Heat at 25

Andrew Carroll Dec 15, 2020 0

Rarely equalled, never bettered is a phrase that’s easily used to describe masterpieces. There is no film of its kind better than Heat and, in the rarest case, it has no equals either. The peak, if not the conclusion, of Michael Mann’s…

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Our Work Is Not Yet Done: The State of Gaming in 2020

Andrew Carroll Dec 14, 2020 0

The global gaming industry was valued at $155 billion in 2020. That's more than the combined value of the TV, film and music industries. It's definitely an achievement but has it been worth it to get to the top of the entertainment…

Film

Mosul Review | Netflix War Movie Shines Light on Iraqi Heroes

Andrew Carroll Dec 1, 2020 0

Filmmaking, for audiences and filmmakers alike, is almost always an exercise in catharsis. We pay to laugh, to cry and to see our heroes win. Matthew Michael Carnahan’s directorial debut Mosul is a cathartic exercise if not for him than…

Film

An Amoral Masterpiece | To Live and Die in L.A. at 35

Andrew Carroll Nov 3, 2020 0

William Petersen had to work hard to get the role of Gil Grissom in the original CSI. Grissom was a combination of lab scientist and field agent, two things Petersen embodied in his first two leading roles with the kind of smoldering…

Gaming

HeadStuff Picks: The 8 Best Games of the 8th Generation

Andrew Carroll Nov 2, 2020 0

It feels like only yesterday when I realised I'd forgotten to pre-order the PlayStation 4 and had to wait a few months post-launch to grab one. The past doesn't repeat itself but it does rhyme and here I am again having forgotten to…

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