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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

“You Got A Friend In Me…” The 7 Best Video Game Companions

Andrew Carroll Jan 28, 2020 0

A good video game story is nothing without a good protagonist and a good video game protagonist is nothing without their companions. From shooters to strategy and from RPGs to walking simulators games have provided us with innumerable…

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In Disco Elysium I Am Not the Hero and That’s OK

Andrew Carroll Jan 8, 2020 0

No one gives Skyrim enough credit for its military campaign quest line. In fairness it's a combat heavy quest line and combat was never The Elder Scrolls series' strong point but the beginning of that quest line presents you with such a…

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HeadStuff Picks | The Best Games of 2019

Andrew Carroll Dec 31, 2019 0

We are in the last days of a generation in 2019. There is little over a year left in the lives of the major consoles: The embattled Xbox One and the lauded PlayStation 4. This time next year we may be considering Halo 6: Infinite or Godfall…

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HeadStuff Picks | The Best Games of the Decade

Andrew Carroll Dec 18, 2019 0

Art is in constant motion, it has to be otherwise it stagnates. Games kept moving forward this decade despite the efforts of some of the most powerful companies and people in the industry. For every rote shooter there was a Spec Ops: The…

Film

6 Underground Review | A New Low For Michael Bay

Andrew Carroll Dec 15, 2019 0

Michael Bay is the best political tool the American war machine has. Forget ticker tape parades or Uncle Sam or ‘Mission Accomplished’ speeches, Bayhem is what funnels young men into death valley. But Bay uses a camera instead of a gun or…

Gaming

In the 2010s Resident Evil Updated Old Ideas to Survive

Andrew Carroll Dec 11, 2019 0

Survival horror has changed a great deal in the last ten years. It's still recognisable as what it once was though. The 2010s were the decade where the two juggernauts of survival horror, Resident Evil and Silent Hill, ground to a halt and…

Gaming

In a Decade Full of RPGs The Witcher 3 Blew Them All Away

Andrew Carroll Dec 5, 2019 0

Character creation is great, the more detailed the better but it all means next to nothing if there's no personality to back it up. Of course personality doesn't have to be the spoken word. Some of the RPG genres best player characters…

Gaming

Earlier in the Decade Gone Home Walked A Path Many Feared to Tread

Andrew Carroll Dec 3, 2019 0

Walking simulators get a bad rap. People have accused them of being boring or, most heinously, of not being games at all. The first charge only stands if you like your story delivered by bullet or bomb. The second is just plain false. While…

Gaming

From Titanfall to Star Wars It Was Respawn’s Decade, We Just Lived In It

Andrew Carroll Nov 30, 2019 0

Getting a game made is a small miracle. The amount of work, tech and money required to create a game these days is enormous. For as many games that have been made there are just as many that never made it past the idea stage. It's rare then…

Gaming

Fires Burn, Fires Fade: Dark Souls and a Decade of Difficulty

Andrew Carroll Nov 27, 2019 1

The easiest thing to do this decade when writing about video games was to compare something to Dark Souls. From Crash Bandicoot to Cuphead to Assassin's Creed to Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order Hidetaka Miyazaki's now legendary creation became…

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