Geek Culture Reviews

It does the Xmas Run in 12 parsecs!  We’re well and truly in the run up to the festive period, and The LEGO Group have jumped onboard to reveal one of their many Christmas sets for this year. The Millennium Falcon Christmas diorama comes complete with Rey, Finn, Chewie, BB-8, and a Prog - complete with Christmas attire - all enjoying a festive moment inside the Falcon, which jumps straight out of this years Disney+ Star Wars special.  Coming out of hyperspace on 1st October, this special set is a modest £25.99.  While we don’t have our hands on a physical preview, you can check out all the pictures below!  ‘Let young fans relive the Christmas party from the LEGO® Star Wars: Holiday Special with this Millennium Falcon Holiday Diorama. A great gift idea for ages 8 and up, it features an instantly recognizable brick-built version of the lounge area and sleeping quarters inside the iconic Millennium Falcon. A buildable Christmas tree, string of colorful Christmas light e...

BOOM! Studios Alice Never After continues in a few weeks with the release of issue #3, and you can check out the preview below… ‘Alice is primed to bring new life into Wonderland… meanwhile, a familiar smile returns to watch her every move. And just as Alice becomes overwhelmed by suitors and nearly ready to leave Wonderland behind, Edith discovers something that may help Alice escape–forever!’ Alice Never After #3 is scheduled for comic book shelves on 27th September.

Can a vampire survive this hostile environment? It’s been quite a few weeks since I’ve delved into the Thrillverse. While my reviews of the “Galaxy’s Greatest’ have taken a hiatus, I’ve still been enjoying the Prog and all it’s thrills. So with last last weeks Regend putting a pause on proceedings, I thought what better time to make a return!  And with that, let’s get on with the show!  Stewart Kennedy Moore is on cover duties this week. It’s always a pleasure seeing Moore’s work, and his Portals & Black Goo inspiration this week takes a different style to his usual psychedelic delights. Meanwhile, under the hood and we find… Dredd gets closer to Kyle Asher in Judge Dredd: A Fallen Man, we say goodbye to Portals & Black Goo, Dexter blasts his way through the new world in Azimuth, Hershey’s past returns with a bang in  Cold In The Bones, and finally, Tharg returns with another 3Riller.  Judge Dredd: A Fallen Man - Part 6 ( Ken Niemand, Tom Foster, Chris Blyth,...

Garth Ennis takes a journey back to NU-Earth… Today, August 29th marks a pivotal moment in 2000 AD history. Back in 1981, Gerry Findley-Day and Dave Gibbons introduced GI Rogue Trooper. As a Genetic Infantry, Rogue is bred to survive the harsh war-torn environment of NU-Earth. Soon betrayed by his superiors, Rogue is forced to seek his revenge while traversing the dangerous battlefield that NU-Earth has become. With the bio-chip personalities of his former comrades as his only allies, Rogue spent the next few years tracking down the Traitor General.  Fast-forward to today, and 2000 AD have announced that ‘Blighty Valley’  , Garth Ennis and Patrick Goddard’s recent foray into NU-Earth is being released in a trade paperback collection. ‘ Blighty Valley is Rogue’s first regular appearance in 2000 AD in a number of years – a thirteen-part story set at 'Night’s Horizon', the annual event where Nu Earth’s orbit carries it closest to a nearby black hole. The Norts call it Zvartchvint...

Rob reviews Blasphemous 2 on Xbox Series X… Blasphemous 2 is the reality of all those childish nightmares about monsters under the bed. It’s a surreal dream-like experience that’s filled with enough horrors that’ll make Clive Barker, and Guillermo del Torro blush. Whether it’s the Penitent One, or one of the games many terrors, The Game Kitchen have turned the often cute art of pixel imagery into a hellish collection. While the same can also be attributed to the original Blasphemous, here The Game Kitchen have taken their art to the next level. Inspired by the folklore, architecture, and iconography of the Spanish and Andalusian cultures, the developer have created a high gothic landscape that’s steeped in its own illustrious history, as well as it’s hideous present.  On every aspect that took the shine off of the original, The Game Kitchen have made considerable improvements. While Blasphemous 2 retains the great mix of Metroidvania and Soulslike that made the first game a hit - i...