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Overwatch: How's it Looking?
Four years after its release and Overwatch is, by all metric assessments, going strong. Hop on to most fan forums though and they will,...
Rob Chaplin Dewey
Jun 10, 20205 min read
His Dark Materials: Lyra's Journey (and how the show is struggling to take us with her)
The following spoils Episode Two of His Dark Materials: 'The Idea of the North' and contains very very light hints regarding the plot and...
Adam Tye
Nov 17, 20197 min read
Game of Thrones: 'The Last of the Starks' (S8E4) Discussion
From Mad Queens to neglected Direwolves, Adam and Rob discuss Episode 4 of Game of Thrones The following is an edited conversation...
No DLC Team
May 10, 20198 min read
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Rewatch Diary
In a vote for the best kids movie ever made, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone would probably edge itself out as my winner. Which...
Adam Tye
Mar 28, 20193 min read
Hallelujah, Couch Multiplayer Survives!
It's death is oft-lamented, and certainly big publishers have long spurned it, but couch multiplayer still lives even on the more...
Robert Chaplin Dewey
Nov 4, 20185 min read
My experience making a short film: POINT AND SHOOT
Self-indulgence ahoy So I think I can only work under pressure. That’s my best excuse as to why I've always finished my essays about...
Adam Tye
Feb 26, 20187 min read
“Saving what we love” in The Last Jedi
Rian Johnson goes after the past in the most stunning Star Wars movie since Empire SPOILERS FOR ALL OF THE LAST JEDI FOLLOW There’s a...
Adam Tye
Dec 19, 20178 min read
The Good Place is here to show Netflix 'binge shows' how it’s done.
Heaven is a place on Netflix. I, along with the rest of the NoDLC team and anyone else who sits down to watch it, finished all one and a...
Adam Tye
Nov 23, 20175 min read
STAR WARS EPISODE IX: RETURN OF THE J.J.
J.J. Abrams returns to put Star Wars back on cruise control Colin Trevorrow’s swift exit from the Episode IX premises (due to, by some...
Adam Tye
Sep 13, 20175 min read
A defence of Philosophy in ARRIVAL (and in other films, too).
A response to Rob's article on the problems with Philosophy in film. Arrival - last year’s science-fiction film directed by Denis...
Adam Tye
Aug 16, 201711 min read
STRANGER THINGS, The Binge Watching Model and Fast Food Television
A moan about storytelling in binge-television television (feat. Stranger Things) So, after the trailer for Season 2 of Stranger Things...
Adam Tye
Jul 31, 20179 min read
“We can only hope.” Jodie Whittaker, Peter Capaldi and Doctor Who
Remember when we all thought the next Doctor was going to be Kris Marshall? That all seems pretty hilarious now doesn’t it? Of course,...
Adam Tye
Jul 20, 20176 min read
LOGAN and 'Transcending the Comic-Book Genre'
In the week running up to Logan’s release I was trawling around on twitter and came across a quote from a USA today review of Logan,...
Adam Tye
Mar 7, 20175 min read
Arrival and the Problem with Philosophical Thought Pieces in Film
Having finally gotten around to watching Arrival, a film nominated for an impressive total of 8 Oscars I was not left disappointed. I’m...
Robert Chaplin Dewey
Jan 27, 20175 min read
The Potentially Messy Marriage of VR and Cinema
Technology. The movie industry, audience included, seems to have an ongoing love-hate relationship with it. Whether it is The Hobbit with...
Junice Tong
Jan 25, 20173 min read
The Watch Dogs Series and its See-Saw of Style and Subtance
Like the angry and revenge-fuelled protagonist of the first game in a nunnery, my opinion on Watch Dogs 2 seems at odds with those around...
Robert Chaplin Dewey
Dec 20, 20165 min read
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