π₯ Explore this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Games,Culture,PC,PlayStation 5 π Hereβs what youβll learn: IInstead of doing anything normal with my life for the past week, I've been on a terrible vacation with the worst man in the world. In Baby Steps, you play as a useless moron named Nate who has done nothing in his 35 years on this planet except sit in his parents' basement and watch anime reruns. One day, he is transported, in his adult costume, to a surreal mountainside decorated with phallic images, and you must get him to…
π₯ Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Television,Television & radio,Culture β
Key idea: TIt's known that the course of true love is not smooth, but for Noah and Joan - the protagonists of the charming Los Angeles-set romance, "Nobody Wants This" - it was especially difficult. The problem? Noah is a religious leader and Joan is an atheist sex broadcaster. the TRUE problem? Noah is a rabbi and Joan is - in the words of his disapproving mother - a "shiksa". Otherwise known as Not a Jew.Is this a deal breaker? Season 1…
π₯ Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Horror films,Film,Culture,YouTube π Key idea: IThis may have been the year that saw sinners raise hell during Easter and target weapons in late summer, but this Halloween, the options are scarily poor by comparison, no tricks or treats, just junk. Last week's Elm Street-cribbing Black Phone 2 was a sign that the franchise was already running out of steam, as Shelby Oakes, disappointing with a low budget this week, tries and fails to start a new film, a moody attempt to evoke the damp dread of…
π Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Film,Comedy films,Ireland,Northern Ireland,Music,Blues,Comedy,Culture,Europe,UK news,World news β
Key idea: HIt's a goofy comedy with some sneaky borrowings from Nick Hornby's High Fidelity; It's a bit broad, and the finish isn't quite as smooth, but it's grainy nonetheless. Dermot (Brenock O'Connor) and Elvis (Owen Colgan) are two men from Northern Ireland who run a record shop in Omagh, County Tyrone, and deal in vintage vinyl, but are terrified by their mean landlord, Sadie (Tara Lyn O'Neill), who owns the lease. They are desperate for money to pay their rent…
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Hereβs what youβll learn: TThe last time I saw Janine Harouni perform she was eight months pregnant and doing a show about impending parenthood. It may not surprise you to learn that her first show since then is about the actual fatherhood of a now 18-month-old boy, with the help of her visiting Lebanese and Irish-American parents. Raising children may not take a village in This Is What You've Been Waiting For, but it does require an extended family β which gets…
π₯ Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Horror books,Short stories,Fiction,Books,Culture β
Main takeaway: HeyYour fears turn brutal when they have nowhere to go. South Korean author Bora Chung's new short story collection plays with old horror tropes: endless corridors and twisting staircases, exits that lead you deeper, and a phone that rings and rings (don't pick up). This is the kind of story that drunk kids trade in the dark.Set in a research facility known only as "The Institute," a repository of cursed and haunted objects, Chung's tales come from the building's core…
β¨ Discover this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Games,Culture,Technology,Game culture,Japan π‘ Main takeaway: gDesigner and former Team Ninja boss Tomonobu Itagaki died last week at the age of 58. He was famous for his sunglasses, long black hair, and leather jackets β and his penchant for using colorful World War II metaphors to describe game development, marketing strategies, and almost anything else. With a feisty talent, he rocked the boat and made waves in almost every aspect of his life.Itagaki joined Japanese game developer Tecmo in 1992, as a young programmer, where he led the…
π₯ Explore this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Stage,Culture,Theatre,Samuel Beckett,Nigel Planer π Key idea: ShUntil I was twelve I was in the French school system, where the theater was MoliΓ¨re, Corneille, and Racine. Going to the theater means The Sound of Music or My Fair Lady. Then it was decided that I would move to school in England. So, at the age of 13, I arrived at Westminster School. It was 1968, and the world opened up.I went to see a school production of Waiting for Godot in French in a small room with a…
β¨ Explore this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Theatre,Stage,Culture,Chris Pine,Bridge theatre,Simon Stone,UK news,Anton Chekhov,Film π Main takeaway: Star Trek star Chris Pine will boldly take to The Bridge next summer, but the actor, best known for playing James T. Kirk in the sci-fi reboot, will be trading the starship for the stage.In his London stage debut, Payne has been cast in the lead role of a new version of Chekhov's early play Ivanov by Australian writer-director Simon Stone. Produced by the London Theater Company, Ivanov will open in July at the Bridge Theatre, where Stone's…
π₯ Check out this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Stage,Theatre,Comedy,Comedy,Culture,Scotland,UK news,Television π Key idea: Two Doors Down, a BBC comedy series about a suburban Scottish couple with their constantly knocking neighbours, is set to hit the stage.Unusually, this ride will take place with the full cast of the hit TV show. Alex Norton and Arabella Weir will reprise their roles as Eric and Beth, whose Latimer Crescent home is constantly besieged by street dwellers, usually anticipating a drink or two. Eileen C. Smith will return as the over-the-top Christine, and Don McEchan and Jonathan Watson…
