Shis thsue: (Y True story inspires one-woman play about justice system (Y Beat the heat with a good book ( 'Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War’ review And more! Seen something worth sharing? Contact: Chery! Minns, Arts Editor Marts@theotherpress.ca www. theotherpress.ca Spider-Man sequel features shocking revelations » 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ movie review Steven Cayer Senior Columnist : He rescues Oscorp engineer : Max Dillon (Jamie Foxx), who : now idolizes him because he : has no friends of his own. Harry : Osborn (Dane DeHaan) comes 00000 e Amazing Spider-Man 2 delves deeper into the life of ina way that keeps the film Peter Parker (played by Andrew Garfield), his relationship with Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), and his unknown past. The story is The movie begins ina flashback to when Parker’s parents leave him in the care of Aunt May (Sally Field). As the movie goes on, we slowly find out the reason his parents did this. Meanwhile in the present, Spider-Man is busy trying to stop a hijacker ina truck containing plutonium. back to town because his father is on his death bed. These two later become the film’s villains: : Electro and the Green Goblin. Marc Webb tells the story : pulsing with life and definitely : keeps the audience more than : entertained. A lot of it had to . - : do with casting choices: Foxx’s an intertwining web of arcs that : ra . : Electro is a cinematic marvel tie together perfectly at the end. : that I will never forget, DeHaan : as the Green Goblin was : breathtaking to see—especially : when he’s still human—,and : Garfield and Stone’s chemistry : is the most powerful I’ve seen in : a superhero movie. This is my favourite Spider- : Man movie and my favourite : Marvel movie. Steven's Man-Cave: Same universe, different story » ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ PS4 game review Steven Cayer Senior Columnist OOOO ne of my favourite fictional heroes is Spider-Man, who has long been an iconic superhero. That’s why I was excited to play The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on PS4. Beenox is at the helm again trying to make you feel like Spider-Man and I’m happy to say that they succeeded—in some ways. game is not the same as that of the movie. The game tells the story of a killer of killers and a powerful kingpin trying to become the top crime boss of Manhattan. It starts off witha scene all too familiar for fans: the death of Uncle Ben. You follow Peter Parker as he tries : to find the killer and beats up : far too many classic villains in the process. Doesn't that sound like an awesome plot? I thought so too. But the writing is so-so : and what made it even worse : was the absolutely horrible : voice acting. They should have : gotten the actors from the : movie to do the voice-overs. : There was only one voice that : Labsolutely loved in the game: : Stan Lee’s. In this game, he : Owns a comic store called : Comic Stand (but the “D” is : out on the sign). Speaking of Unfortunately, the story of the : : was remotely recognizable in : the game. For a PS4 game, the : graphics were terrible. Lee, he was the only face that All that being said, I loved : the borrowed combat style of : the Batman games and the re- : imagined web-swinging. I will : always love Spider-Man and : his games, but I wanted a lot : more with this one. Andrew Garfield and Jamie Foxx in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 // By www. sciencefiction.com yx WS the kitten » ‘Kittens in a Blender’ ravie Ed Appleby » iilustrator 8 Millustrator @theotherpress.ca Kies in a Blender is a hand management card game for two to four players, designed by Brian and Brent Knudson and originally published by Closet Nerd Games. The goal of the game is to try to save as many of your kittens as possible, while pureeing as many of your opponent’s cats in the process. 1 : subject matter combined with : the adorable artwork of Mike : Vaillancourt and Brent Knudson : : keeps the game from being too : light or too dark. Every kitten : has an adorable name that : complements the art and adds : to its cute/disturbing nature. | : found the gameplay to havea : similar feel totheclassiccard —: : game Uno, but without the long : : play and power imbalances. Finding a copy of Kittens is : not easy. Originally published : December 2011, sales of the : game went very well until the : original co-producer Sandstorm : The satirical darkness of the : Productions folded in early TRE Oa A: 4 By Ed Appleby : 2012. The game stopped : shipping after that and the rights were purchased by : Redshift Games. Redshift ran a : successful Kickstarter campaign : to revive the game in 2012, and : are also planning on expanding : the game to six players with new : cards designed and illustrated : by the original artists. I would recommend Kittens : as an addition to any gaming : group with a sense of humour. : It doesn’t have the strength or : depth to make it a main event, : but its short length does make it a fun warm-up or intermission : game.