Sean Fairgrieve is trained writer, filmmaker, and content creator with a passion for games. Sean produces and moderates "Retro Graders", a weekly podcast on iTunes featuring in-depth discussions on past films, video games and novels. When not burning the midnight oil, Sean enjoys reading, playing the games he writes about, and indulging in TV marathons on Netflix.
When The Hunger Games and subsequent sequels were released, they took the teen literary world by storm. Many critics likened its success and popularity to that of the Twilight books by Stephanie Meyer...
Despite the widespread success of the original Star Trek series and the celebrated follow-up, The Next Generation, the stories surrounding the creation of the in-canon films is a very winding road. Fo...
After 343 Industries took over the Halo license from Bungie following the release of Halo: Reach, there was cause for concern from some fans. They didn’t want their favorite sci-fi franchise to be tak...
Because you’re reading this, you probably view gaming as one of if not the greatest form of entertainment in the world. Part of the games industry’s success is due to the inclusive nature of its produ...
Whether you’re new to the tales of the Starship Enterprise or a seasoned member of its crew of die-hard fans, you’re probably familiar with the ultra popular show, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Cont...
In Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry asked audiences “to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no one has gone before.” This tenant is the backbone a...
When it comes to popular console video games, there are a number of assumptions we as entertainment enthusiasts make about the things we love. Just based on the facts, sometimes the road to a successf...
Since the Xbox One launched in November 2013, it has gone through a number of product and service changes to make the console as versatile as possible. Theses changes have been as small as an updated ...
Revered by many as the single greatest video game series, Halo is a franchise with a strong legacy of deeply impacting gamers. Through the Master Chief’s gold visor, players have been invited time and...
There have been many successful console games with richly powerful and wholly unique characters. In most cases, characters who appear strong are physically capable of awe-inspiring feats based upon th...
In 2016, Ubisoft’s flagship Assassin’s Creed series took one year off after seven consecutive years of releasing mainline entries. Much of this was due to the lobbied criticism of Assassin’s Creed: Un...
The Grand Theft Auto name has continued to be synonymous with excellence in gameplay, strong crime storytelling, and an expansive sandbox world. When focusing in on the world for its own merit, each g...
Some of the best video games are praised on the strength of their characters. Whether they are the clear underdog or are at the height of importance in the world, a great character is the backbone of ...
With the rise of the maturity of modern video games in both content and game design, it is important, every once in a while, to reflect on the industry’s roots and how it has progressed. Though many g...
It is common knowledge with the general public that some video games contain violent subject matter that may go further than they are used to seeing in films. Despite this, bias to attack games for th...
You pass through a door into the next–and possibly final–area of the game. All is quiet and then the figure of your darkest dreams reveals itself. This supposedly fierce character stares you down as s...
The Call of Duty franchise is currently among the longest-running annual releases in gaming. Each year, players clamber excitedly to find out what the time and setting of the campaign will be, the cas...
The Grand Theft Auto games have widely been synonymous with controversies surrounding violence in the media. For all the franchise does, its satirical side is largely left out of the broader, more mai...
Few games are in the prestigious position to claim that they can deliver both a quality experience and simultaneously shock gamers. One may expect gruesome twists to occur at the end of the game but, ...
Ubisoft has ridden the highs and lows of the Watch Dogs franchise since its first game launched in 2014. Of course, this open world game has had a complete tonal shift along the way. The original game...
