AUG 2012 - issue (20) by GoGuide Magazine

LOCAL BAND FEATURES - REVIEWS - GIGS - EVENTS - INTERVIEWS - GAMING - MOVIES + MORE

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KERRY BRASH MODEL FEATURE

MOVIE SUPERHERO SHOWDOWN

GEORGE WOOD

TRANSFIXED

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Vs THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

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BANJO FOLK ROCK FO R A NEW GENERATION

CHAOS CREEK AS ROCKING AS HARD THEY COME

BATTLEFIELD 4 GAMES

BETA

INVERSION

BATMAN 2

DC SUPER HEROES

ANGER MANAGEMENT BB 13 UPDATE OUT&ABOUT

JUPITER ARTLA

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CONTENT

SEED

THE AMAZING SPID

CHAOS CREEK

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

KERRY BRASH

ANGER MANAGEM

Contents

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SEED (pg4)

Does the banjo have a place in modern folk/rock?

CHAOS CREEK (pg6)

Hard rock is alive and well and living in West Lothian

- - - - - - LIFE(STYLE) - - - - - MODEL FEATURE: KERRY BRASH (pg28) We chat to local model Kerry Brash.

MODELLING 101 (pg34) Working the camera.

LOCAL FEATURE: GEORGE WOOD (pg38)

Young up and coming comedy hypnotist meets GG.

E-LITES (pg44)

Are electronic cigarettes really better for you?

YOGA FOR THE MIND AND SOUL (pg46)

Yoga, can it really give you a healthy mind and soul.

TECHNO LIFE (pg48)

Phone apps features and Charts.

- - - - - - - MOVIES - - - - - - FEATURES

MOVIE NEW RELEASES (pg58)

All the new releases in cinemas this month.

MOVIE QUIZ (pg59)

Answers on page (pg133)

MOVIE TOP 10 (pg60) REVIEWS

GEORGE WOOD

>>> SUPERHERO SHOWDOWN <<<

E-LITES

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (pg62)

How does the latest outing of our sticky friend look.

MOVIE YOU MIGHT

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (pg66)

The biggest movie of the summer by far.

- - - - - - - TV & DVD - - - - - - -

GOG on’ wha

TV (pg82)

NEWS and whats going on.

ANGER MANAGEMENT (pg84)

We stuff

Charlie Sheen moves on from Two and a half men.

BB 13 RUNDOWN (pg86)

Big Brother 13 update.

DVD REVIEWS (pg92) Page 2

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Wit to h us a

DER-MAN

DVD reviews - A Thousand Words, Clearskin, The Raven.

MOVIE YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED (pg95)

This month its comedy horror Tucker and Dave vs Evil

TO 10 DVD’s (pg96) The Top 10 DVDs of the moment.

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BIG BROTHER UPDATE

GAME CHARTS (pg98)

Top 10 games across PS3, Xbox and PC. NEWS

WINDOWS 8 AND SMARTGLASS (pg99) Microsofts latest OS version promises the earth.

BATTLEFIELD 4 BETA (pg100) WINDOWS 8 + SMARTGLASS

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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

News on the latest Beta of the war franchise. REVIEWS

INVERSION (pg102)

The hard-hitting action game with revolutionary gravity manipulation engine

BATMAN 2 DC SUPER HEROES (pg104) DC Super Heroes hit the Lego series

THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN (pg106)

We look at the game of the movie or the movie of the game???? Well you know what we mean... DVD REVIEWS

T HAVE MISSED

INVERSION

ADVENTURE GAME SPECIAL (pg108)

Look back at the Point and Click adventure game genre.

O&A (pg122)

Out and about with some great indoor and outdoor stuff to get up to in the local area

O&A FEATURE : JUPITER ARTLAND (pg126) GoGuide visits the local art garden.

CLASSIC MOVIE POSTERS (back page)

We take a look back at some classic movie posters. Click on the orange page number link to go to page. JUPITAR ARTLAND

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GUIDE is a local online magazine for the West Lothian area. We are trying to be less focused on local ‘news’ and more a, ‘what’s or ‘happening’ guide to the local area. At the moment we are heavily focused on the whats going on in the local music scene, ats on and good @ the movies and what is happening in the world of PC/Console gaming.

e do have a pretty modern approach to GoGuide content and eventually hope to produce articles on subjects outside our usual ff such as Clubbing, Internet, Lifestyle, Sport and Fitness etc.

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MUSIC

FEATURE

eople always say that they don’t hear enough banjos in modern music anymore. Well maybe not all people, but some people, somewhere. Mumford and Sons recently proved that taking the polarising instrument out of the hands of America’s deep south and Page 4

village pub folk bands, and into the hands of a band who can modernise it can make it acceptable again. Suitably Seed describe their sound as ‘Organic Banjo Rock’. You may let loose a slight smirk at this idea but hold off your judgement until you’ve looked inside this certain book’s cover. Formed just over a year ago in Glasgow the four-piece consists of guitarist Chris Freer, the banjo AUG 2012 - issue (20)

wielding Houston, Greg Bields on the bass and tub thumper James Grant. They’ve been featured on Radio1’s launching platform ‘Introducing’ based off of the strength of their demo ‘The River’ alone, before even playing a single live gig in fact. They’ve have since gone on to not only feature on the station again but to also get plenty of airplay on a multitude of other radio stations. Now coming off of the release of their first EP ‘Shackland Sessions’ you could say they have quite a bit

to prove. So enough backstory, how do they actually sound? Well they pass the first, and arguably most important, test of having vocalists who can sing. Their sound really depends on what song they’re playing, with so many influences bouncing around the EP useful comparisons journey as wide as System Of A Down in an effort to pin it down for an easy description. The six-track EP is a self-recorded, self-produced labour of love from the guys that makes a solid start on proving why they’re getting so much airtime. ‘The River’ stays true to it’s name starting as a small creek until building into a flash flood of foot stomping sing-a-long. It sweeps you along in it’s swaggering rhythm and give you the first glimpse of just how the banjo works so well in

Seed’s world. Subtly weaving itself in between the rest of the instruments you don’t come close to ever associating it with it’s many stereotypes. ‘Friday The 13th’ has to be the other stand out highlight from the EP. It wouldn’t sound amiss amongst a Biffy Clyro album, and for once the comparison isn’t just a lazy connection between the accents. The stuttering drums and guitars are all there before the run-on vocal lines before an anthemic chorus that eclipses ‘The River’. And that’s saying something. When a band makes the effort to self-produce an album to such a high standard of quality, it not only shows how much they know about music but also how much they care and believes in what they’re making. If there was any grain of doubt

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going into production it would have grown into a maddening and hateful experience as they listen to ‘Unity’ for the 500th time to get that banjo twang just right. I’ve talked about the banjo a lot, and it’s probably because I’m still in shock about just how well it works considering my own prejudices against it. ‘Organic Banjo Rock’ seemed like a strange genre idea for me until I heard it. Now it makes perfect sense, and it will for you too. www.facebook.com/seedband www.seedtheband.com Mikey Rush for GoGuide Magazine

Studying Bachelor Degree in Popular Music Journalism

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CHAOS CREEEEK K A H C R O E E A K H C

ooking at Chaos Creek you’re likely to jump very quickly to some theories of what music you’re likely about to listen to when you click play on their ReverbNation page. Maybe some of you will think, this may me a

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bit too young for me, but hold off. With influences cited as far back as Led Zeppelin and Black Stone Cherry, maybe there’s more to what first meets the eye. The unsigned four-piece from Livingston have taken their personal jukebox of rock

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across the length and breadth of Scotland playing respected venues such as The Box, Ivory Blacks, Classic Grand, Lava & Ignite, Bannermans and Classic Grand to name but a small few. The band is made up of Kieran Hunter on guitar and vocals, Kellii on lead guitar, Scotty Hanlon on the drums and Steven Livingstone on bass. At the moment they’ve got one eponymous six-track EP out, well five tracks and one intro, packed with a multitude of ways to get your rock fix from the boys. They still seem to be finding their own sound at the moment, instead playing almost every style of rack under the sun in the space of the EP to try and find it. But sometimes bands prove that you don’t need to settle and it’s a great idea to be the proverbial jack of all trades. The first track of the EP ‘Fly Home’ is

a soaring introduction to the world of Chaos Creek, juxtaposing heavy distortion and chest caving drums with Hunter’s vocals floating across the top of the track. As a sign of just how different the band can sound comes the perfect example in the second track of the EP ‘Right Or Wrong’. Switching the style to Avenged Sevenfold, the boys showcase their talents on each instrument. More of those earthquake-making drums become locked in a game of one-upmanship with fast and fiery guitar licks coming from every direction and assaulting your senses. The highlight of the EP however has to be ‘Knife Master’. A raw and raucous display of power that builds and builds to a devastating crescendo until the floor drops away and you’re treated to a sparse military snare drum and Hunter’s vocal

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talents taking a delicate turn. Before moments later being sucked into a whirlwind of spiralling guitars that lead you into the jaws of a bonebreaking breakdown before the final chorus. Thankfully the boys send you home from their EP with a stripped back acoustic rendition of Fly home to take you full circle and heals the wounds you no doubt picked up trying to keep up with their relentless pace. If you’ve any sense you’ll be looking out for the new EP coming this summer, Guarenteed to be crammed with more of their infectious energy and drive. If you get the chance experience the live show and you won' t regret it. www.facebook.com/chaoscreek Mikey Rush for GoGuide Magazine

Studying Bachelor Degree in Popular Music Journalism

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H S H A S A R R B B Y R Y R KKEERR FASHION - Model Feature

erry Brash is a young modelling mum from Livingston. She was born on Feb 10th 1982 and has two young sons, Mason Lewis and Ellis Kobe. Kerry can be seen most often strutting her stuff as a UK Ring Girl for Mayhem Boxing Babes. Some of Kerry’s career highlights include reached the 2010 final of Miss Edinburgh Contest. This was an amazing experience and achievement and took place in

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front of a very large crowd. After reaching the final Kerry appeared on the front page of the evening news and has completed a photo shoot for Harley Davidson. In 2011 she also successfully competed in the ‘The News of the World’ Competition – ‘The Search Of a Score Angel’, EGA (Erin Gavin Agency) where Kerry made it all the way to the final. The young mother loves listening to music very loudly, much to the detriment of her neighbours, and dancing (especially around her living room). She has a penchant for shopping, Starbucks, her car, and spending time with friends.

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GoGuide: Hi Kerry, What was your first modelling shoot? Kerry: My first ever modelling shoot was when I was 6 years old and it was for a Wedding Catwalk Show at the Maybury Hotel in Edinburgh (which is now a casino), for a Wedding shop in Leith called Top Drawer. I went on to do Various shoots for numerous photographer’s and entered competitions such as Miss Edinburgh in 2010, Score Angel’s Competition for The News Of The World in 2011 where I reached the semi Finals and then Finals. I was then approached by Mayhem Promotions to be a ring girl and i am now part of the Mayhem promotions team and have met boxers such as Mike Tyson and Ricky Burns. GoGuide: What prompted your interests in modelling? Kerry: I took an interest in Modelling from a very young age. I liked posing for the camera all the time as a young child and it’s spiralled from then. Models in magazines also prompted my interest. GoGuide: What kind of modelling are you interested in and why? AUG 2012 - issue (20)

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LIFE(STYLE) FASHION - Model Feature

Kerry: I like fashion and Glamour modelling as I feel that is best suited to the look I want to achieve in my photographs. I like sexy and sultry poses. GoGuide: It is often said that a model should have a good personality. How would you describe your personality? Kerry: I would describe my personality as a bubbly down to earth, easy going and charismatic person. I am easy to get along with and treat others the way I would like to be treated myself. GoGuide: What do you enjoy most about modelling? Kerry: I enjoy dressing up in different outfits and seeing the final outcome of the shoot when I’m sent my photos. The photographer I work with mainly is Brian Hayes owner of Fastpix. GoGuide: Describe yourself in three words? Kerry: Funny, Moody and Charismatic GoGuide: What’s your best feature? Kerry: I would say my best features are my eyes GoGuide: What’s your worst feature? Kerry: I dislike my bum :(

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KERRY BRASH

GoGuide: How do you unwind? Kerry: I unwind by having a hot bubble bath, getting in my comfies and listening to music with a cup of tea or hot chocolate :) GoGuide: What fashion designers do you like? Kerry: I love Guess especially their watches. I am more into bargains on the high street rather than high fashion names. GoGuide: What’s your best beauty tip? Kerry: Cleanse, Tone and Moisturise Daily and drink plenty of water. GoGuide: Is there any one thing you cannot be without? Kerry: I could never be without my IPhone it is my life, it stops me from feeling isolated from the world. How else could i catch up on all the gossip! :) GoGuide: Who is your favourite model? Kerry: My favourite models are past: Helena Christensen, She looks amazing in the video for Chris Isaak’s ‘Wicked Game’. My present model would be Megan Fox she is stunning and is my idol. GoGuide: Favourite pair of shoes? Kerry: My favourite pair of shoes is my hotpink shoes from Primark. They were inexpensive but I love them.

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GoGuide: Favourite food? Kerry: I love chicken cannot get enough of it. GoGuide: Favourite drink? Kerry: I have two favourite drinks equally and they are Southern Comfort and Lemonade and Malibu and coke GoGuide: Favourite Band/Artist? Kerry: I have so many favourite artists itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to choose. I love 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music as I was brought up on that but I also like modern day music like Kings of Leon, Azealia Banks and Rihanna to name but a few. GoGuide: Favourite TV Show?

Kerry with Melanie McCrum, Carolann Edgar a Boxing Babes Scotlands.

Article Links & Photos:

www.mayhem-promotions.or Brian Hayes @ www.fastpixp

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and Dominique Mullen - Mayhem

Kerry: Keeping up with the Kardashians GoGuide: Favourite Movie? Kerry: Friends with Benefits. GoGuide: Favourite Place to be? Kerry: I love being in a place called Mallaig, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the North of Scotland in the Highlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. My mum lives there and I go visit whenever I can. It has beautiful scenery and stunning beaches, checkout www.caorunn.co.uk GoGuide: Thanks Kerry. If you would like to be considered for a GoGuide Magazine feature just drop your details in a mail to the content mail address on www.goguidemagazine.co.uk

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MODELLING 101

FASHION - Model Feature

t is funny to think of it but if you want a beautiful photograph surely having a naturally beautiful model is 99% of the battle right?

Ahhhâ&#x20AC;Ś wellâ&#x20AC;Ś you would be pretty far off the mark there. It is a well-known urban myth that naturally beautiful models take naturally beautiful photographs. The whole truth of the matter is that it takes an awful lot more to come up with the goods and using these tools can turn an ordinary model into something pretty special. With these modelling tips a perfect photograph can become easy for both the photographer and the model. For professional models a photographer will simply guide them through a selection of poses Page 34

to attain a desired look or feel as the shoot pans out, the results are often impressive with little effort on both parts. Things are a little different for aspiring models who are still perhaps working their way up through the business. These models may have to work harder to control poses in order to ensure good enough headshots or photos for their portfolio.

These tools will also immensely helpful for those models in the live show, promo, photographic or runway areas of the business. All successful models rely on these pro-poses to become successful. Whether you hope to see your face plastered across Esquire, Vogue, and Cosmopolitan or you want to strut your stuff on the Milan fashion shows or even hit the Hollywood movies scene then take note to our insider guide to the right things to do in front of the camera.

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by andrewrennie / flikr

WORKING THE CAMERA

or aspiring models there are pretty much four basic styles that will stand you in good stead when it comes to posing; the Portrait Pose, Lifestyle Pose, Movement Pose and lastly the Body Pose.

Portrait As you would expect this pose is centred on the face of the subject and concentrates completely on the models facial features and expressions. The vast majority of portrait photographs will be close up and will emphasize various details of the modelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face. From a models perspective you should make sure you pay special attention to your skin and as always drink at least 8-12 glasses of water a day.

Lifestyle The lifestyle pose places the model in a scenario that represents everyday living with natural body placement and underemphasized facial expressions. These poses reply on the models ability to successfully reproduce moments from their everyday life in the studio, be it love, happiness, anger, sadness etc.

Movement The movement pose is used when the photographer is attempting to captures a specific action like walking, running, jumping or maybe something a little more specific. It is therefore important that a model tries to stay fit as well as looking after their diet. This pose is largely used for marketing purposes where a model may be used to promote a specific product. It is important that models are comfortable handling and working with products while remembering all the other elements that make a good model.

Body Whenever a full-length photograph is being taken a model will be asked to do a full body pose. There are specific tools that are utilised in this situation like shifting weight and ensuring your arms and lengths are asymmetrical in your stance. You might feel that a body pose does not need any facial expressions but you should attempt to put your whole body into character when doing full-length poses as it really aids in obtaining a natural balance. AUG 2012 - issue (20)

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FASHION

WORKING THE CAMERA PART 2

GoGuide Magazine’s TIPS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA Breathing It’s a fine line between trying hard and trying too hard, concentrating too hard on what you’re doing can easily come across on camera and ruin good shots. Breathing is super important and you should try as much as possible to breathe normally and resist the temptation to hold your breath. Your aim is to appear as natural and at ease as possible – unless the director/photographer is looking for a particular look or feel.

Carry Yourself Most people can manage through life with bad posture but for models it’s a different ball game all together and can be pretty damaging to a models career. Always try to keep your back straight and your shoulders pushed up. If you slouch it will almost definitely be seen in how the photograph appears and it can even make parts of your body appear larger like your stomach. It’s actually a good idea to try to flex your stomach muscles during a shoot (regardless of your body shape or weight) as this actually gives your abdomen a more toned look.

Arms and Legs For todays models ‘balance’ is pretty redundant so when posing make sure to think about your arms and legs and use asymmetrical poses. Page 36

For example if you are standing and have one arm relaxed by your side try to make sure your other arm is doing something different bent, above your head, in front of you… anything really regardless of how subtle the change is it will make your photos stand out far more and your posing will look more real and less staged. Same deal with your legs.

Where to Look? It’s easy to say right at the camera, and although there are occasions where that would be required, but in general you should try not to look directly at the camera. Try looking away from the camera and use a mixture of head and eye movements. Look to your side, or tilt your head or even just use your eyes to change the shot. Head and eye positions and facial expressions can be the difference between a good shot and a great shot.

Seated Comfortably? When you are sitting for a pose it is all too easy to get over relaxed. The strange thing is that sitting photo shoots need a lot more control and effort than any other. If you are doing one of these shoots remember to place your weight on one side of another, NEVER sit with your weight distributed equally on both thighs as it is never very flattering whatever your shape. Keeping your weight distributed to one side will results AUG 2012 - issue (20)

in you appearing slimming in these types of photos.

Female Assets To make sure that one of a female model best assets are used effectively there are a few basic rules to stick to. Using two distinct poses, one leaning forward and the other a backward lean, any model, regardless of breast size, can make the most of their cleavage. So, when you are doing the leaning forward pose, you can bring your arms together down at your waist and clasp your hands together below the waist area or for an easier option just cross your arms if the shoot allows. For leaning backward shots, raise your arms about over your shoulders and head keeping your arms well apart. If needed break one of the golden rules here by slouching in order to get the best of your cleavage.

Smile For most models showing their pearly whites is something they do with pride. However, try not to overuse this feature too much as it can cause agents to question your adaptability. Try not your smile in all your shots and add variety to your poses, try using a other expressions like cute frowns, pouts, friendly laughs, or even go for add a little edginess with scowls. Your range of facial expressions can be the making of you.

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GEORGE

LIFE(STYLE) LIFE

eorge Wood is a young up an coming Comedy Hypnotist and budding Hypnotherapist from the local area. He is self taught and despite being 90% deaf he manages to pull off something that not a lot of people can do and that’s control our MINDS...!!!!!

We sat down with George for a one to one and hopefully to get down to the nitty gritty of what hypnotism is all about... GG: George Wood... Is that your REAL name? GW: It is. GG: It is? GW: that’s my real name, aye. I don’t want to be anybody else, I want people to know who I am. GG: So you’re not thinking of a stage name at all? GW: No, the reason I’ve picked my own name is because I’ve checked will the other acts and guys that do it and there has never been a George Wood so who better to be than yourself. I’d also say that I don’t want to be too much of joker, I’m serious with what I do but at the same time I’m trying to… how do I put his simply… it’s a comedy show but I want people to know who I am, just like Paul McKenna said his name was Paul McKenna, I’m just keeping my name the same. GG: Is that Paul McKenna’s real name? GW: I don’t know… hahaha But it’s my real name so… GG: How did you get into hypnotism? Page 38

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WOPONDOTIST HY

GW: About 5 years ago I had injured my back, when I went to the doctors… it was you know, on my back, round about my shoulder blades, when I was lifting a pallet I ripped it. The doctor couldn’t help me I went through the whole thing with trying to get treatment, getting knocked back and forth and I thought I’d have a read into reflexology. So I was reading about how you have pressure points in your neck, round about your shoulders, your arm, your wrists, the back of your knees, your ankles and things like that and also round about your head and I thought to myself… what would happen if you put the whole lot together into one big massage? Went down the stair, my wife to be at the time was sitting watching the telly and I em… gave her a massage and just went <snap> (George snaps his fingers) and said sleep and she went out like a light bulb..!!! At that point I tried to wake her up but she wouldn’t speak to me, she was slumped over, so I did what everyone that panics does and ran upstairs and went on Google and read up on how to wake somebody up from hypnosis. From there it just became a bit of a hobby and I‘ve just sort of self-taught myself through reading from there and that’s how its came about… in a nutshell. GG: So how did you wake your wife up? GW: She’s still asleep and that’s why were now married… hahaha No I just came down stairs after reading a quick basic hypnotic wakeup and counted her from one up to ten and with each number told her that she would be waking up more, feel more refreshed and more relaxed and when she came out she was convinced that she hadn’t actually went under so that’s where I learned that people will have mild amnesia as well. After that I had a wee play about with her with it… no no no… not that kind of play about..! haha.. I had a wee play about using her as a guinea pig to see what sort of things she could do and what she couldn’t do and how it worked, She’s been good at letting me do something but not everything hahaha. GG: Can anybody be hypnotised? GW: I would say they can… yep… because part of the hypnotic process everybody goes into anyway before they go into sleep, you know, you’ve maybe experienced it AUG 2012 - issue (20)

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yourself, just before you go to sleep you might vaguely get an image of slipping on a banana skin or something like that and you jerk yourself up and wake up, have you ever experienced that? GG: No… GW: Well before somebody can go into any sleep state, even you, any human being has to enter a brief period of hypnosis so it’s sort of like in between the waking state and the completely asleep state, that’s where the hypnotic state lies. So I would say everybody can be hypnotised however some people are harder to hypnotise and might take longer which is why at a show of any hypnotist you’ll see they will do some hypnotic testers and that lets them see who the guys are that will go under faster because if you go and see a show you’re not wanting to see somebody that takes an hour to be hypnotised if that makes sense? GG: Can anyone be a hypnotist? GW: I’ve tried to teach people it and they can’t quite do what I can do so I’d say that anybody is ALLOWED to be a hypnotist but I don’t know is anybody CAN be a hypnotist… if you get me? GG: So is it a gift or is it’s all about technique? GW: I wouldn’t say it’s a gift, no. That’s a wee bit egotistical if I was to say that but I think it’s a skill… I think it ties into my own experiences in life as well that have helped me… if you know what I mean? GG: So it’s a bit like everything else, its more of a skill, but some people are better at it than others. Like everyone can play football but only some people can do it well, and only a very, very small amount can do it really, really well? Hypnotists are just much, much, better at Page 40

accessing our brains than most people are? GW: I’d agree with that… aye. I’m deaf, 90% deaf, I need to lip read and the things I’ve been through in my life with reading body language to help me figure out what somebody’s saying when I can’t understand them really helps me and when I look back now through my life I can see a combination of all these bad experiences, even from primary school all the way up to being in a job, on the telephone, that’s really hard for me, if somebody is standing behind me I’ve got to constantly look at the light on the ground to see… because if their talking to me I can’t hear them… so… I tghink all these have combined so that’s where I have sort of learned a lot of what I do, there… if you get me? I’d say that’s a skill, lip reading is a skill, it can be self-taught as well just like I’ve taught myself. If that answers your question? hahaha GG: Are there any dangers involved? GW: The hypnotism act means you have to be over 18, you can’t have any sort of prior mental conditions such as ummm … epilepsy is one, anyone who has a family history (of mental illness) I’d even go as far as mentioning that at my shows… to say to them not to participate. They are allowed to watch, you know, ummm… they can watch the show obviously but to take part… eh… The other thing as well is you can’t be pregnant, now some women might not know their pregnant obviously, that’s fine, but when you’re in the later stages of pregnancy it’s best to stay away from comedy shows (hypnotic). Not just because of the hypnosis but on stage if I’m going to have people you know… dancing about or doing anything funny I’m not wanting anybody to get hurt that might be pregnant. GG: Do you use hypnotism in any ways other than your live comedy shows?

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GB The difference between hypnosis and hypnotherapy firstly is that hypnosis is not changing your mind about anything, all it is is suggesting something and somebody will act that out or they will do it… Whereas hypnotherapy is actually changing your subconscious and your conscious minds idea of things… for example if my wife if she’s got the cold or flu I’ll use hypnosis to put her into a deeper state but I’ll then use hypnotherapy to tell her… her mind, that there is no need for her to feel that pain or feel bad. Her body understands that she is ill, so in a way she’ll still be completely ill with the flu but she’ll not feel it. So I like the idea of probably branching out and helping people who are maybe ill, you know with pain and things like that. When it comes to stopping smoking and all that I’m not too interested in that side of it, but definitely when it comes to people in pain needing general help and it’s something that I see myself charging money for either. GG: So where do you see yourself in 5 years’ time? Is hypnotism now your chosen career? GW: This (hypnotism) is what I’m doing… I’ve had… my CV’s like a dogs breakfast… hahaha Its pretty long as well, I’ve had about, umm… I’m 26, I’ve been working since I was 16 and I’ve probably had about… more than 30 jobs. They range from sales, telephone jobs, door to door sales, I’ve worked in security, HR, recruitment, I’ve even worked with the banks… so I’ve never ever been able to stick a job that I feel fits me… I always wanted to do something that bit different and bring something nice to people at the same time and after doing my first show the experience of everybody at the end clapping and everybody had had a great night… and the laughter, the laughter is just what does it for me, so it’s the thing that I’m doing and I see myself doing for a long time. GG: In your shows is there anything you wouldn’t get people do?

GW: I’ve obviously looked at other hypnotists and I think that anybody that can get on stage first of all and do a show be it music, be it hypnosis, even public speaking and all that I’ve got to admire because it does take a lot of bottle however things like making people onions… you know six onions in a row… I think that’s far too far. I’ve even seen one, I’m not sure who it was, but he made the guy wet his pants! That’s pretty ridiculous to me. The worst I’ve probably done and the worst I would go is to make a straight guy appear to be gay. I’ve tried it the other way but it doesn’t actually do anything because that’s who they are…! it’s funny because when you make a straight guy gay you’ll have them acting really ultra-feminine and that but when you say to make a gay guy straight they act exactly the same way only they will say they are straight. GG: Is it easy to tell when people are faking being hypnotised? GW: It is quite difficult with the more volunteers you have because you have to keep your eye on the ball. What I would say is you do always get a couple of guys that will say ‘aww.. I’ll have a laugh’… they are normally the guys that end up under as well, in my experience. But, there is cues… looking into their eyes you can tell by their pupils will be a bit dilated, they might be a little bit bloodshot at first because they are quit sleepy. GG: Without giving away too many of your show secrets what’s the funniest thing you get people to do? GW: That’s debatable because… GG: In YOUR opinion what’s the funniest? GW: In my opinion… I write down every sketch… quite often it will change with each show because you’ll get a guy who will be so great at something… or a woman!!!

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LIFE(STYLE) But my favourite one is taking a guy and making him a… or a woman… it’s been both in different shows, and making them into a Chinese speaking Kung-Fu master and take someone else that is under and make them their translator. So the two of them will have a conversation through me and I’ll ask them, you know, like how was your flight from China and they will have a conversation in Chinese and it will get translated to me and the audience through them. Then I’ll ask he or she to do Kung-Fu moves along to some really hard-core trance or dance music… that’s fun to me. The other one that I’ve done, and it’s between these two, is getting a group of people together and making them all different nationalities and make them have a rap battle in different languages and pass the mike round with a flat sort of drum and bass beat or similar and that’s just… it’s great you know, when it all goes to plan and you have them all sort of dancing around and insulting each other. You obviously need to keep it clean and nobody takes it too serious though… that’s probably the best ones for me.

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GW: I like Paul McKenna, he’s kinda went to hypnotherapy now though but I think he did change a lot of things, he’s made a big mark and a big impression and he’s a name that everybody knows. I love Derren Brown as well, for his showmanship and his ability to take things ffrom the past and modernise them which is what I’m trying to do with the comedy that I’m doing on the stage rather than… I mean, where Derren Browns sort of got more flair about him and its sort of old school mixed with newschool? And I’m just trying to do that with the on stage comedy stuff rather than magic tricks or something like that. The other guy that I really like that a lot of people might not have heard of is a guy called Marc Savard, and he’s pretty big in the states and he’s just got a personality I like and I like the way he does his hypnosis… he’s a funny guy. That’s the three I look up to. GG: Is there any other local hypnotists that you know? GW: I’ve not got a mentor or a tutor and… ummm… I actually don’t know any other hypnotists’ hahaha… so I’ve not got anyone that I could say… to recommend to go and see. The only other guys I’ve heard of is Peter Powers, which I’m sure a lot of people have heard about… but I don’t’ know any local hypnotists. GG: You have an up and coming show in the local area? GW: I’m putting a lot of effort into the one in Bathgate… at Chalmers on 31st August, its £10 a head and… it’s doing pretty well for ticket sales as well and there will also be a live band, Major Tom, playing after the show (in a second room) and a DJ in the main room at the same time so it’s a Page 42

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good night, door open at seven and close at eight for the show. That comedy show lasts about two and a half hours give or take either way depending on how the sketches go and Major Tom will be doing a good 3-4 hours of music so it’s a good night. GG: Anything else in the pipeline? GW: At the moment I’m putting a lot into Bathgate… people are going to turn up, they are interested, my future plans is to sort of go around the local area. I have been looking Newcastle. I know a few people there… also Manchester and further down in Essex but I want to try and keep it in Scotland until I start looking further down… my dream is to get it into the theatre, that’s the main thing that I’d love to do, there’s a lot more that you can do with props and showmanship in the theatre. For now I really, really like Chalmers as a venue so it’s a personal favourite reason that I have picked there, I do really like the place myself. I think they have got a nice venue and I think everybody will actually have a real good night and it will be a good blast because I enjoy the show and if people come and they enjoy the show and if they see I’m enjoying it and if Mark (Feeney) enjoys the band it will be a good night. GG: Ok, Thanks George. GW: Thanks.

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GG: Good luck with the show and we hope it’s a sell out and we see you again back again. GW: Thanks, much appreciated.

George’s Comedy Show ‘Transfixed’ with covers band Major Tom hits Chalmers in Bathgate on 31 Aug 2012 More details @ www.facebook.com/GeorgeWoodHypnosis

For tickets call Call 0844 844 0444 or visit www.ticketline.co.uk

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heard about E-Lites last year sometime, through a friend who complained that someone across from them in their office was smoking one and that it was bugging them. Not knowing what electronic cigarettes were I looked them up and at the time thought it was a great idea if it helped those people who simply couldn’t stop smoking. Now, electronic cigarette reared its head recently when bus driving Dad of two David Myerscough, 38, found himself at the centre of a major security scare when someone called 999 after spotting smoke coming from a fellow passenger’s luggage. The incident caused five hour tailbacks and left other motorists fuming as 17 police cars, eight vans, 13 fire engines and two bomb disposal units sealed off the motorway in a false alarm that is estimated to have

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cost more than £100,000. The cause of the problem turned out to be the harmless vapour from a passenger’s electronic cigarette which they had stored in their luggage.

So it seems that although the product is becoming more common place it seems we might not know that much about it from a ‘typical member of the general public’ point of view. AUG 2012 - issue (20)

So what exactly are electronic cigarettes? The basic concept of electronic cigarettes, and for the purpose of our review we will concentrate on E-Lites, is that they are an electronic replacement to cigarettes. They contain pure nicotine and none of the harmful addition that normal cigarettes contain. Using some high-tec they create a vapour that can be inhaled by the smoker and exhaled as normal. The smoker gets their usual nicotine ‘fix’ but none of the harmful elements. Only extremely small and un-harmful traces of nicotine are released into the surrounding area so there is none of the harmful ‘passive smoking’ associated with normal smoking. Tobacco based cigarettes contain more than 4000 additional chemicals (including tar, carbon monoxide and arsenic) which are inhaled along with a smoker’s dose of nicotine. Professor Michael Siegel (Professor

in Dept of Community Health Sciences at Boston University and many other public health advocates) have independently demonstrated that an ‘ecig’ such as E-Lites, is approximately 99% safer, i.e. less harmful to health, than a standard tobacco based cigarette. The E-Lite cigarette vapour that is produced is NOT smoke - It is simply condensed air (vapour) which they cleverly mix with liquid-nicotine, tobacco extract flavourings and Propylene glycol in the cigarettes cartridge to “emulate the sensation of smoking, and give you the instant nicotine intake that you want - when you want it, where you want it.” Say the E-Lite people. “The vapour is odourless and dissipates within seconds. It does not linger, nor does it cause discolouration to walls - unlike cigarette smoke. It doesn't give you 'smoker’s breath' or

leave your hands and clothes smelling of cigarettes either” So do E-Lites help you stop smoking? Well the easy answer seems to be No, E-Lites are designed as an alternative to SMOKING as opposed to a system that ‘weans’ you off the nicotine addiction over a period of time like a ‘Nicotine Replacement Therapy‘ scheme like patches or gum can be used for. An E-Lite is simply a tobacco free and tar free replacement to a potentially life threatening tobacco based cigarette. How much? Apart from the massive health benefits of E-Lites one other major benefit is the cost savings over traditional tobacco smoking. It is thought that it could be as much as 60-75% CHEAPER. Using E-Lite’s calculations “the equivalent of 20 cigarettes can cost as little as £1.50 and as current

tobacco cigarettes retailing at £6.50 or more, the financial benefits are significant. A twenty a day smoker can save approximately £1,650 a year by converting to E-Lites!” Conclusion So if you simply must smoke, or just find it impossible to kick the habit is this the way to go? I’m an x smoker so can’t really try the product for myself but it certainly looks pretty good from a health and financial point of view from what we can discover online. But is it cool? Celebs don’t seem to be shy on getting themselves snapped using them; from Paris Hilton to Britney Spears, Johnny Depp to Leonardo DiCaprio and N'Dubz’s Dappy to Lucy Mecklenburgh and Lydia Bright from 'The Only Way Is Essex', they all seem to be pretty happy with the product.

Some celebs who are already embracing electric ciggies (top row from left) Lucy Mecklenburgh and Lydia Bright - ‘The Only Way Is Essex’, Johnny Depp, Leonardo Dicaprio, Robert Pattinson and Charlie Sheen. (bottom row from left) Britney Spears, Taryn Manning and Nikki Reid. AUG 2012 - issue (20)

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oga is a profound system of holistic health, which originated in India over 5,000 years ago. It was first put into written form as the Yoga Sutras. Yoga is defined in the sutras as having eight limbs or branches. It is the third limb "Asana" which refers to postures or Yoga poses that most people perceive as Yoga. The study of asana and physical culture is called Hatha Yoga.

Patanjali’s Eight-Fold path known as Astãnga are: 1. Yama - universal commandments. 2. Niyama - individual discipline.  3. Asana - correct posture. 4. Prãnãyãma - control of breathing.  5. Pratyãhãra - control of the senses.  6. Dhãranã - concentration of thought control.  7. Dhyãna - a state of meditation.  8. Samãdhi - a highly advanced state of meditation for attaining cosmic consciousness. There are many health benefits that come with practicing yoga, some of these include: Page 46

• Improves Posture • Strengthens Muscles  • Improves Balance and Propriocep tion  • Improves Lung Function  • Cultivates Slow Deep Breathing   • Increases Both Lymph and Venous Circulation • Nourishes Intervertebral Disks • Enhances Oxygenation of Tissues • Increases Flexibility • Improves Immune Function  • Strengthens Bones and Joints • Conditions the Cardiovascular System  • Promotes Proper Weight Mainte nance • Tones the Nervous System • Improves Bowel Function • Releases Muscular Knots or Spasms • Lowers Cortisol Levels • Helps to Lower Blood Sugar and Blood Pressure Yoga is also really good for relaxation, it is the most powerful therapeutic way of distressing yourself. As well all the physical health benefits, Yoga advocates well-being and spiritual contentment with the mind as well. It brings you to a different perspective and connects your mind, body and spirit as one. So instead of going for the drink, why not try out some yoga practices. AUG 2012 - issue (20)

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t has taken a long time for iPhone lover’s app Instagram to be ported to the Android platform but now it has and although some earlier instances of it were stripped out shadows of the iPhone version we now have a fully functional version for the Android user that warrants a wee look at. Sure there will be cross-platform comparisons made and allegiances, which have historically formed around similar apps in the past, will no doubt surface so we Android users will be expecting something worthy of bragging about to our iPhone adversaries. So, basically, nearly two years after the iPhone version debuted, Instagram for Android finally arrived for us to download in Google Play a wee while ago. Instagram was actually co-founded by Kevin Systrom who previously worked closely with Twitter so it’s a no brainer that the app is entrenched in social features. But wait, for the surely the very small group of people out there who might now know what Instagram is, perhaps a few words on the basic idea behind it is warranted? Instagram is kinda a social networking camera, yep... so instead Page 48

of typing what you wanna say on your phone, you say it in pic form I suppose. Basically you take pics in the usual fashion, apply a pre-set filter/effect over the top and then share it with all your online buddies via Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr or Foursquare. The Android app gives you a bunch of filters to choose from which will for the most part change the colour, brightness, add fades etc. (obviously lots more settings behind the scenes) which you use to change your nice crisp 16meg hi-def photos to something akin to a 1970’s polaroid or 8mm video camera. Once you have chosen a filter and applied it you can then quickly share them on the social sites mentioned above and also share in the usual multimedia txt message, email, Bluetooth etc. methods. Although we are reviewing Instagram it is worth noting that there is quite a few photography apps already available for Android that offer more filters and better effects than Instagram. Camera360, MagicHour or Lightbox to name but a few all offer similar or better features across the range but Instagram pitches itself in the perfect middle ground offering a good range of features, slick social and sharing options and a massive social community of around 15 million users. So let’s do a rundown… Joining Instagram After a standard signup process, you AUG 2012 - issue (20)

can connect your account to the accounts of all your twitter, facebook friends who are also on Instagram. Using the App The ‘home’ page presents you with your photo stream where the newest photos you and your friends have shared appear. You can scroll through this slick and engaging stream exploring, heart-ing and commenting to your wee hearts content. There is also the obligatory button to flag up any nudity, copyright, or violating the Terms of Use. You can also use the ‘Explore’ feature to randomly browse other Instagram users streams (this screen is populated using the most ‘hearted’ photos at that time) or to search for a specific word/person. Sure, there seems to be plenty of celebrity’s accounts out there to follow, but unlike Twitter there seems to be no way of verifying these accounts as official. For the less exhibitionist’esque among us there is also the option of setting your photo stream to private, so that only users you approve can see it. Giving your photos the Instagram Treatment The app lets you take photos realtime or you can choose from photos already stored on your phone/ tablet. Instagram then gives you 17 filters to try on your photo plus

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the option of turning off/on some effects frames. There is the typical sepia and black and white filters but also others which offer different shades of dreamy, edgy, washed out, highlighter and low-res looks. This is left a little behind in comparison to apps like ‘Vignette’, with its 62 filters and 21 frames, or ‘Lightbox’ with its more interesting filters like 8-bit, Fisheye or Redscale. Despite this the Instagram filters can still turn your standard pics into tiny works of art with the right subject matter and the right filter. Share Once you have created you masterpiece sharing it directly from Instagram borrows a good deal from the Twitter interface. You can Geotag your photo and decide where you want to share using check boxes for Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, and Tumblr. You can also send your pics through the normal sharing option like txt, email and Bluetooth etc. Where physically are my photos as I can’t see them on my phone? It seems that although your phone retains the original snapshot when you apply an effect and hit the ‘Upload’ button your pic is actually uploaded to Instagram’s web site and

stored there. Unless you share it out you can only see it by launching the app from your phone and browsing to your homepage. Bizarrely, and this might be just me? But when you go online to the Instagram web site (which I’m presuming is where your picks are located) you then use the same account details to login in etc. You can’t actually browse your pics? Which you can do on your phone? In fact there doesn’t seem to be much to shout about on the Instagram site at all… TBH I can’t understand why there is an online site for what they offer you? I really expected something to be there? My photos? My friends? But nada nothing at all apart from a couple of added profile options for you to enter. Strange? Clicking on an image that you have shared on say Twitter or Facebook connects to the file on Instagram’s web site i.e. http://instagram. com/p/M8NrnXwZXC/ but it only shows the one pic.

After playing with Instagram for a wee while, snapping a few pics and basically trying all the filters out I can easily see the truly addictive elements of using the app. It is super-fast and the simplest thing in the world to create and share artsy, dreamy, interesting snapshots of your daily life. Sure it’s not perfect and could do with a few key additions but it’s easy to see exactly why its popularity is just so high and it’s FREE.

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PLAYER PRO Android (BlastOn LLC)

he music player that came with my stock Android HTC Desire HD was pretty lame. I suppose it does what it says it does, but in a kinda basic and non-user friendly way. So after trying a few FREE and TRIAL versions out I settled for Player Pro as my chosen Audio player for my phone. Player Pro offers me everything I wanted in an audio player where so many others had failed to offer enough of what I wanted in one nice package. Some were better players, some had better features, some were easier to use, some had better engines and some were available for free. I chose Player Pro (BlastOn

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LLC) and funnily enough it was the ONLY app I have paid for on my phone to date but at ÂŁ3.20 its amazing value for something you will use constantly. Player Pro has a really nice front end and I have it set to initially show an Artist list. Where the app stands out for me above all the others I tried was the ability to add artwork to this list so you see have a picture representing an artist rather than just a list of names. These pictures are imported automatically by the software BUT importantly, as we all know web scans can be a little unpredictable with their results and choices, you can manually change these for different pics which are sourced from the web or your phone storage. So you always have a pic that you want against each artist.

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Touching an artist pic brings up a list of that artist albums, albums are displayed in album cover form and are changeable in the same fashion as above. Touching an album cover brings up the track listing for that album and touching a track begins playback of that track, the preceding tracks in the album will play automatically when the song is complete. You can also play an album without going into the track list by press/hold on the cover and choosing PLAY from the list. On the main artist screen you can also play ALL of their albums in order by using the press/holding method.

you to embed it into one of your homepages. You have various sizes as you would expect and all the functions you need are available on the front of the widget. A nice touch is that the widget carries through nicely to your ‘locled’ screen and allows you to access the app without unlocking your phone. You can skip forward and backwards using either the buttons on the app, by swiping left/right or by using the volume buttons on the side of your phone, whenever the phone locks these buttons switch to skip buttons, unlocking the phone again returns the volume buttons back to their original settings.

When playing tracks you can choose all the usual options from the front screen like skip forward/back, repeat and shuffle. For settings, play modes, effects, tools etc there is just way too many to go into here, let’s just say there are lots and lots to play with.

If you don’t like the default appearance of Player Pro there are a number of other skins available for free

There are of course some widgets that the app has to enable

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Conclusion For me the best audio player on the platform and well word the small price of admission to the featured world of Player Pro.

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Despite his tarnished reputation after the events of The Dark Knight, in which he took the rap for Dent’s crimes, Batman feels compelled to intervene to assist the city and its police force which is struggling to cope with Bane’s plans to destroy the city. Ice Age: Continental Drift

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Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world. The Amazing Spider-Man (Universal)

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Peter Parker finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father’s former partner. Magic Mike (Lions Gate)

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An alien kills the young Agent K in 1969, altering the timeline, changing the Agency and placing the Earth in danger. Veteran Agent J (Smith) must travel back in time to 1969 to before the murder and work with the young Agent K (Brolin) to save him, the Agency, the Earth and humanity itself.

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Katy Perry: Part of Me (Paramount)

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nlike a lot of Marvel comic superheroes I like Spiderman; he seems to the closest to a normal person dealing with normal daily problems, that don’t particularly revolve around looking after a multimillion pound mansion or something like that. He’s also a superhero with something of a soul to speak of.

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Peel away the tight red jump suit and googly eyed mask and the geeky Peter Parker has had his fair share of ‘you and I’ problems throughout the early years of his young life; he is robbed of his parents at an early age when they mysteriously die, he gets bullied at school, and the much-loved uncle who brings him up is killed by hoodlums. So you really root for him when something good happens to him. That something good comes in the form of a bite from a little radioactive spider which changes his body and gives him various super ‘abilities’ strength, speed, hearing etc. and with the power to shoot sticky webbing from his fingertips. Throughout Peter manages to retain as certain level of modesty. Even when bouncing around the massive city skyscrapers in throws of his thickest battles he still manages to find moments to remember the other people in his life, and their shopping! Not so very long ago Tobey Maguire starred in Sam Raimi’s light-hearted and sometimes downright humorous version of spidy. Marc Webb’s ‘reboot’ of the franchise ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’, with Andrew Garfield in the lead role as Parker, portrays a different character. He brings a hesitant but self-assured approach with a respectful but stubborn streak that truly goes a long way to helping him make the character his own. Page 62

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Sure at times he does look a little out of place, perhaps too young or not ‘pumped’ enough to pull off a proper superhero body image but when you see him in action he impressively does appear to be kinda spider like, slender and jerky? Taking things a little further than Maguire ever did Garfield’s acting comes across as a good deal more believable. He has a canny way of getting his various emotions across on camera even in the shorter scenes where it can sometimes be a bit harder to get across more than one or two believable shades of emotion. Garfield manages it without even opening his mouth in some scenes. His first love, police chief’s daughter Gwen Stacy played by Emma Stone stands toe to toe with him for the most part which is good to see.

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With a hankering for the truth about what happened in his early life Parker goes about tracking down his father’s old partner and leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans) where he carries out his unsafe cross-species experiments. As you can guess this leads to large chunks of inner city mayhem. Overall the plot might be a little predictable at times, or maybe even throughout, but it’s a movie with a good fluidity and if you take it for what it is then I’m sure you won’t be disappointed in what it gives you with the added bonus of some pretty good performances from then new kids on the superhero block. Mr Suit for GoGuide Magazine

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utting right to the chase, The Dark Knight Rises ends with a traumatic nightmare of biblical proportions…. Ok I might be exaggerating a little there but now that I’ve got your attention. TDKR kicks off with a funeral and hits you with a burial. In between there is close to three hours of scene after scene of on edge action ramping up to the inevitable ending we are treated to. So the final movie in the trilogy director by Christopher Nolan’s finds billionaire Bruce Wayne, aka Christian Bale aka Batman, a shadow of his former self. The events of the previous movie have weighed heavily on his soul over the past 8 years and he now visually carried those weights on the shoulders of his frail looking body, he is torn and broken both physically and mentally. Those acts drove him into hiding both inside Wayne Manor and inside his own mind. It seems that Gotham City and Wayne himself have begun to question whether or not their mysterious crime-fighting hero even exists any longer. A battle that Wayne clearly has been having with his mind every waking hour by the looks of him.

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In the wake of those previous events Gotham City has actually thrived and all seems rosy in their garden. Everyone seems to be pretty well off and law and order seems capable of keeping itself under control. Politicians and policemen are revelling in their self-satisfied smugness. Do they even need a Batman anymore? Page 66

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BATMAn Little do they realise that right under their noses, well their feet really, there is trouble brewing below the very streets they walk on. Muscle-bound madman Bane (Tom Hardy) and his gang are planning something, something BIG. When Catwoman, played by Anne Hathaway and put over as a sexy jewel thief in this movie, unwittingly kicks off a chain of events that inevitably leads to a devastating meeting of all three of these characters. Will this force Wayne’s hand and snap him out of his current hell on earth? Will the old Bat-cloak be dusted down and will he meet Gotham’s cries for help head on?

Director: Christopher Nolan Starring: Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway & Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman

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From Nolan’s point of view it doesn’t look like he’s happy to just give film goers the summer’s most impressive, most adult, most dramatic and darkest superhero movie? Nope he decides to make one that simply leaves others stranded in its wake. Ok it might not impress all of the people all of the time but this movie is just a little different, in comparison other movies, even Batman movies, seem to have a pretty ‘childlike’ feeling to them, this is a movie not particularly aimed at a younger audience. So with that in mind what do you get for your darkest, most adult Batman yet? Well this one is like batman on 2 crates of Red Bull a day, Batman through an amplified set to 11, an intelligent superhero entwined with hearty dialogue which brings you deep inside his conversations on living, dying, hope and despair. There is an overriding them of them and us, of stratification, posing a moral dilemma that touches current reality and addresses the widening gap between those who have so much and those who have so little. Being Nolans last movie in his trilogy we have certain expectations, he has clearly steered the ship in the right direction with the more adult and darker them running

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through all of his offerings. You can now see the same thing being played out with our other superhero in this showdown ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’, although our spidery buddy has a good bit to go before getting to the level of our caped crusader. TDKR is a huge movie and demands a worthy cast to carry it through the journey. Joining Bale and Hathaway are a host of big names: Michael Caine (Alfred), Morgan Freeman (Fox), Gary Oldman (Commissioner Gordon), Liam Neeson (Ra’s Al Ghul ) and Tom Hardy (Bain) to name but a few. One Matthew Modine makes an appearance as Foley, a cop looking to put Batman away as he is unconvinced that he and the police are both on the same side while Joseph Gordon-Levitt also comes along in the form of Blake, a zealous young police detective with a surprising link to Bruce Wayne. To sum up the action in TDKR? Well… its big, no its bigger than that, its… well its HUGE. There are some truly massive sequences in this movie which will leave you in awe. There are high flying aircraft heists, an NFL football field that disappears right under the player’s feet, and of course, not forgetting the ripping downtown chase scenes involving the awesome Bat-cycle and Bat-copter. It’s in these areas that Nolan work really shines, he seems to work on a canvas that knows no real bounds. He shoots scenes with the biggest and best equipment available, uses IMAX cameras for then best large format outcome. As a result the movie looks stunning, at times locations can take your breath away for a second. This is definitely one of those movies that you really want to see in all its glory so if you can see it on a full-size IMAX screen then defo do that, you won’t be disappointed.

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The overall greatness in the look of the movie goes a long way to helping you forgive just how confusing the actual plot becomes during the movie including some of the more glaring examples which we won’t mention so we don’t spoil the movie for you. It’s a cluttered story with parts where it is difficult to know exactly why someone is doing something to someone else. Nolan however tidies it all up in a neat big bundle for us at the end though, obviously in a theatrical and majestically composed finale that merges the superhero and human worlds admirably, thus concluding one of movie goer’s favourite superhero sagas of the past few years. The bar is well and truly set pretty high with TDKR and I for one can’t wait for the next collection of stars, directors and writers to step up to the challenge of topping this epic. Defo a must see for the summer. Mr Suit for GoGuide Magazine

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X-FACTOR PROMO TROUBLE New promo for ITV show misses winners out

emember Shayne Ward, he was the series two winner of The X Factor? Yeh… you remember?, Well he has lashed out at his omission from a new ITV promo looking back at the show’s history. The promo video called ‘Whose Time Is Now’ features previous X factor contestants Leona Lewis, One Direction, Olly Murs, Alexandra Burke, JLS and Little Mix talking about their experiences on the show.

ike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino has revealed that he hit rock bottom before hitting rehab recently. He re-appeared after his April stint for his addiction to prescription drug and alcohol dependency, with his agent maintaining that his client was “stronger and better than ever”. His painkiller addiction was so severe that

Ward commented on the video via Twitter saying; “Just seen the new X Factor promo video. Yet again it’s like I’m being erased slowly from their history. “Pathetic really. Would love to know why?”

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After Ward won the 2005 series he earned two platinum albums, however, his third record Obsession only reached number 15 in 2010 and the single of the same name barely broke the top 100 by charting at 97.

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Ward and others including series winners Matt Cardle, Joe McElderry, Leon Jackson and Steve Brookstein have all been left out of the promo.

Some fans have complained that the promo makes it appear that One Direction won their series of the show, while the real victor, Matt Cardle is not even featured. Joe McElderry also left a puzzling message on Twitter that is thought relates to his omission from the promo writing: “I’m just gonna keep doing my thing”

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Cowell revealed recently that he gets on much better with Britney Spears than with Demi Lovato who are both new this year.

‘The Apprentice’: Lord Alan Sugar wants more female applicants

he next series of The Apprentice kicks off soon and Lord Alan Sugar has dropped some heavy hints that he wants more female applicants to apply. BBC reality series has been confirmed for another two seasons with Lord Sugar at the helm. Lord Sugar tweeted that he thought the competition needed to see more women at the business end competition while the application process for the ninth series gets underway. “Application still open for The Apprentice. Come on, ladies, show me what you can do, not just the blokes,” he posted. Sunday mark the end of the series nine application process with interviews set to kick off sometime in August in London, Manchester and Birmingham. The last couple of seasons of The Apprentice were won by male contestants and especially with the most recent season where men dominated the final taking 4 of the 5 slots in the final 5. Only three female candidates have ever won the show.

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ANGER Does this guy need

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’m a BIG fan of those guys over at Comedy Central, they have a knack for bringing the best of US comedy across to us in a way that early Sky 1 brought us the X-Files and Friends back in the day. As such I have for years enjoyed the ‘witty banter’ of one Mr Carlos Irwin Estevezl, or Charlie Sheen, as most of us out there probably know him. I first run into his TV work when in 2000 he took over from the ailing Michael J Fox in the presidential sitcom ‘Spin City’. Then he popped up again in 2003 with his new platform ‘Two and a Half Men’ where brothers Charlie and Alan Harper become unlikely roomies in Charlie’s Malibu beach house. Alan bring in tow his pint sized son Jake who over the years of the show grows from a chubby pre-teen addicted to junk food into what seems to be a ‘stoner pot head’ addicted to dope. Charlie throughout is featured as the rich womanizing semi drunk, which was always a little too close to home for comfort when looking at Mr Sheens off screen activities. Page 84

Throughout his time in the series there were rumours regarding Sheens antics which climaxed in Jan 2011 when Warner Bros ended the show mid-season and Sheen was admitted to rehab for the 3rd time. On March that year after numerous rants regarding the show and its makers he was dismissed by Warner. Well, that was last year, and just over one year later Mr Sheen is back on TV and returning to Comedy Central in the UK later this year in his brand new show ‘Anger Management’. Anger Management is loosely based around the story set out in the 2003 Sandler/Nicholson film of the same name. The first episode of Anger Management was the most-watched comedy series premiere in US cable history. It stars our very own Mr Sheen as Charlie Goodson, a former ex-baseball pro turned anger management coach but with his very own set of issues. Sheens co-stars include Selma Blair (Hellboy, Cruel Intentions) as Kate, Charlie’s therapist, Shawnee Smith (Becker, Saw) as Jennifer, his ex-wife and Daniela Bobadilla (Awake) as AUG 2012 - issue (20)

Sam their teenager with OCD. “Anger Management was the funniest show from this year’s screenings – Charlie is back and on incredible form. Anger Management sits perfectly alongside our line-up of the biggest and most talked about U.S. shows – 30 Rock, South Park, The Office, Two And A Half Men, Friends and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” Said Chris Collie, Director of Programming for Comedy Central. Peter Iacono, Lionsgate International television, added: “We believe that Comedy Central is the perfect home

for Anger Management in the UK, and we’re delighted to continue building the show’s momentum through ground breaking sales in territories around the world. The show is off to a record-breaking start in the U.S., and we expect it to have similar resonance with audiences around the world.” Comedy Central signed the deal with Lionsgate International recently to acquire the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights. The show’s ten episode first season is set to premiere on Comedy Central this Autumn.

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ast time we left off just as Lydia was given the boot leaving the ‘Outsiders’ down by 1 member. Having lost Benedict and Lydia in quick succession the remaining 3 core members Luke A, Adam and Deana are up against it if they are to survive against the stronger and more scheming ‘Insiders’. So let’s see how they handled themselves this month… BONG: Scott is taking Lydia’s comments a little hard after she branded him as one of the house ‘sheep’. His worries stem both the hypnotist task where he was made to ‘baaaah’ while not hypnotised and the 100 task where Lydia said she was going to pick the sheep. BONG: TASK – Lauren has chosen both Luke A and S to be her chefs, the best will win dinner with her later. She chooses Luke A (surprised?) BONG: Deana gets set up by Luke S asking questions about whether she would prefer a fantastic wedding or a load of cash. Deana chose the cash adding it doesn’t take money to have a great wedding. Luke S switched it around in an attempt to make her look bad by saying he didn’t say an ‘expensive’ wedding and spread the word that Deana was a ‘gold digger’ around the house – even though that’s not what she said. This culminated in Deana telling both Luka and Ashleigh that their relationship is FAKE. BONG: TASK – Shievonne was the butt of a BB task when housemates were taken into the diary room and returned shaken from various events that had taken place. Ashleigh was gunged, Deana feathered and Arron blown up. The aim was to scare Shievonne into refusing to go to the diary room – they succeeded and won a gourmet dinner. BONG: NOMINATIONS –Arron, Becky, Connor and Deana face the public vote this week. BONG: SHOPPING TASK – ‘Turf Wars’ has broken out in the house (isn’t that already going on? Insiders/outsiders?) hm’s were initially asked to pair with their best friends, with Shievonne chosen as the unluck no 13 housemate she was ‘Billy no mates’. With all hm’s in their pairs, one in front of the other BB announced that the front row was one team and the back the other… so all the bezzy mates were ripped apart and placed on opposing teams. These teams will do battle for the various areas that BB has designated in the house. BONG: TASK – Trolley Dash is the first part of the shopping task to kicks in and hm’s need to battle for control of the kitchen. Winner gets luxury shopping, losers get basic rations. BONG: TASK – Trollet Dash winners are the Green team. BONG: TASK – Sofa Hoppers get one member of team in the diary room and the rest sit on sofas and place themselves in order of MOST to LEAST. Diary room hm’s need to guess what order their team has put themselves in.

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BONG: TASK – Sofa Hoppers won by Blue team, they now have control of the sofa area while the greens have the kitchen. BONG: TASK – Duck Off is the next task and has hm’s competing in a relay to retrieve plastic ducks from gunge filled toilets and deposit them in a bin – using only your mouth. The Blues win the task but are disqualified as Sara used her hands to pick her duck up. Greens win the bathroom. BONG: TASK – You Snooze, You Lose is the task to see who wins the bedroom. Hm’s are called to the diary room one by one and have to identify who is bitching about them as the audio is replayed to them. Greens win again and Blues must sleep in the big task room. BONG: Our 4 nominated hm’s this week are called to diary room for a BBBOTS interview. Connor and Arron force the girls Becky and Deana to sit on the floor and berate, belittle and generally bully them throughout the interview. BONG: TASK – Bail Out sees hm’s take to the high seas, or rather the pool, in sinking boats. The last ones to sink win the bathroom. Blues win this. BONG: Jealous Arron couldn’t go through a day without a prank and proceeded to dive in the Blue teams pool incurring a punishment from BB which will be revealed later. BONG: EVICTION 5 – Arron gets the boot. Both he and Connor are boo’d by an angry crowd and Connor reacts rather emotionally. I see a change of plan coming soon by the big dude. BONG: TASK – Breathalyser sees Blue team win access to a secret room with all manner of treats on offer including a plasma screen and some telling questions dotted around the wall. The blue team were allowed to choose a member of the green team to be summoned to the diary room where they will be asked the blue teams chosen questions. The more powerful insider members of the Blue team won in the end and Adam was chosen. BONG: On returning to the main house Adam immediately knew he had been set up by BB. Shievonne was unable to keep her trap shut and blurted out a stream of insults at Adam confirming they had watched his answers to BB’s questions. For the Insiders Adam was defo ‘public enemy number one.’ BONG: Caroline is getting FAT…. That’s why she is bitching..!!! Apparently… BONG: The Insiders have Lauren in their sites after she ‘grassed’ them up to BB for discussing nominations. If they had any brain cells they A: wouldn’t do it and B: would know that BB films EVERYTHING and they have MICS less than 6 inches from their mouths…. How was BB not going to hear/see them…!!!!! Conner argues that he wasn’t discussing nominations just very distinctly telling all his friend who he was going to nominate this week…!!!! And that won’t influence anyone at all will it

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Connor? Lauren confides in floater Becky and tells her that Conner etc. were talking about them both and that he was discussing nominations and that she had pointed this out to BB. BONG: TASK – The Diary Room is up for grabs in the final challenge for hm’s and the winners would win immunity from eviction. Blue team members Luke A and Lauren had already sussed this and considering the Blue team as the team with the most Insiders they agreed to intentionally try to lose the task. Fate played all the cards to their advantage but they still managed to win the bloody thing. Unfortunately as the Blue team had previously broken the ‘no talking about nominations’ rule they were punished by losing their prize and it was instead given to the Green team. BONG: NOMINATIONS – Connor and Shievonne are up this Friday. BONG: SHOPPING TASK - The Rules Are For Fools. Hm’s split into 2 groups wardens and hm’s, the wardens must ticket any rule breakers, hm’s must follow all the BB rules – easy yeh? After a couple of days of doing nothing really, hm’s FAILED the task. BONG: FRIDAY 13th today, its gonna be bad for one housemate tonight who will it be? BONG: EVICTION 6 – Shievonne bites the dust. BONG: TASK BB has called Luke S to the diary room and told him that a modelling agent wants to meet with him. On entering the small task room Luke S is treated to a full photo shoot and is interviewed by a talent agent who advises him on a few things he needs to do in the next hour to impress his watching sponsors. Luke is taken in and like a wee obedient puppy he carries out all his requests no matter how bizarre. He eventually discovers that it was all a big joke and that his hm’s were all in on it. Happy Luke S? Well not really… he did say a few things he might regret later I think. BONG: SHOPPING TASK – Gold Rush will put the hm’s through their paces as cowboys and cowgirls and are split into 3 teams, the good, the bad and the really ugly. Connor and Caroline will be calling the shots as they have been chosen as the sheriff and his deputy. They also choose the teams and select Scott, Sara and Luke S as the GOOD, Adam, Deana and Ashleigh as the BAD and Lauren, Luke A and Becky as the REALLY UGLY. BONG: Becky sells friend Lauren down the river by spilling the beans on her visit to the diary room where she mentioned to BB that Connor and his friends were openly talking about nominating her friends. The Insiders confront Lauren and from their reactions it appears they all have their first vote for noms this week and a reason for it too. BONG: TASK The Shootout is the first task in the Wild West themed shopping task. Won by the Good, but only after a bit of cheating… well ok then… unsportsmanlike conduct by Luke S. As opposing teams took aim at their rear ends everyone else remained stationery for their paintball shootout while Luke S jerked his but from side to side while Adam attempted to hit his fake butt. Strange that the

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Good should have won this one? BONG: TASK The hoedown has the teams trying to create their own hoedown dance. It’s won by the Really Ugly team. BONG: TASK Spaghetti Western has hm’s attempting to scoff a huge plate of cold pasta. BONG: TASK the final western challenge sees the teams using their time accumulated over the previous challenges in this one, the Gold Rush. The prize ‘immunity from nomination’. BONG: Guess what, the Good one the task. BONG: FACE TO FACE NOMINATIONS – With the Good team safe from noms and the floaters less likely to vote for any of the Insiders is was pretty easy to work out who was getting most nominations this week especially as Becky had supplied the Insiders with a reason to nominate Lauren. Luke A and Lauren face your vote this week and the Outsiders will defo lose another member. BONG: Luke A reflects on his nominations and wants to clear the air with all those who nominated him. BONG: TASK Speed Haters has Sara taking part in a speed dating session in the garden. BB has the male hm’s on a secret task to attempt to get Sara to buzz them out as soon as possible – the quickest wins a lads night in with a hm of their choice. BONG: TASK Speed Haters Luke A wins and chooses Adam as his partner and enjoys beers, burgers, games consoles and table football. BONG: DAY 45 - Luke A is in a reflective mood today – in a chat to Adam he think Caroline is 2 faced, Becky is a game player and he just doesn’t get Luke A – looks like his little clear the air chats with all these hm’s who nominated him hasn’t really worked. BONG: TASK Sara gets a Lie Detector Task… pretty uninteresting choice as she is a floater and thus no-one is really interested in her opinions. Only Adam is slightly effected by her remarks but it’s all sorted out pretty sharpish. BONG: DAY 46 - Becky wakes Luke A up with a chirpy ‘Good Morning Evictee’ – truly nailing her new colours to the mast. BONG: EVICTION 7 – Lauren is kicked out to the first cheers of the series in stark contrast to any of the housemates so far. Luke A and Lauren were visually nervous as when their names were read out all you could hear were mixed chants of Get Connor out !!!! … Get Caroline Out…!!!! Get Becky Out..!!! So the Outsiders are now down to their last 3. Can they survive next week? I predict not… BONG: Eviction shockwaves are rife in the house. The outsiders are ecstatic despite losing a member they are happy that Lauren was cheered while the Insiders were clearly booed. The Insiders are AUG 2012 - issue (20)

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clutching at straws as to why they are booed? Pretty easy really dudes. BONG: Luke A confides in Ashleigh about his disappointment in Becky saying she’s fake. Bad move Luke A as you know what Ashleigh likes more than anything else yeh? In true ‘REAL’ hm style she relays the info right back at Becky who storms out to the smoking area to put Luke straight. Unfortunately things don’t go her way and perhaps where she was expecting an apology like say Caroline would do when she is caught bitching … she got some more home truths and Luke A told her he didn’t “give a *uck about her opinions” and that he would say what he wanted. Not the result she hoped for. BONG: DAY 46 - Hm’s awoke to a new task today. Selfless will have hm’s perform acts of self-sacrifice in order to win letters from home. Everyone completes their selfless act apart from Ashleigh who fails her task in less than 1 minute. All Hm’s apart from Ashleigh then pick letters from a bin which will leave 1 letter still in the bin, that letter will not be read out. Hmmm…. Guess which hm isn’t getting a letter…. Yep… Deana. BONG: Luke S and Ashleigh have a fallout over steak chilli. It brings back all Ashleighs doubts about their relationship… remember she has repeatedly aired various opinions on her not really liking Luke in the beginning and them not really having anything in common etc. End this already..!!!! BONG: Laurens departure appears to have galvanised the Outsiders but they understand that with just 3 of them remaining they need help from others if they are to survive. Who do they turn to? Becky? Scott? Sara?...... Nope they turn to the big guy himself…. NO not BB…. God. With Deana now classing themselves as ‘soldiers’ she has get them praying to the lord above for divine intervention as they face nominations soon. Will the Lord help them out? BONG: NOMINATIONS – In a twist to nominations this week EVER hm who gets 1 vote will face the public eviction on Friday. Up this week are: Luke A, Luke S, Deana, Connor, Caroline, Sara, Ashleigh and Adam. Divine intervention indeed – prayers really do work Deana. BONG: TASK – hm’s get a water melon task to win a prize. Split into girls and boys teams the dudes win a watermelon party with wine and beer. Strangely when it arrives both boys and girls tuck in to Scott’s disapproval… BONG: DAY 50 SHOPPING TASK – TWO DAY PARTY Hm’s ahev their shopping task involving 2 days of various parties which they must take part in to win their budget for the week. Some parties include Children’s Party, Slumber Party, Dinner Party, Party Animals’ All Nighter and Trigger New Year’s Eve Party BONG: Ashleigh’s big gob gets her in trouble again today in the Slumber Party. Her boyfriend listens at the big task room door as they compete in the task and Ashleigh doesn’t hold back about the things she dislikes about Luke S… “He smells like an onion”

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BONG: In an attempt to alleviate Ashleigh’s odour problem with Luke S, he has offered to shave his armpit hair…!!!! BONG: Day 51 - Luke S and Scott take part in the Political Party task. After their speeches the 2 have to guess who their hm’s will vote most for. They get it right with Scott winning most votes. BONG: TASK Office Party consists of Chair Race, Name that Noise and Whiteboard Picture Game. Hm’s don’t know that Deana and Sara have a secret part in this task – they must win 2 of the 3 games in order for the hm’s to win this part of the task. They can win at ANY means. Basically they cheat their way to the wins and successfully win the task for the house. BUT the house, unaware that it was a secret task, are not happy, even the Outsiders!!!! Shock… BONG: Day 52 - Luke S won a task involving choosing personality traits – his prize was a diary room feast of natural protein in the form of a table brimming with various red meat, white meat and sea food. BONG: Caroline delivers the shopping list to the diary room but ignores the hm’s wishes and basically orders £700 of chocolate, sweets and cakes. A hard 2 day task down the drain then but at least she will have got fags for those ADDICTED to nicotine…!!!! Ummm… no she didn’t. One side seemed happy with the decision and the other not so… guess which ones? Somehow I think this might have been different if Adam had gone in and bought £350 of chocolate and £350 of ciggies – they could have had their little joke but not at the expense of others which is exactly what Caroline did. She know this would hurt people she didn’t like more than those she did so a bit of FUN? or just plain NASTY? BONG: One good thing might have come from Carolines shopping prank… Scott has seen a different side to her and might just be edging towards the Outsider groups opinions on the other hm’s. BONG: Day 53 - It’s Connors birthday today and he can win a party by lying to all his hm’s in 1 hour. Ummm pretty easy for him so he wins a party later. BONG: Caroline’s shopping prank seems to be wearing thin with the hm’s who initially thought it was a big joke… Becky bitched to Sara about the fact that if she wanted to upset Adam and Luke A why she didn’t just not buy ciggies. Ahhhhh it all comes clear now… it was a just a bratty bully tactic to get at the Outsiders and NOT a big joke on Carolines part. I see now…!!!! Things might be a bit tough this week if Caroline stays. Whats changed this week with her? Ohhh… I remember, the crowd were chanting ‘Get Caroline Out…!!!!’ at last weeks eviction. BONG: EVICTION 8 – Caroline get the chop.

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for you. That’s how annoying this film is. I may never be able to watch Beverly Hills cop again without the horrible memory of this film coming to mind. So please someone invent one of those eye things from ‘Men in Black’ so I can go back to before I saw this film. Back when life was worth living. The only thing that could have made this film any worse is if it had been directed by Brett Ratner. Don’t watch this film unless you want to lose the will to live... You have been warned James McCulloch for GoGuide Magazine

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o Eddie Murphy, you know the really funny fast talking guy with all the voices and quick quips. You know what’d be a great idea. Getting a film in which the whole premise is to make this really funny guy only be able to say 1000 words. Seriously who the hell thought this’d be worth making into a film. Don’t get me wrong the first half hour in which Eddie talks is pretty funny. Then it quickly descends into one of the worst films I’ve ever seen. And just when you think the film couldn’t get any worse. IT becomes a painfully schmaltzy affair which almost had me tearing out my eyes so I wouldn’t have to watch this massive pile of excrement. Demon begone. I know he’s made some bad films in the last decade but every once and a while Eddie Murphy does something which reminds you awesome he can be. For every ‘Holy man’ there’s an ‘I spy’, for every ‘Pluto Nash’ there’s a ‘Showtime’. Recently in ‘Tower Heist’ he was by far the best thing in it, the film was a disaster until he appeared on screen. You gave me hope Eddie, you made me think you were going to start making good films again and you ruined it. If this film was a person it’d turn up midway through film and ruin the ending

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each other throughout yet when the action happens it’s accompanied by a horrendously loud soundtrack. I ended up reaching for the remote when the guns started to go off, like my flat was suddenly filled with a giant comic book style “BOOM”. It’s just bugs me, at least it wasn’t one of films that has everyone whisper inaudibly whilst a booming soundtrack leaves you unable make out what the hell is going on. That’s more annoying that catching your pubic hair in a zip. Damn zip. James McCulloch for GoGuide Magazine

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ean Bean has been dying continuously in films for the last 20 years. Any time he appears you’re basically just counting the time until gets shot or beheaded. He’s like a better known (and paid) Sean Pertwee, but with a crazy 80’s footballer mullet. In this he is minus the mullet playing a special agent attempting to eliminate a terrorist group on the eve of a general election. The film is rather clever and follows one of the terrorists. Through a series of flashbacks you witness his radicalisation. It doesn’t do it in a way that makes you feel pity for the terrorist, it’s just trying to let you see that he’s human with emotions, lovers and friends. He feels sorrow for a friend that dies and is in no way in as deep as a lot of the people around him. Also bring into it some weird goings on in the background with someone in the government seemingly working against Sean Bean and you end up having a rather enjoyable thriller. The violence, when it happens, is quick and brutal. My only real complaint is that it’s one of those annoying films where the characters talk quietly to AUG 2012 - issue (20)

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in the film but the concept is so ludicrous it’s hard to connect with it on any level. I think it’s just difficult because if the film had been a biopic it would have been a lot more interesting than a basic run of the mill thriller featuring a copycat killer. Even the ending manages to fall short of any expectation. I won’t spoil it for you in case you want to waste a couple of hours of your life, (which you’ll never get back) but it’s a rather frustrating waste of time that never goes anywhere worthwhile. Stay well away from this one. James McCulloch for GoGuide Magazine

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like Edgar Allen Poe, and I’m a huge fan of John Cusack. So you’d imagine a film in which John Cusack plays Edgar Allen Poe would be right up my street. Until you discover that John Cusack isn’t playing Poe in a biopic. No, he’s playing Poe in a bizarre thriller in which a murderer is mimicking Poe’s work, and the police ask Poe to assist in the investigation... Seriously that’s what the films actually about. This film has been made before and a lot better, many times. Considering the cast features also features Brendan Gleeson the acting is awful throughout. A lot of the murders were better in the old Roger Corman films featuring Vincent Price. For example the pendulum scene, which is filled with tension in the awesome Pit and the Pendulum, is completely void of any terror. The pendulum comes down and rather quickly cuts the guy in half. There’s a lot of blood but blood doesn’t make horror. You have no idea who the character being chopped in half is. He’s just some random guy. It loses all impact. I’m trying hard to find some redeemable qualities

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MOVIES YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED ?

his starts off like your usual horror. A bunch of badly acted teen stereotypes head out to a cabin in the middle of nowhere for spring break. On the way they pass some dodgy looking hillbillies. They realise they need beer and stop to grab some. At the store however the film changes from your run of the mill horror set up and starts following the hillbillies Tucker and Dale. So basically without spoiling anything because as you all know, people who post spoilers are made of evil. Like Rosie O’Donnell. As Tucker and Dale head out to their new holiday cabin the teens start to believe they are homicidal hillbillies from a horror movie that have kidnapped their friend and begin making attempts to attack them. This film is awesome, and not just if you’re a fan of the kind of films this is sending up. Even the wife was laughing. I mean not as much as me, but she made it through the whole film, which is a lot more than can be said for most of the stuff I put on. It’s a AUG 2012 - issue (20)

perfect comedy horror, and that’s hard to do. I mean the only one I can think of right now is Shaun of the Dead. If you want to throw the Evil Dead films into the comedy horror genre then that’s cool. This film sits right up there with all of them. It manages to be both gruesome and funny as hell. Probably because the gruesome scenes are also funny. The set up is perfect and every time you go back to see what the teens are doing you can totally picture the other side of this movie in which they believe the hillbillies are out to get them. The film also has the best explanation to a cop I have ever seen. I know that sounds weird right now but when it happens in the film you’ll laugh your ass off. James McCulloch for GoGuide Magazine

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WE BOUGHT A ZOO (20TH CENTURY FOX HE)

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ACT OF VALOUR (MOMENTUM PICTURES) THE DARK KNIGHT/BATMAN BEGINS (WARNER HOME VIDEO)

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The Top 10 BoxOffice games for Playstation, Xbox and PC this month...!!!.

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No1: LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES

1 LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME 2 TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER 3 THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 4 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES 5 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3

6 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY 7 MAX PAYNE 3 8 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM 9 FIFA 12 10 SNIPER ELITE V2

X-BOX

1 LONDON 2012: THE 6 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME 2 TOM CLANCY’S GHOST 7 MAX PAYNE 3 RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER 2:for DCPlaystation, Xbox 8 andTHE V: GG GAMES CHARTS 3 LEGOTheBATMAN Top 10 games PC asELDER voted by SCROLLS GoGuide2 SUPER HEROES SKYRIM 4 THE AMAZING SPIDER9 SPEC OPS: THE LINE 1 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 MAN Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 2 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 5 CALLBattlefield OF DUTY: 10 FIFA 12 3 Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception 3 MODERN No2: TCGR FUTURE SOLDIER 4 Battlefield 3 FIFA 12 3 WARFARE

No1: DIABLO III

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6 THE SIMS 3: SHOWTIME

2 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2012 7 THE SIMS 3: KATY PERRY SWEET TREATS 3 THE SIMS 3 8 SHOGUN 2: TOTAL WAR FALL OF THE SAMURAI 4 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: 9 ANNO 2070 SKYRIM 5 THE SIMS 3: PETS 10 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3

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Forza Motorsport 4 Batman: Arkham City Kinect Sports: Season Two Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure Gears of War 3 Rage III DIABLO

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FIFA 12 Batman: Arkham City Pro Evolution 2012 F1 2011 Sonic Generations GoldenEye: Reloaded

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GAMING NEWS

Windows 8 and Smartglass

ith nearly 3 years passed since the release of Windows 7 an announcement made at Microsoftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual sales meeting that Windows 8 will be hitting the market. With windows 8 the new features

will include new OS trappings and will be available for everyone as for gamers what you need to keep a look for is the Smartglass utility.

ten said. "Movies are immersive, TV is more engaging, music is more interactive and games are more thrilling."

The president of Xbox Live, Mark Whitten spoke of the technology at E3 and said:

To put it simple, Xbox Smartglass will be an app for Windows 8 PCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tablets and mobile devices and will let Users interact with games and videoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being used on their console.

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BATTLEFIELDbeta4

or those who have or planning on pre-ordering the upcoming Medal of Honor Warfighter you’re in for a little bit of a treat as you all will be the first to experience the Battlefield 4 beta. Electronic Arts are giving away an exclusive access to the Battlefield 4 beta when you pre-order Medal of Honor Warfighter Limited Edition before the games launch in October. It’s been revealed that the exclusive Battlefield 4 beta will be available in the fall of 2013 and more details on the actual Battlefield 4 game will be revealed on a later date. With the great success of Battlefield 3 and now with their latest Battlefield 3 Premium which allows access to more content, a hell of a lot new features and all the DLC’s for free with early access and even includes DLC’s out now such as Back To Karkand and their latest DLC Close Quarters. Page 100

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nversion sparked some interest in me with the ability alter gravity in battle and really change the feel of the fight but honestly really just sparked some memories from playing Gears of War. Even with the gravitational affects that redeem the game Gears of War fans will be all too familiar with the controls. The story of inversion is as interesting as watching paint dry with a typical storyline of a tragedy happening and you go on a long and dangerous journey with your best friend who was with you during the incident to find your loved ones. What happens is an alien race that looks like the missing cast from Mad Max take over and kill or take captive everyone and it’s up to you to stop them and free your loved ones. Great voice acting to make up for the story is a big no, there just seems to be no enthusiasm for it therefore making it dull and lifeless. The most impressive feature about the game would be its visuals, they’re not the best and seem a bit bright at times for me for a tragedy storyline but their durable and the destruction in the game nearly reminds me of Red Faction. The third person aspects are strong in the game, mainly because it’s awfully similar to Gears of War especially going into cover and even the 4–wheel equipment inventory. Differences are though you can manipulate gravity as your advantage and send your foes floating in the air waiting

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for you to either shoot them or one button kill them for a melee kill. You can also use gravity ability to lift objects to clear paths or use as throwing objects. Also you can manipulate gravity to yourself known as Vector Shifts and either use the walls or ceilings as the ground to mix it up on the battlefield or floating in the air because of Zero Gravity but this really only happens as a cover to cover system which is pretty unfortunate but actually overall all of the gravity manipulation does make the game chaotically fun and actually playable. The Multiplayer however is just not popular at all as the majority of your time will be wasted on finding a game to join as I’m guessing other players aren’t up for the online feature. With up to an 8 – 9 hour campaign it’s not very long and if you’re lucky might be able to tryout the multiplayer. You can play the campaign by yourself or with a friend, preferably with a friend since the A.I. isn’t the greatest. Inversion therefore is more of a rental game to be honest, it can be fun at times but there over too quickly.

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f you have never played a Lego game before then you should start now because Lego Batman 2 DC Super Heroes blows past all other Lego games with full voice acting and an open Gotham City to explore and, of course, since it’s DC Super Heroes it comes with a host of the lovable characters from the DC Universe. As always the game focuses on light hearted humour and is a family oriented game but it’s no doubt fun to play. The story takes place in an open world Gotham City and begins with The Joker and Lex Luther forming an alliance and it’s up to the dynamic duo of Batman and Robin to team up with Superman to stop their evil plans. The game seems to emphasise on the humorous rivalry between Batman and Superman more than anything stays away from any dark storylines. The new addition of voice acting is something that Lego game veterans may take some time to get used to but does add a whole new depth to the game and to me is a great new feature. Playing through the campaign can last up to 9 – 10 hours, not counting collecting any of the collectables that are available. The open world Gotham City acts as the hub area, with great importance placed on the graphics, you’re free to explore its secrets, continue the story or cause chaos in the streets, you do get a sense

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of GTA as being able to jump in and out of any vehicle, including the Batmobile and even giraffes, has not been seen in any of the previous Lego games. Being able to save mid-level is now a new and handy feature as some of the levels can be long. On the downside some things can seem quite repetitive at times; especially the puzzles in the game, some puzzles are even so simple that it’s hard to notice what you have to do. It is quite gutting that there wasn’t any original voice casting from the Batman Arkham games or animated series but cast members do an appreciative attempt towards the characters. Probably the biggest fault in the game was the fact that the other Justice League members such as Flash, Wonder Woman and Green lantern etc. don’t have a massive part in the game and only really show themselves towards the end. After completing the game though you can then use them in free roam and replaying levels. Overall Lego Batman 2 DC Heroes is probably the best Lego game to date. It has the changes to the core gameplay and it really pay off. I was sceptical towards the voice acting when I heard about it but if anything it adds more humour to the game and fits nicely in Lego games. Let’s hope that the new Lego take on The Lord of the Rings franchise will be just as impressive as, if not better, than Lego Batman 2. Sammy S for GoGuide Magazine

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ince the unknown developer Beenox had taken over the plans for future Spider-Man games a few years ago they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really hit the ball the park with Shattered Dimensions and Edge of Time but with the new revamped Spider-Man movie release the developers went back to the more traditional Spider-Man

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game and taking the influence from the 2004 game Spider-Man 2.

Visually, The Amazing Spider-Man looks pretty impressive and webslinging between skyscrapers is as fun as ever.

With plenty of web-slinging through a vibrant open world New York City and inspiring to be what made Spider-Man games good in the first place you will begin to appreciate the overall experience.

The combat is like any other Spider-Man game and involves easy combos, web strikes, witty one-liners and now a Batman style counter system and also you are able to take out unexpected enemies with stealth attacks. As you explore through New York City your mini map will quickly come alive with things for you to do. There are plenty of side missions to keep you playing such as stop muggings and

The Amazing Spider-Man game is actually the follow up to the 2012 blockbuster film The Amazing Spider Man so recommend watching the film first before playing the game.

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fight off gangs and a few collectibles that boost your experience points. But what you will notice very quickly is that it’s just the same mission over and over again and repetition isn’t something we want to see now such as stopping the same high speeding car all the time, you actually start to admire their commitment. Also for that moment when you complete the game and you just free roam all the time you play it again now there’s a feature that will keep you roaming the streets and rooftops of New York with over 700 pages of actual Spider-Man comics

for you to read at the menu page. Some are in hard to reach places but they can be collected with the new web rush feature that just makes web slinging even more fun. At the push of a button you can slow down time and aim where you want to quickly rush to or getting out of fights. It’s an stylish way of getting to those hard to get spots. If anything the graphics could be sharper and the bosses could be better as well as the boss fights. With all super-hero games there always has to be robot enemies and to be honest it’s getting a little bit of

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a cliché now. The Amazing Spider-Man brings back some much needed credibility to the Spider-Man games. The game is fun, especially the web slinging which is reminiscent of the great web slinging from the PS2 game Spider-Man 2, though it’s not challenging or engaging it will put a smile on some of your faces. Sammy S for GoGuide Magazine

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’m a big Point ‘n’ Click Adventure fan from way back in the old days, well before there were any consoles around. Unlike blistering speed and photo realistic graphics, adventure games were truly all about characters and story telling. If a game didn’t get those two things right then it was ‘Game Over’ for them. Many did fall by the wayside but among all the drivel there were some real diamonds.

S ’ T A H W G I B E H T T N E V D A

Nowadays a lot of these can be picked up for pennies for the PC, or on console emulators or some are even getting the ‘reboot’ treatment like one of my favourites Leisure Suit Larry. So here’s my top Adventure Games of the last decade….

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S G TURE Sam & Max

Sam & Max is a media franchise focusing on the fictional characters of Sam and Max, the Freelance Police. The characters, who occupy a universe that parodies American popular culture, were created by Steve Purcell in his youth, and later debuted in a 1987 comic book series. The characters have since been the subject of a graphic adventure video game developed by LucasArts, a television series produced for Fox in cooperation with Nelvana Limited, and a series of episodic adventure games developed by Telltale Games. In addition, a variety of machinima and a webcomic have been produced for the series. The characters are a pair of anthropomorphic, vigilante private investigators based in a dilapidated office block in New York City. Sam is a calculative sixfoot dog wearing a suit and a fedora, while Max is a short and aggressive “hyperkinetic rabbity thing”. Both enjoy solving problems and cases as maniacally as possible, often with complete disregard for the law. Driving a seemingly indestructible blackand-white 1960 DeSoto Adventurer, the pair travel to many contemporary and historical locations to fight crime, including the Moon, Ancient Egypt, the White House and the Philippines, as well as several fictitious locations.

Leisure Suit Larry Series Leisure Suit Larry is a series of adventure games written by Al Lowe and published by Sierra from 1987 to 2009. The main character is Larry Laffer who, though still somewhat lovable, is a balding, dorky, double entendrespeaking, leisure suit-wearing “loser” in his 40s. The games follow him as he spends much of his life trying (usually unsuccessfully) to seduce attractive women. Larry is in the process of receiving the reboot treatment so hopefully a new chapter in the Laffer saga will be with us soon.

The series has been very successful despite its relatively limited amount of media, and has gathered a significant fan base. However, the franchise did not gain more widespread recognition until after the 1993 release of LucasArts’ Sam & Max Hit the Road, which cultivated interest in Purcell’s original comics. Sam & Max Hit the Road is regarded as an exceptional adventure game and an iconic classic of computer gaming in the 1990s. AUG 2012 - issue (20)

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Maniac Mansion 2 Day Of The Tentacle

Day of the Tentacle, also known as Maniac Mansion II: Day of the Tentacle, is a 1993 graphic adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It is the sequel to the 1987 game Maniac Mansion. The game’s plot follows Bernard Bernoulli and his friends Hoagie and Laverne as they attempt to stop the evil Purple Tentacle—a sentient, disembodied tentacle—from taking over the world. Throughout the game you can skip between the 3 main characters that are scattered across time in an attempt to bring them back together and to save the world.

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VENTURE?

Police Quest 1 - 3

Forget 4, it is the beginning of the end as graphics take over from substance. Police Quest is a series of video games produced and published by Sierra On-Line between 1987 and 1993. The original series was composed of four adventure games, the first three of which were designed by former policeman Jim Walls, with the fourth title designed by former LAPD Chief Daryl F. Gates. Police Quest cast the player as Sonny Bonds, a 15 year veteran police officer in the fictional town of Lytton, California. Assigned to traffic duty, Sonny investigates what appears to be a simple car crash but turns out to be a homicide. Sonny continues to give a traffic violation citation, single-handedly face a tough gang of drunken bikers, and make a DUI arrest. As the game progresses, he goes from patrol to temporary narcotics detective and finally undercover, tracking “The Death Angel”, a murderous drug dealer named Jessie Bains. Sonny is assisted by “Sweet Cheeks” Marie, his former high school sweetheart who is now working as a prostitute. The game is the most realistic of those developed by Sierra in the late 1980s when compared to Leisure Suit Larry, King’s Quest, or Space Quest, and featured many puzzles where proper police procedure is required to succeed.

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WHAT’S THE BIG ADV FULL THROTTLE Full Throttle is a computer adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It was designed by Tim Schafer, who would also designs Grim Fandango, Psychonauts and Brütal Legend. The game features voice actors Roy Conrad and Mark Hamill. It was released on April 30, 1995. It is the tenth game to use the SCUMM adventure game engine.

DISCWORLD 1, 2 & DISCWORLD NOIR Discworld is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Teeny Weeny Games and Perfect 10 Productions in mid-1995. It stars Rincewind the Wizard (voiced by Eric Idle) and is set on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. The game’s plot is based roughly on the events in the book Guards! Guards!, but with Rincewind substituted for Sam Vimes. The game contains elements of Moving Pictures. There was a direct sequel to Discworld, titled Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!? Discworld Noir (a standalone story starring an original character. Discworld has been praised for its humour, voice-acting and graphics, though there have been criticisms concerning its gameplay and puzzles. Discworld has also been noted as being extremely challenging.

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VENTURE?

GRIM FANDANGO Grim Fandango is a dark comedy neo-noir adventure game released by LucasArts in 1998, primarily written by Tim Schafer. It is the first adventure game by LucasArts to use 3D computer graphics overlaid on pre-rendered, static backgrounds. As with other LucasArts adventure games, the player must converse with other characters and examine, collect, and use objects correctly to solve puzzles in order to progress. Grim Fandango’s world combines elements of the Aztec belief of afterlife with style aspects of film noir, including The Maltese Falcon, On the Waterfront and Casablanca, to create the Land of the Dead, through which recently departed souls, represented in the game as calaca-like figures, must travel before they reach their final destination, the Ninth Underworld. The story follows travel agent Manuel “Manny” Calavera as he attempts to save Mercedes “Meche” Colomar, a newly arrived but virtuous soul, during her long journey. The game received positive reviews, praising its artistic design and overall game direction in particular. Grim Fandango was selected for several gaming awards at the time of release, and is often listed in publishers’ lists of top games of all time. However, the game was considered a commercial failure and factored into LucasArts’ termination of their adventure game development, contributing to the decline of the adventure game genre. To my knowledge this was the first adventure games to move away from the true point ‘n’ click interface to a keyboard controlled system which in my opinion was also a MAJOR factor in the decline of the adventure game genre and hence my reason for including it in the list.

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GABRIEL KNIGHT Sins of the Father

Sins of the Fathers is a point-and-click adventure game, played from a third-person perspective. Its story unfolds over a sequence of “days”, each of which has a required set of actions to be performed before proceeding to the next. In this way, the game proceeds mostly linearly, since the puzzles on a given “day” must be completed in order to reach the next day. However, within each day play may be nonlinear. Throughout the game a running score is added to as new challenges (both required and optional) are completed. Unlike other graphical adventure games that use context-sensitive cursors that change based on what the cursor is hovering over, Sins of the fathers uses “dumb icons” or “dumb cursors” in which the correct cursor must be chosen for a specific interaction with an on screen object.

BENEATH A STEEL SKY Beneath a Steel Sky is set at an unknown point in a dystopian future in Australia, where the Earth has been significantly damaged by pollution and/or nuclear fallout. In Australia, the six states and two territories of have been consumed by their respective capital cities and are described as “city states”. Union City is the second largest of the six remaining city states after the acquisition of Asio-City. Notably ASIO is Australia’s national intelligence agency. After the “Euro-American War”, all participants agreed upon a set of ideals described as the “neo democratic principles” which remove all labour representation and social benefits. Ironically, those that subscribe to these principles are called “Unions” contrasting the real world definition of what a trade union pushes for. Those that oppose the Unions’ ideals are called “Corporations”. All of the City States in Australia are either Corporations or Unions.

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The larger political context of the game involves a conflict between Union City and the Hobart Corporation, whereby they are each trying to achieve market dominance by the use of sabotage. During the game, characters in Union City remark that Hobart Corporation is winning the “economic war” by flooding the with “cheap, gimmicky garbage,” although it is AUG 2012 - issuemarket (20) never clarified whether this is mere propaganda.

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BROKEN SWORD SERIES The first game in the series, Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars, was released in 1996 by video game company Revolution Software. The first sequel, Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror, was released a year later, and was followed by two more direct sequels: Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon in 2003, and Broken Sword: The Angel of Death in 2006. A remake of the first game in the series, known as Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars – Director’s Cut, was released in 2009, and a remake of the second game in the series, known as Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror – Remastered. Staying true to its origins Broken Sword remains a true point ‘n’ click adventure through all the games. The main protagonists of the series are George Stobbart, an American patent lawyer, and Nicole Collard, a French freelance journalist, although Nicole does not appear as a playable character in the original The Shadow of the Templars. In The Shadow of the Templars, American patent lawyer George Stobbart, who is touring Europe, is a witness and victim of a bomb attack on a Parisian hotel, caused by a clown, later revealed to be a serial killer named Khan, who steals an old man’s briefcase and then sets off a bomb inside the building. Later on, he meets a French photo-journalist, Nicole “Nico” Collard, with whom they try to discover who is responsible for the murder of the old man, Plantard, and while doing so, end up unravelling a conspiracy relating to the Knights Templar. The third and fourth game, The Sleeping Dragon and The Angel of Death, also follow the Templar-related story line: The Sleeping Dragon continuing the story from The Shadow of the Templars with a number of returning characters, while in The Angel of Death, George and Nico, with a newly-introduced character Anna-Marria, unravel a mystery related to the Catholic Church. Unlike the other instalments, in The Smoking Mirror George and Nico unravel a Mayan mystery, involving the Mayan God Tezcatlipoca.

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Monkey Island 1 – 3

(After the 3rd instalment the games move away from pure point and click to a bizarre keyboard control) Monkey Island is the collective name given to a series of five graphical adventure games produced and published by LucasArts, originally known as LucasFilm Games through the development of the first game in the series; the games have produced a significant cult following. The fifth instalment of the franchise was developed by Telltale Games in collaboration with LucasArts. The games follow the misadventures of the hapless Guybrush Threepwood as he struggles to become the most notorious pirate in the Caribbean, defeat the plans of the evil undead pirate LeChuck and win the heart of governess Elaine Marley. Each game’s plot usually involves the mysterious Monkey Island and its impenetrable secrets. In 2000, Lucasfilm together with Industrial Light & Magic worked on an animated movie which was never completed. In 2007, Ted Elliot was revealed as having written the scripts for the movie on fan site World of Monkey Island. Elliot would later go on to write the Pirates of the Caribbean film series which bears striking similarities to the Monkey Island series

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Indiana Jones 1 + 2 In the first game a typical Lucasarts control system is utilised and the plot closely follows, and expands upon, the film of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. As the game begins, Indiana Jones has returned to his college, after reclaiming the Cross of Coronado. He is approached by businessman Walter Donovan, who tells him about the Holy Grail, and of the disappearance of Indy’s father. Indy then travels to some of the places seen in the movie, such as Venice and the catacombs, after meeting fellow archaeologist Elsa Schneider. In the process he finds his father held captive in the Brunwald Castle, after passing through the maze-like corridors, fighting and avoiding guards. Then Elsa’s double role is revealed when she steals the Grail Diary from Indy. After escaping, father and son pass through Berlin to reclaim the Diary and have a brief meeting with Hitler. Then they reach an airport, from where they intend to seek the Valley of the Crescent Moon, by Zeppelin or biplane. There are many action scenes, involving fists, and the biplane sequence above Europe, pursued by Nazi planes. With the second game the plot is set in the fictional Indiana Jones universe and revolves around the eponymous protagonist’s global search for the legendary sunken city of Atlantis. Sophia Hapgood, an old co-worker of Indiana Jones who gave up her archaeological career to become a psychic, supports him along the journey. The two partners are pursued by the Nazis who seek to use the power of Atlantis for warfare, and serve as the adventure’s antagonists. The story was written by Hal Barwood and Noah Falstein, the game’s designers, who had rejected the original plan to base it on an unused movie script. They came up with the final concept while researching real-world sources for a suitable plot device.

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SANITARIUM Sanitarium tells the story of Max Laughton, a man who suffers from amnesia after getting in a car accident and awakening in an asylum. As the story progresses, Max frantically tries to unveil the details of his institutionalization and the search for his own identity. The game uses a bird’s-eye view perspective and a non-tiled 2D navigational system. Each world and setting carries a distinct atmosphere that presents the real world, the imaginary world, or a mix of both of the main protagonist. In many cases, it is unclear to the player if the world the character is currently in is real or a product of Max’s own imagination. This indistinction underlines much of the horror portrayed in the game. The game is separated into different “chapters” with each having a different style and atmosphere. The player must find clues, solve puzzles and interact with other characters to reach a final challenge where the player must reach the end of a path while avoiding obstacles. If the player fails to do so (by, for instance, getting killed) then the player is transported back to the beginning of the path without losing progress, thus a Game Over in this game is non-existent. When the player reaches the end of the path, a cinematic is played and the game proceeds to the next chapter.

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SIMON THE SORCERER Simon the Sorcerer is an adventure game that was released by Adventure Soft on 2 January 1993 for Amiga and MS-DOS formats. The story begins with the protagonist, Simon, as an ordinary teenager. His dog, “Chippy”, discovers a chest in the loft of his house containing a spellbook titled “Ye Olde Spellbooke” (which Simon derisively reads as “Ye old-ee spellbook-ee”). Simon throws the book onto the floor in contempt, but a portal opens above it. Chippy goes through the portal and Simon follows. After entering the portal, Simon finds himself in another world. After escaping from some goblins who intended to eat him, he discovers that he has been brought on a quest to rescue the wizard Calypso from the evil sorcerer Sordid. The game includes parodies of various popular books and fairy tales, including Rapunzel, The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, Jack and the Beanstalk and the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Simon is voiced in this game by Chris Barrie, known for his roles a Rimmer in Red Dwarf and as the health centre manager in The Brittas Empire.

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WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S THE BIG ADV SPACE QUEST SERIES Space Quest is a series of six comedic science fiction computer adventure games released between 1986 and 1995. The games follow the adventures of a hapless janitor named Roger Wilco as he campaigns through the galaxy for "truth, justice and really clean floors". Initially created for Sierra On-Line by Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy (who called themselves the "Two Guys from Andromeda"), the games parodied both science fiction properties such as Star Wars and Star Trek (the theme song itself is a parody of the Star Wars theme), as well as pop-culture phenomena from McDonald's to Microsoft. The series featured a silly sense of humour heavily reliant on puns and wacky storylines. Roger Wilco, a perpetual loser, is often depicted as the underdog who repeatedly saves the universe (often by accident) - only to be either ignored or punished for violating minor regulations in the process.

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VENTURE? STAR TREK 1 + 2 Star Trek: 25th Anniversary, a combination of flight simulator and adventure game, was the first critical and popular hit in the Star Trek computer gaming franchise. Game play is broken down into several “episodes” reminiscent of the Star Trek television series (the game is portrayed as “the lost fourth season”). Much like the away parties of the series, the game puts the player in control of as many as four characters at once. The adventure team consists of the series’ main characters, Captain James T. Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy, and an occasional “red-shirted” security officer, who is the first to be killed should the player make a fatal misstep. Sulu, Scotty, Uhura, and Chekov would have to wait for the sequel, Star Trek: Judgment Rites, to appear on the away missions. Destroying the Enterprise or killing one of the main characters ends the game, requiring the player to restart from the last saved game. This was mandated by Paramount, which had final approval rights on the game’s contents. Getting a “red shirt” killed may be accomplished in almost every episode and will not end the game, but will lower the mission score. The original cast of Star Trek, including William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, and Walter Koenig, provided their voices for the CD version of the game. The minor character, con man Harry Mudd, also makes a guest appearance in one of the game’s episodes (though the original actor, Roger C. Carmel, did not voice the role, as he had died in 1986).

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KING’S QUEST SERIES King’s Quest is an adventure game series created by the American software company Sierra Entertainment. It is widely considered a classic series from the golden era of adventure games. Following the success of its first instalment, the series was primarily responsible for building the reputation of Sierra. Roberta Williams, co-founder and former coowner of Sierra, designed all of the King’s Quest games. The first game was released in 1984, and the latest came in 1998, although in February 2011, it was announced that the series will be rebooted by Telltale Games. The King’s Quest series chronicles the saga of the royal family of the Kingdom of Daventry through their various trials and adventures. The story takes place over two generations and across many lands, including Daventry, Kolyma, Llewdor, Tamir, Serenia, Eldritch, Etheria, Land of the Green Isles, Realm of the Dead, The Swamp, Dimension of Death, Underground Realm of the Gnomes, Barren Region, Frozen Reaches, Paradise Lost, and Realm of the Sun.

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So that’s our GoGuide Roundup of some classic Point ‘n’ Click adventure games from over the past few years. Now, it seems that a whole new generation of developers are trying really hard to re-invent the P’n’P Adventure genre with some stunning looking titles released ober the bast couple of years and some amazing titles promised in the coming years. So if you haven’t tried the more laid back P’n’P approach to gaming then why not give it a whirl, you never know you might find that a mouse is all you’ll need from now on to get your gaming fix. 1954: Alcatraz

Daedalic and Irresponsible Games (Release Q4 2012)

In 1950s San Francisco, a man named Joe is sentenced to 40 years in Alcatraz for armed robbery. He’s determined to escape, but no one has ever broken out of the infamous prison before. He’ll need his wife’s help, but she’s got problems of her own, as a fellow gangster is threatening her life if she doesn’t hand over the stolen swag. But only Joe knows where it’s stashed, and the “entire North Beach is searching for the jackpot. Will our hero be successful in the race for the loot?” The Dream Machine

Cockroach Inc (Released May 2012)

The Dream Machine’s story centres around Victor and Alicia Neff, a young and married couple who have just moved to a new apartment in the city from their former country abode. Whilst settling in, Victor finds a cryptic note that sets him on a path that puts the couple in danger, as they uncover the secrets that lurk in their new home. There’s a real believability to Victor and Alicia’s married life; at one point Alicia asks her husband if he would like “the truth or some appeasing bullshit” in relation to a simple question. Hoodwinked

E-One (Released June 2012)

Hoodwink is a classic point and click adventure, in which you play Michael Bezzle, a smart-mouthed bumbling scoundrel seeking to turn over a new leaf and settle down with his girlfriend. However his luck takes a turn for the worse when his final caper lands him in trouble with the government and he must rely on his wits as he gets further enmeshed in the machinations of the state.

Runaway : A Road Adventure

Dinamic Multimedia (Released 2003)

New York, 2000......Without knowing how or why, Brian, a student on the verge of graduating from college, is attacked by Mafia gangsters. During his desperate getaway, in the company of a mysterious striptease dancer, he ends up meeting a wide range of unusual characters.

A New Beginning

Daedalic Entertainment

A New Beginning is a cinematic, interactive eco-thriller with many challenging puzzles and adventurous situations for players to overcome. An impending global climate cataclysm threatens the world, in a story ripped from today’s headlines, dealing with the defining issue of our time. With multiple locations being threatened around the globe, players will have to try to stem the tide with the world hanging in the balance. AUG 2012 - issue (20)

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The Bennie Museum The Bennie Museum opened in 1989 as a museum of Bathgate’s history and life. It is run entirely by volunteers under the management of a Charitable Trust. It has been commended by the Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions. www.benniemuseum.org.uk 11am - 4pm (Apr to Sep) & 11am -3.30pm (Oct to Mar) - FREE 9-11 Mansefield Street, Bathgate, EH48 4HU 01506 634944

Almond Valley Heritage Trust, Almond Valley is operated as a popular leisure destination that appeals to a diverse audience and promotes learning through discovery, family interaction and play. We also operate a formal education programme. www.almondvalley.co.uk Millfield, Livingston, EH54 7AR 01506 414957

The Garage Skatepark The Garage Skatepark is an indoor skatepark based in Livingston which is being improved on constantly to give skaters the best experience around. The park is open to Skateboards ,Inline Skates and BMX. Kids under 16 wanting to ride at the park will be required to wear a helmet. The park also has its very own shop stocking Boards, Wheels, Trucks, T-shirts and other accessories. www.thegarage.zxq.net Mon - Sat: 10am - 10pm - Sun: 10am - 8pm 5D Grange Road, Houston Industrial Estate, EH54 5DE 01506 530892

Bankhead Mountainball Like many ‘extreme’ sports, Zorbing, Orbing or Sphereing was created in New Zealand back in 1994. The concept is quite simple, you build a human sphere which can accommodate up to two fully grown adults, secure them inside then let them roll down a hill in it (hamsters have been exercised for many years in a very similar way!) www.bankheadmountainball.co.uk Contact for opening hours Bankhead Farm, Dechmont, Broxburn, EH52 6NB 01506 811209 Page 124

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Funtastic Fantasy Golf Limited Miniature golf arena but it’s one with a difference it’s BLACK-LIGHT UV which means that not only do the 3D prop’s glow in the dark but also the golf balls and art work on the wall do too. This facility is a fantastic family day out for all ages & abilities with a cafe that sell homemade food made onsite at their cafe ‘Dino Bites’

Mon - Sun: 10:00 am - 10:00 pm 3 St Andrews Way, Livingston, EH54 8HQ 07935 576943

Racing Karts Racing Karts quickly established itself as a force in Indoor Kart Racing due to its attention to safety, cleanliness and customer satisfaction. They like to call themselves ‘The Friendly Circuit’ www.racingkarts.co.uk Times: Booking required - call to arrange Arrol Square, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 8QZ 01506 410123

Livingston Skate Park The Livingston Skatepark opened in 1981, at a time when most commercial skateparks were closing and was one of the most important facilities in Britain during a critical period in the development of skateboarding. It is an example of a free, unsupervised facility which achieved international status. Daylight access all year round FREE 16 Northwood Park, Opposite Almondvale Shopping Centre, Livingston, EH54 6HR

Deer Park Ten Pin Bowling Deer Park Bowling Centre is a 16 Lane Bowling Centre with the capacity to hold 128 bowlers. There is a bar and food served throughout. At ‘Late night Glow Bowling’ the lights are dimmed and the lanes come alive with GLOW IN THE DARK, ULTRA VIOLET lighting effects and music. www.deer-park.co.uk Mon-Thur: 4pm-10pm / Fri: 12pm-midnight / Sat: 10am-midnight / Sun: 10am-10pm Golf Course Road, Livingston, EH54 8AB - 01506 446699 AUG 2012 - issue (20)

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upiter Artland is a contemporary sculpture garden set in the 80 acre estate grounds of Bonnington House on the east side of East Calder. The house has a long history which we won’t cover here but I remember it from its time in the 1980’s when it was owned by ex-Glasgow Rangers owner David Murray’s company, Murray International Metals Ltd. It was then purchased at the end of the 80’s with the plan of turning it into a golf course, which never materialised. The property then passed to religious sect the Moonies in the early 90’s before finally being purchased by current owners Robert and Nicola Wilson. Page 126

Nicola had seen the house advertised in a magazine back in 1999 and the couple purchased the property and renovated the house over a 2 year period. Having ‘lived’ with the house and with their attention turning to their garden they purchased the adjacent field. Trained as a sculptor at the Camberwell College of Art, Nicolas plan to create a sculpture garden began to take shape from then on. After many years in the creation process Jupiter Artland opened its doors in May 2009. The garden features works by many leading artists who were commissioned to produce pieces and then have them constructed on the site. The relationship between the piece and the surrounding flora and fauna of each artwork is a crucial element in these specific pieces or art. Visiting Jupiter Artland is not quite AUG 2012 - issue (20)

the same as any other art gallery, or any other garden for that matter. It seems to be very much laid out to be a journey of discovery as you work your way along its nonlinear or structured layout. There are pieces here and pieces there all scattered across the location and although you are supplied with a map there is definitely no set route to follow and you are free to roam the pathways and find your own adventures, in places there are no paths and you are encouraged to discover, contemplate and wonder at the sights you find. So our journey began initially when I looked at how to get into the garden. It is only opened from ThurSun during summer and there is no pay at the gate. Bookings MUST be made in advance and online through the Jupiter Artland web site (see links) and only a limited amount of tickets are sold online in order to limit visitors. So after a few false starts I eventually managed to get a date sorted and booked our tickets.

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The night before I charged my camera batteries and cleared all my memory cards in readiness for a great day out. The park isn’t too hard to find but is marked with a pretty understated sandwich board type sign so if you don’t know where you are going it is pretty easy to miss. We came in the East Calder road side so not sure if there is anything else more noticeable from the A71 side. On approach to the garden you are immediately presented with some artwork in the form of the entrance gates by Ben Tindal. Their grey foliage backdrop is dotted with silver half balls adorned with large silver nails sticking out, a sign of what’s ahead? Jupiter Artland: Main Gate closeup

You now have a short drive along a country lane, which is where ‘Stone Coppice’ is located, an unsettling work by Andy Goldsworthy where sycamore trees in early stages of growth are used to support various large sizes of boulders in a play on how the fragile looking young trees can cope with this massive weight. We unfortunately didn’t see this and instead carried on driving until we came to a clearing where we were presented with the largest of the installations, Charles Jencks' 'Life Mounds', a large Terraced earthwork creation with embedded paths, summit sculptures and inscriptions. Exploring the grassy mounds further reveals sculptures comprising of various materials from iron to Liesegang rock.

‘Steading Wall’ by Jim Lambie

Another of the gardens larger installations is visible immediately on the drive to the car park. ‘Love Bomb’ by Marc Quinn is a 12-metre-high bright multi-coloured orchid which stands atop a small incline proudly on its own, shouting down at all the visitors like some kind of giant ‘Bill and Ben’ character vying for their effection. We started out adventure for real when we visited the lovely gift shop with friendly staff ready and willing to help if you need it. Map in hand we exited the shop into the Gala Hill Wood area where we are immediately greeted by our first close up look at an installation. ‘Steading Wall’ is a series of layered chrome sheets attached to the wall

‘Suck the Neck’ by Anish Kapoor

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of the steading building. They reflect the forest onto the sheets and corners of various sheets are peeled back on themselves to reveal painted coloured backings. A small path leads into the woods and beacons you inside. A very short walk in and you come to ‘Suck the Neck’ a seventeen foot high cage keeping you away from a strange space like gaping hole which you can’t quite see completely into… “Maybe it goes all the way to the centre of the earth?” I told my niece. A piece by Anish Kapoor, it sets the tone and confirms that the woody paths are probably going to be as divinely strange and wondrous as the entrance was.

‘Only Connect’ by Ian Hamilton Finlay

‘Stone House-Bonnington’ by Andy Goldsworthy

‘Landscape with gun and tree’ by Cornelia Parker

‘In Memory’ by Nathan Coley

Following the small path we are led to a point where the woods give way to a small clearing with views across the fields to the industrial shale bings and the sight of mechanical twin fourth bridges, a perfect setting then for the imposing ‘Firmament’ by Antony Gormley. Inspired by an old star map the non-regular polygonal structure of a crouching figure sits ominously across the view. The small ‘Only Connect’ by Ian Hamilton Finlay lets you cross a small ditch/stream and continue your woody adventure. It is an arched limestone bridge market at both sides by stone markers simply inscribed with the title of the piece (which are also the last words of ‘Howards End’ by E.M. Foster). A side step to the left reveals Andy Goldsworthy’s ‘Stone HouseBonnington’ in all its glory. Like Hansel and Gretel’s house it sits ominously on its own surrounded by trees. Built from locally quarried stone it features an interior completely open to the elements and a floor underfoot that exposes the harder side of the location. For me the highlight of the garden is next when you are confronted by the ‘Weeping Girls’ by Laura Ford. It’s a strange one this… and we had to do some explaining to our 5 year old as I think she was as confused as us by the girls. They muster up strange emotions with their poses intentionally set to

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‘Weeping Girls’ by Laura Ford

make them faceless, it’s completely up to the viewer to determine what they are doing, how they are feeling and whether the tile is 100% representative of the pieces. In the end we told our niece they were playing ‘hide ‘n’ seek’ rather than weeping which she was happy with, me I still can’t decide but I have to say I do watch far too many horror movies not to think the obvious. They are beautiful, thought provoking and eerie all at the same time. ‘Temple of Apollo’, another Ian Hamilton Finlay installation, is a circular Portland stone built temple with pillars and gold leaf lettering quoting 'Consecutive upon Apollo a titanic revolt in his heart’.

‘Over Here’ by Shane Waltener

‘Life Mounds’ by Charles Jencks

Some other installations above and below

Finlay’s ‘Xth Muse’ is quite close to here but the path is closed, maybe weather related, but we don’t get to see the Ian Hamilton Finlay piece other than from a distance. By now we have resorted to following our noses and the map has been stowed away in a bag a good way back. The strangest thing we seen on the visit was the ‘Landscape with gun and tree’ by Cornelia Parker, a 9 metre high cast iron replica of a shotgun resting against a large tree. A small grey structure draws our attention and on entering we find that it depicts a small family graveyard with tended headstones and planting. Called 'In Memory' by Nathan Coley the installation is designed to ask us to “think about how we mark lives that are past”. Next we stumble on another large piece in ‘Over Here’ a large web structure by Shane Waltener. The creation was made using circular knitting needles and strong multi coloured fishing line inspired by Shetland lace. I’m not sure if we went of course here, or maybe just missed some stuff, but from here it seems a long walk to the next installation which turns out to be the ‘Life Mounds’ as mentioned earlier. After the mounds we headed up the hill to get a closer look at ‘Love Bomb’ and fed the sheep on the way up before heading to the car and off home for some well earned food.

Conclusion: All in all we had a really lovely afternoon exploring

the place and we haven’t really mentioned all there is to see. Due to time restraints we couldn’t try the cafe either. We will definitely be popping down a good few times more to catch up on how things are progressing and to check up on those pesky weeping little girls. I would definately recommend Jupiter Artland to anyone looking for a day out that is a little different from the usual. Our 5 years old loved it as well so it is somewhere that adults can enjoy as well as them pesky youngsters. Visit www.jupiterartland.org for info and tickets. AUG 2012 - issue (20)

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Delta Force Paintball Delta Force Paintball provides world class paintballing in Scotland. In addition to the scenery, incredible game zones provide players with an adrenalin-fuelled day of paintball action all year round. www.paintballgames.co.uk Weekends + 1 Weekday - check online for details Off Burnhouse Road, Dechmont, Livingston, EH49 6PL 0844 477 5050

Five Sisters Zoo The Five Sisters Zoo was established in 2005 and is the only wildlife attraction centre in West Lothian. With over 100 different species of animals, birds and reptiles from all around the world your visit will be a fun, enjoyable and educational one - all ages. www.fivesisterszoo.co.uk Open 7 Days a week - 10am - 6pm (5pm Winter half of year) Gavieside, West Calder, EH55 8PT 01506 871 111

Overboard Soft Play Overboard Soft Play is an exciting indoor Soft Play and entertainment venue for kids aged 0-11 yrs. They have it all, from chutes to ball pits to go-karts to ball cannons. With an underwater theme and seperate play zones for different age groups and abilities, your children are sure to have a great time from the minute they arrive until itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to go home. www.overboardsoftplay.com Wed - Sun: 10:15 am - 6:00 pm 3 St Andrews Way, Livingston, EH54 8HQ - 01506 873888

If you own a business that offeres stuff to do in the West Lothian area why not drop us some details and we will try our best to get it added to the Out & About section for both the mag and the web site. If you know of any activities that are open to the public and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feature in mag yet please feel free to drop us a message about them (with a web link if possible) content@goguidemagazine.co.uk www.goguidemagazine.co.uk Page 132

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odzilla, was first released in 1954. In 1956, it was adapted by an American company into Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, edited and with added principal scenes featuring Raymond Burr, the film was released internationally becoming a commercial success.

The original Godzilla was greatly inspired by the commercial success of the 1952 re-release of King Kong, and the 1953 success of The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms. Godzilla would go on to inspire Gorgo, Gamera, Cloverfield, and many others. The name “Godzilla” is a romanization, by the film production company Toho Company Ltd., of the original Japanese name “Gojira” — which is a combination of two Japanese words: gorira ‘gorilla’ and kujira ‘whale’. The word alludes to the size, power and aquatic origin of Godzilla. Page 134

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