No Lives Left

In Netflix's Resident Evil , there's a point where the main character, Jade, is trapped in some nomadic groups jail cell with her antagonist, Richard Baxter. They are surrounded by zombies and this group of nomads are sacrificing prisoners to the zombies so that they can power the building's electricity. Baxter doesn't want to be the next victim and ends up whipping out a hidden knife from his belt and tells Jade to call him "the master of unlocking." It's such a contrived line that will try to please fans since it is a reference to the start of the original Resident Evil game . Besides the inclusion of zombies and names and places, Resident Evil does it's best to try and tell its own story while still fitting into the established Resident Evil lore.  And while it respects the original trilogy and actually uses it as the backdrop for the current setting, it by no means tells a great story . And while I know little of the Resident Evil lore, I do know t...

Note: I didn't really want to spoil the game. So hopefully this doesn't have any spoilers.  So if you're ever wondering, " What do Star Wars, X-Men, and Spider-man all have in common?"  You'll be happy to know the answer is not just  Disney but also Twelve Minutes.   Not sure if I am just on an Annapurna Interactive kick or maybe just trying to play less expansive games, but I was very interested to see how this game turned out because of the game's premise.  First off, this game has some big names in it. Daisy Ridley (from  Star Wars fame),  James MacAvoy (from  X-Men  fame), and William Defoe (from many movies, but was pretty spectacular in  Spider-man) . Disregarding Defoe, it's interesting that both Daisy and James had to mimic American accents despite both being British for their roles. It's an interesting choice and the acting is still top notch, so it's not a distraction. It's just interesting because there are loads of ...