Lollipop Magazine

True Widow – Avvolgere – Review

December 30, 2016

2016 may have dropkicked all our hopes and dreams, but it also gave us this killer album, so it might be a wash.

Watch Dogs 2 – Review

November 20, 2016

The sprawling, sun-soaked and varied terrain of Grand Theft Auto V’s Los Angeles and Watch Dogs 2’s San Francisco Bay Area truly feel like gigantic playgrounds.

Pain – Coming Home – Review

November 11, 2016

From industrial to country to metal to classic rock, Tägtgren is just endearingly weird – in the Les Claypool or Devin Townsend mold- when he’s in Pain mode.

Wovenwar – Honor Is Dead – Review

November 4, 2016

Wovenwar sounds unshackled here, free to create a melodic metalcore sound that feels natural rather than predictably soft/heavy, good cop/bad cop.

Gears of War 4 – Review

November 4, 2016

If Gears of War 4 proves anything, it’s that there’s no substitute for the real thing.

RIVE – Review

October 5, 2016

RIVE is a frantic, fast-paced shoot-em-up/platformer that draws from a ton of great source material from the history of white-knuckle action games.

Squarecrow – Rammi Jamms – Review

August 26, 2016

Squarecrow sounds focused and energized throughout Rammi Jamms, and they even throw in a snarled, skank-worthy take on The Smiths’ immortal “Bigmouth Strikes Again.”

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Mutants in Manhattan – Review

June 3, 2016

Mutants in Manhattan, like Transformers: Devastation, looks and plays better than one would expect, but neither stretches beyond “good enough.”

The Damned – Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead – Review

May 27, 2016

Of all the late ’70s punk godfathers, The Damned always seemed to be the ones to use the nascent punk sound for its purest purpose: To make great music.

Hitman – Review

May 6, 2016

The 2016 incarnation of the Hitman franchise is one of the first big names to try out the episodic model for its new game, and it’s a great fit.