STACK #167 Sept 2018

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Founder Nic Short Editor-in-Chief Paul Jones Film & DVD Editor Scott Hocking

Music Editor Zoë Radas Staff Writer Alesha Kolbe

Issue 167 September 2018

Creative Director Michelle Black DVD Consultant Kerrie Taylor Games Consultant Andre Eivik Music Consultant Mike Glynn Marketing Manager Fleur Parker Chief Contributors Bob Jones , Gill Pringle Contributors Amy Flower, Jeff Jenkins, Simon Lukic, Billy Pinnell, Jonathan Alley, Denise Hylands, Simon Winkler, Adam Colby, Tim Lambert, Jake Cleland, Holly Pereira, Rebecca Fawcett-Smith, Jake Cleland Social Media Manager Sally Carlier-Hull Production Manager Craig Patterson

WELCOME Like most superheroes, Spider-Man has had his fair share of hits and misses in the realm of video games. One of the best so far is Spider-Man 2 , released in 2004. Introducing a realistic 3D web-slinging mechanic allowing players to propel Spidey through the streets of Manhattan to solve crimes, it is also a rare example of a film-to-game adaptation that’s actually good. The most popular superhero in the Marvel canon (well, in my eyes at least), we witnessed the adulation for the latest Spider-Man game (out this month) first-hand, when it was announced at E3 in 2016 during Sony’s press conference – the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles exploded with excitement. The developer, Insomniac Games, has a solid track record of quality games including the Ratchet & Clank and Resistance series, and the excellent Sunset Overdrive . Since Rocksteady Studios redefined the superhero game with its excellent Batman Arkham series, Spider-Man has been calling out for similar treatment. From what we’ve seen and played so far, Insomniac is on course to deliver just that. Elsewhere in September, the latest entry in the enduring Jurassic franchise, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom , lands in stores. In this month’s opinion piece, our film editor takes a look at the history of dinosaurs on film, from pioneer Willis O’Brien’s stop- motion animated T-Rex in Merian C. Cooper’s 1933 classic King Kong , to special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen’s The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) and The Valley of Gwangi (1969), through to Spielberg’s revolutionary Jurassic Park (1993) . What a month! Paul Jones, Editor-in-Chief

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