Quickies - CALAMITY KATE, KIDNAPPING STELLA, OXENFREE, & FIRST CONTACT EP

(Reviewed by Melody Werner)
I watch, read, listen to, and play a lot of things I don't review immediately. In an attempt to at least share some of my thoughts on these pieces of media, I'd like to do a few quickies in one post for at least a few weeks. The hope is to expand on these down the road, but for now these should maybe whet your whistle.

CALAMITY KATE (2019)
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse | WRITER: Mags Visaggio
ARTIST: Corin Howell | COLORIST: Valentina Pinto
LETTERER: Zakk Saam | ISSUE COUNT: 4 | GENRE: Action/drama



POSITIVES

+ Funny
+ Terrific art
+ Gay
+ Calamity Kate is pretty cool
+ Naturalistic dialogue


MEH

~ Kinda unsatisfying


NEGATIVES

- The fuck was that ending?

8.5/10

Great



KIDNAPPING STELLA (2019)
DISTRIBUTOR: Netflix | DIRECTOR: Thoman Sieben
ACTORS: I don't think there were any
GENRE: Bad



POSITIVES

+ They at least put the camera on


NEGATIVES

- They actually released the fucker

3/10

Horrid


OXENFREE (2016)
DEVELOPER: Night School Studio | PUBLISHER: Skybound Interactive
PLATFORMS: PC, XBox One, PlayStation 4, Switch, mobile
GENRE: Adventure



POSITIVES

+ Beautiful
+ Naturalistic dialogue
+ Funny
+ Winding story
+ Relatable characters
+ Great music
+ Solid puzzles


NEGATIVES

- Animation glitches
- At times can be overly obscure

9/10

Fantastic



FIRST CONTACT EP (2016)
MUSICIAN: Hollywood Burns | LABEL: 616798 Records DK2
GENRE: Synthrock




POSITIVES

+ Thrilling
+ Funky at times
+ Unique sound
+ Generally pretty tight


NEGATIVES

- A few repetitive songs

BEST SONGS: Burn Hard, Cult of C.

9/10

Awesome

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