STACK #168 Oct 2018

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

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Music Editor Zoë Radas Staff Writer Alesha Kolbe

Issue 168 OCTOBER 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, Samantha Baldry, Gage Pendergast Social Media Manager Sally Carlier-Hull Production Manager Craig Patterson

WELCOME This October, two of the biggest entertainment releases of the year fall in the same month. Red Dead Redemption II finally arrives, serving as a prequel to the critically lauded Red Dead Redemption released eight years ago. We went hands-on with it late last month and you can read our impressions on page 10. And one of the biggest gaming properties on the planet, Call of Duty, is back with the fourth installment in the phenomenally popular Black Ops series. Eschewing the traditional single- player campaign for an all-new Battle Royale mode called Blackout, we get the rundown on COD straight from the developer’s mouth. We’ll also be flying Solo on the DVD cover. Solo: A Star Wars Story is the second spin-off film and stars a well-cast Alden Ehrenreich as the loveable rogue, Han Solo. Production designer on the film, Neil Lamont, spoke to STACK about redesigning the Millennium Falcon, set design and the influence of the original trilogy’s concept artist, Ralph McQuarrie. And of course it’s October, so Halloween is a focus for all the horror nuts in the office. Film editor Scott Hocking writes a passionate opinion piece on the current state of the horror genre, while fans of the genre will undoubtedly be stalking the aisles of JB hunting a killer bargain in the Buy 2 Get 1 Free horror promotion. In music we have new releases from the John Butler Trio, our cover artist, and the remarkably talented Paul Kelly, while Cold Chisel fans will enjoy All For You: The Best of Cold Chisel, freshly reissued on vinyl. Paul Jones, Editor-in-Chief

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