![]() While the dialogues could have been better, all of the main characters are credible, and the writing for the most part successfully walk the fine line between the grotesque and the spectacular, which most crime-stories have to tread. Most of the characters are morally ambiguous and while it remains fairly predictable, we are far from the simplistic Manicheism of Nollywood. Called ' Miss Bimbo ', the game is essentially an online competition in which each registered player is given a 'Bimbo' all her own to take care of - sort of like those Tamagotchi pets, but, well, not. Players style their Ximbo character and level her up by accumulating a variety of attribute points. There's a new game in England and France for girls ages 9 to 16, and it's so raunchy it makes Bratz dolls look positively Pollyanna-ish. Pink-and-blue-lighting in the club scenes), and the soundtrack is a bit homogenous for my tasteīut the scenario actually holds its own pretty well, offering a gritty and credible slice of Nigerian street-life and a classic 'rise of the foot-soldier' narrative. is an online fashion game and social networking site. The camera work is unobtrusive and we are served some inevitable clichés (i.e. The fight scenes, while sometimes well choregraphed, are evidently mimed (the lack of sync between the moves and sound effects being partly to blame). Players style their Ximbo character and level her up. It is far from perfect: a lot of the secondary and some of the primary characters are acted by amateurs. (now ximbo.land) is an online fashion game and social networking site. ![]() ![]() I came to this with pretty low expectations: while I enjoy some 'classic' West-African cinema, Nollywood tend to horrify me, often taking the worse of Western cinema and leaving the out the good bits. ![]()
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