Between fires ravaging California, hurricanes decimating Caribbean islands, earthquakes rocking Mexico and countless other natural disasters, 2017 was one of the most destructive years on record. Art imitates life, so some of last year’s news reports are bound to inspire creatives in entertainment – or at least their financiers – …
Read More »Netflix’s Altered Carbon is Blade Runner meets Black Mirror with Westworld’s morality thrown in
“The first thing you’ll learn is that nothing is what it seems…” This is the opening line of the first episode of Altered Carbon and it couldn’t be more apt. Its true that given the popularity of sci-fi dystopian series and the trend for body-swapping stories, you might think you …
Read More »After a stellar 2017, the remaster-heavy Nintendo Switch is in danger of losing much of what makes it so magical
To paraphrase an LCD Soundsystem song: Nintendo, I love you, but you’re bringing me down. There’s a problem plaguing the Switch. Following on from the Switch’s first year – which included the GamesRadar Game of the Year (opens in new tab) – comes a poor way to enter the New …
Read More »7 questions I have after watching Star Trek Discovery season 1 episode 11 – The Wolf Inside
Hey, Star Trek Discovery (opens in new tab) viewer: welcome aboard the USS OhGodDidThatJustHappen. This week’s episode – The Wolf Inside (opens in new tab) – dished out some big reveals, answering many of the big questions we had from last week’s show (opens in new tab), and from the …
Read More »The creator of PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds on copycats, Twitch and how he wont stop until its your favourite esport
Not so long ago, PlayerUnknown was just that; now, Brendan Greene (the man behind the enigmatic handle) is the head of the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (opens in new tab) empire. It’s an empire that found fame and glory (opens in new tab) on PC, and recently made the jump to Xbox …
Read More »Co-op is making a comeback in 2018, but is there a place for games that rely so heavily on working with friends?
I probably don’t need to remind you that life can be a busy, unpredictable, and sometimes uncontrollable series of events; a frenetic balancing act, as you juggle your time between work, family, friends, recreation, health, and a billion other things all at once. As someone currently tasked with organising a …
Read More »MachineGames on Wolfenstein 2s development, controversy and what’s next: “we always planned this as a trilogy”
Last year was full of huge games, but Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (opens in new tab) managed to stand out thanks to its impressive shooting and insane story – there’s no doubt that it’s one of 2017’s biggest releases. But just what went into making it as bombastic as …
Read More »Why Braid, the indie poster boy’s magnum opus, doesn’t Blow us away nearly a decade later
I remember the furtive chatter more than the experience of playing it: Braid (opens in new tab) was the game that redefined games. It was clever in ways that defied explanation, they said, and it was made by one enigmatic man who became the reluctant star of a movie about …
Read More »Get Senpai to notice you with PlayStation at its most wonderfully Japanese
The Land of the Rising Sun has a long history of providing great video games to the West, and this can clearly be seen through the PlayStation generations. From road tripping buddies to rapping dogs, we’ve picked out our favourite quintessentially Japanese games to grace Sony’s consoles. 1. Hatsune Miku: …
Read More »Can we all agree that gamings evil post-apocalyptic cannibal trope has to stop?
There’s always two sides to every story. With post-apocalyptic cannibals, one half of that story is easy to tell. After all, we tend to assume that only evil people could eat their own kind. But that’s not entirely true. Under the right circumstances, anyone can become a cannibal. You just …
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