1) Steven Spielberg turns 71. After seven decades and 64 movies, might the great director’s best work still be to come? It’s easy to take Spielberg for granted, given that he’s been the accepted architect of so much of our cultural landscape since the ‘70s. But in that regard, I …
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Four years, thousands of Reddit posts and hundreds of millions of YouTube views later, we might – repeat, might – be about to learn the answer to one of gaming’s greatest mysteries: what’s hidden inside Mount Chiliad in GTA 5 (opens in new tab)? The answer, we’ve long suspected, is …
Read More »Gears of War 4, Wolfenstein 2, and the best demos you can play for free on the Xbox One right now
Playing a video game demo is a bit like tasting the wine before buying the full bottle at a restaurant. You like the look of it, but you need to know for sure whether it’s worth your money before splashing out on the entire thing. Because developers want you to …
Read More »5 spoiler-free reasons why Get Out is the best horror movie of 2017
2017 has been an incredible year for horror. IT (opens in new tab), Raw (opens in new tab) and Annabelle: Creation were all horrifically wonderful surprises but Jordan Peele effortlessly snared the horror movie of the year back in March with Get Out. In his directorial debut, Peele, the writer …
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When not in the director’s chair, Steven Spielberg could be found in the pilot’s seat. His aircraft was not made of aluminium but, like the world beyond the cockpit windows, pixels and computer-generated polygons. And Spielberg had logged countless hours in the virtual skies. A frequent flyer in Microsoft Flight …
Read More »7 questions I have after watching The Walking Dead season 8 episode 6, The King, The Widow, and Rick
The Walking Dead season 8 (opens in new tab) turned off the war engine for episode 6 (opens in new tab), which took a break from all the fighting to devolve into the sluggish soap opera that fans will be more than familiar with, setting up different scenarios and character …
Read More »The best Star Trek merchandise and gifts
Now that Star Trek Discovery (opens in new tab)’s first half-season has to come an end, you’ve probably been twiddling your thumbs like I have, wondering where to channel all that revitalised Trekmania. As luck would have it, Christmas is coming up, and nothing says Yuletide quite like some spanking …
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Every day’s a school day on Xbox One (opens in new tab), and it’s never too late to pick up some new tricks. We’ve been doing it the hard way, but here’s your opportunity to benefit from years of experience – learn from our mistakes as we present our definitive …
Read More »The best Horizon Zero Dawn merchandise to make Aloy proud
I have some bad news: it’s unlikely that we’re going to be seeing a robot apocalypse akin to the one that sets off the events of Horizon Zero Dawn (opens in new tab). So the chances of you becoming as badass as Aloy are rather slim. But don’t worry! There …
Read More »6 questions I have after watching The Walking Dead season 8 episode 3 Monsters
It turns out that The Walking Dead season 8 (opens in new tab)’s promise of “all out war” is actually shorthand for “very long war”, as episode 3 (opens in new tab) continues to plod along at a snail’s pace, flitting all over the place between different stories and characters …
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