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Before Spelunky arrived on the scene four years ago to kick all my free time down a dark, black pit, I have to admit I’d always kinda turned my nose up at games that used random level generation. The concept of levels that rearrange their layouts dynamically on each playthrough …

It’s fair to say that anyone who’s read Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently novels would be unlikely to picture the man now playing the holistic detective on TV in the role. “When I was auditioning for the part and reading the books, I was thinking, ‘I look nothing like how I …

By now, you’ve seen the Rotten Tomatoes score, you’ve eyed the one star reviews, and you’ve flicked the Assassin’s Creed movie (opens in new tab) off your own private sync point. And that’s fine. You’re allowed to write if off completely. Everything is permitted, after all.  But then there’s the …

Hollywood has a tendency to leap on any vaguely popular phenomenon and shove it in the meat-grinder that is the modern movie industry. Yet there’s one niche they haven’t quite cornered. I’d pay good money to see a dark movie about Pokemon Go where twee creatures threaten to rip your …

Like getting a Gamerscore of a million or winning the lottery, it used to be just a crazy dream to imagine real-time strategy working on consoles. Until 2009’s Halo Wars. With its smooth controls designed completely around the Xbox 360 pad, it’s still the most successful console RTS ever. But …

The Big Topic: Discussing the state of Star Wars before Rogue One. Further Discussion: Debating the merits of The Last of Us Part 2. What we’re into: Picking through the best of PSX. If it seems weird to you guys that there’s already a brand new Star Wars movie, know …

As a society, it seems like we’ve matured beyond cynically mocking anything related to dubstep. It’s not just music for hopped-up young’uns undulating in front of a DJ with a laptop – by now, I’m willing to bet that everyone’s heard a dubstep song they genuinely love, even if they …

Bluntly put, Titanfall 2 (opens in new tab) didn’t interest me much at first. Then I met my Titan, BT-7274. I will never forget BT-7274. He alone made Titanfall 2 worth playing and transformed it into a lot more than an ordinary shooter. Pull up a seat and allow me …

Many witches have made appearances during the history of PlayStation gaming, taking on forms far removed from the classic pointy black hat wearing, broomstick riding sorcerers of old. To discover which of those witches are the witchiest witches, read on… Ni No Kuni Not all witches are born wanting to …

Final Fantasy 15 (opens in new tab), like the series it belongs to, has undergone numerous transformations. It began life as Final Fantasy Versus 13 (opens in new tab) – a spin-off that began development 10 years ago – eventually being rebooted as an official mainline entry, complete with a …