Namco Bandai’s teasing a new announcement (opens in new tab) on the Facebook page for its cult smash, Dark Souls. Yes, within the game’s world, the company hates you and lives only to hear the anguished wails of your death throes; but this is Social Media, so you ain’t hearing …

TV REVIEW Taken to the cleaners Episode 1.03 Writer: Jamie Mathieson Director: Tom Shankland (opens in new tab) THE ONE WHERE Somebody is murdering Dirk’s clients and his cleaner is acting very oddly. VERDICT This was a fine way to finish an all-too-short series. Jamie Mathieson, who has been giving …

Smuggled out of Iran on a USB stick, this brave, poignant film charts a day in the life of writer/director Jafar Panahi. Banned from filmmaking for two decades and appealing against a six-year prison sentence for alleged anti-government activities, Panahi turns the camera on himself in his Tehran apartment. We …