There’s no bigger event in cricket than the Ashes series between England and Australia. And, for a time back in the ‘90s, there was no sports game more universally revered than Brian Lara Cricket for first Mega Drive, then PlayStation. Two decades on, you’d figure a contemporary digital combo of …

I’m in an emotionally abusive relationship with an eagle named Apollo who keeps demanding coconuts – and I like it. That’s right, I’m one of those people still playing Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp (opens in new tab), freaking out over the fact that Nintendo just added a garden to my …

Fame is fleeting. After beating a cappella automatons Das Sound Machine to the World Championship in 2015’s Pitch Perfect 2 (opens in new tab), our beloved Barden Bellas have now graduated college and are working jobs that are nothing to sing about. The exception is leader Beca (Anna Kendrick), whose …

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 …

A fantastic film like Star Wars: The Last Jedi (opens in new tab) doesn’t just pop into existence – it’s the product of months of dedicated work by a team of hundreds. The beautiful shots and landscapes you see framed onscreen all started out as concept art created by talented …

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 …

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 …

Hearthstone (opens in new tab)‘s Kobolds & Catacombs (opens in new tab)expansion went live today, so you’re probably already deep into Dungeon Run (opens in new tab) and ready to share your thoughts on the new metagame. In the latest of our chats with the Hearthstone team about Kobolds & …

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 …

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 …