Five hours after rush hour, an eerie silence envelopes the road as I cross it without waiting for the lights to change. The sodium-vapour glow of the streetlight overhead illuminates spiders cocooned around its bulb and picks out tiny sparkles of frost on the asphalt beneath my feet. Ah yes, …

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug has released a new full-length trailer online, showing off the full epic scope of the latest episode of Bilbo’s adventure. The new trailer is stuffed with previously unseen footage, as master Baggins and the company of Dwarves press on in their attempts to rid …

Thor (2011) The Drinking Scene: Mug-smashing galore as Thor (Chris Hemsworth) discovers the sweet nectar that is coffee, and hurls the cup to the floor, demanding more of it. “This drink… I like it! ANOTHER!” If The Booze Hadn’t Been There: This one’s booze-free, though can you imagine what it …

Past glories There have been seven officially* recognised console generations thus far, including the current one. Every week, on Monday, we run a Top 7 feature, which rounds up seven related things in gaming. The current console generation is due to be superceded by the start of the eighth in …

Labyrinth (1986) Reality: Teenage girls babysit their infant siblings and rant about the injustice of it all but nothing changes. Except nappies. The Movie Reality: A mystical world of goblins, talking worms and giant furry monsters held within a giant labyrinth manifests after hearing the cries of a moody adolescent. …

Oh no! The next generation (of consoles, not Star Trek) is right around the corner, and you haven’t even gotten ready for it yet! There is still so much to do! You’ve got to clear some space on your desk/entertainment stand, figure out what launch games you’re going to get, …

The Xbox One version of Call of Duty: Ghosts will run natively at 720p, while the PS4 version will run at full HD 1080p, Infinity Ward executive producer Mark Rubin has confirmed on Twitter. “Hey, been on the road last couple weeks so haven’t had a chance to update, but …

Once you exit the Final Offer, you will encounter the messages from Anarky. He will tell you that there are three bombs around Gotham and that you need to find them. To reach Anarky, you will need to go to the three bomb sites and defeat the gang of enemies …

Never in gaming’s history have there been 34 more pointless words than “The Caribbean basin provides an excellent climate for both land and sea turtles. Turtles are reptiles with a hard, protective upper shell called a carapace. All turtles breathe air and lay eggs on land.” That paragraph shows up …

An elderly Irishwoman searches for the son who was stolen from her by nuns 50 years ago. Sounds like a real weepie, right? That it’s nothing of the kind is thanks to Stephen Frears’ understated direction, the skilful script from Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope and, most of all, the …