Resident Evil, Call of Duty, Dead Rising, Dying Light, Left 4 Dead, State of Decay, Dead Island, Plants vs. Zombies… it can often seem as though zombie games are as much of an epidemic as the creatures they so often portray. Not just that, but cast out the net into …
Read More »The Netherlands declares four games using loot boxes to be in violation of law
The Netherlands today declared (opens in new tab) that, after conducting an investigation into the matter, it found several high-profile games’ loot box systems to be illegal. If you’re strongly against the randomized reward system so widely adopted in modern games, you might be tempted to do a little dance …
Read More »Dolores is darker, Bernard is damaged, and 11 other things you need to know about Westworld season 2
Westworld season 2 (opens in new tab) is very nearly here and we still know surprisingly little about what we’ll be getting when it arrives. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing – the success of the first season is mainly down to the fact that you don’t know what’s going …
Read More »“It corrupts or subjugates everybody and everything” – Why The Handmaids Tale is still TVs most terrifyingly relevant future
Praise be, readers. The Handmaid’s Tale season 2 is here. If your skin just chilled a few degrees at that greeting then you know the power of novelist Margaret Atwood’s prose – or you were transfixed by the TV adaptation of her dystopian exploration of misogyny and corrupted religion, The …
Read More »Here’s what was cut from The Walking Dead season 8 finale (and when we might get to see it)
Not everything made it into The Walking Dead season 8 (opens in new tab) finale. Clocking in at a relatively-lean 47 minutes, there was certainly space to include a few extra scenes. But everything which was cut seemed to have been left out for a reason, and it might just …
Read More »Fortnite Battle Royale has removed Guided Missiles permanently in response to player complaints
The Guided Missile disappeared from Fortnite (opens in new tab) Battle Royale last week due to a glitch and now its leave of absence has been extended indefinitely. Developer Epic Games revealed in a post (opens in new tab) on the Fortnite Battle Royale subreddit that the still-quite-new weapon is …
Read More »“It’s closer to a melee short film almost than a straight-on trailer”: The story behind making Dead Island’s ground-breaking trailer
I definitely cried. Maybe you even cried. Who can blame us? Seven years ago one of the most talked-about trailers for a little-known game called Dead Island (opens in new tab) emerged, presenting gamers everywhere with a tragic tale of a family vacation gone wrong. Featuring sections that played in …
Read More »“Please shut the **** up” – These reactions to annoying A Quiet Place moviegoers say it all
Shh. You. Yes, you! The one who has decided today would be a good day to start practising mouth breathing and then sniffing every twelve seconds as if your life depended on it. A Quiet Place (opens in new tab) isn’t for you. Some people didn’t get the memo about …
Read More »Netflix recently cancelled another underappreciated ‘best sitcom ever’… and it’s (probably) your fault
Hear ye, assemble and mourn, for alas it has happened again. Yes, friends, it has come time for another undeserving name to be nailed to the rotting, blood spattered monument to Amazing TV Shows Cancelled Before Their Time. And it is, once again, all your fault. Possibly. Either way, I …
Read More »“The ultimate guilty pleasure” – Read the first reactions to the Rampage movie
What do you get when you cross The Rock and Negan with a 20-foot gorilla and a flying wolf? Rampage, that’s what. It sounds like proper rip-roaring popcorn fare too. Don’t take my word for it, listen to the lucky ones who managed to snag a place at the world …
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