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Yoda The Creature: The Jedi Master who makes his debut in The Empire Strikes Back . A tricky, powerful being, he speaks in an unusual manner that has been the subject of much scholarly study. Henson Magic: Frank Oz manipulated and voiced the Yoda puppet on Henson’s recommendation, and earned …

The Game Critic E3 2011 Award nominees have been revealed, and it appears BioShock Infinite, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception and Batman: Arkham City are the titles that made the biggest splash with the gaming press at the latest E3 event in June. This list of ‘best of’ E3 hopefuls was …

Don Cheadle has revealed Iron Man 3 will probably shoot next February, as well as talking up a possible spin-off for his character War Machine. During press for his new film The Guard , in which he plays a ruthless FBI agent who’s teamed up with Brendan Gleeson’s curmudgeonly police …

There are very few instances where it’s perfectly acceptable to fall asleep in the middle of playing a videogame.24 hour marathonscome to mind, as doesforced prison torture (opens in new tab). Though you may not see it, the commonality between those two examples is that the player has a greater …

All gamers are carnivores and savages. Oh sure, some of us rarely eat meat in real life, but when we’re in a game, the thing we most want to see is our enemies turned into meat, the more rare and bloody the better. There’s something almost primal about seeing your …

Keep It Light Steve Schapiro : “This image was shot after the most violent scene in the film – the last sequence with all the shooting and stabbing and wrestling. “When Scorsese shouted ‘Cut!’, everyone just collapsed about laughing – it relieved a lot of the tension. “During filming, you …

Spider-Man! Liam Neeson! JK Rowling! Here’s a news round-up to tide you over before day’s end… WARNING: SOME SPOILERS!

Penn Badgley ( Gossip Girl , Easy A ) will play Jeff Buckley in the biopic Greetings From Tim Buckley. There have been rumours circulating for months as to who will play the legendary singer-songwriter; the most likely candidates were said to be Robert Pattinson or James Franco. It turns …

Here be dragons

Hey, videogames are a visual medium. Therefore, graphics are part of the package. How large a part they play is one of those things gamers will argue about for hours, withlots ofphrases like”graphics whore”, “frames per second”, “gameplay first”, and “realism vs art” thrown about. We say don’t overcomplicate things …