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FashionLondon Fashion Week S/S 2016
Shirley Manson and a fascination with Asia: spotting the themes at London Fashion Week's S/S 2016 shows. Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Food And DrinkScottish Food News - October 2015
October's food calendar features coffee, cocktails, a fate-tempting outdoor food festival and a host of food-themed film screenings Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Tech
SOMA
"In SOMA we have put a lot of effort into making sure that every story bit you find in the game feels real. We have tried our utmost to make sure t... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Tech
Blood Bowl II
Blood Bowl has been around in one form or another for quite some time now with the original tabletop game being released back in 1987. It has gone through va... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
TechDundee developers tee up Glitchspace for 2016
With educational videogames becoming increasingly more sophisticated, we take an early look at programming puzzler Glitchspace, an upcoming title from indie studio Space Budgie Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
TechTearaway Unfolded
Nintendo – and designer Shigeru Miyamoto in particular – are famous for the symbiosis between hardware and software in some its most groundb... Read more »| 02 Oct 2015
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TechSuper Mario Maker
It has become increasingly apparent over the last few months that the Wii U is in dire need of some new games to keep players engaged with their flagging con... Read more »| 02 Oct 2015 -
Intersections
How Not to Behave at a Queer Clubnight
Advice for cishet attendees of queer clubnights, courtesy of three people from the industry itself. Read more »| 01 Oct 2015 -
Tech
MOOC: A university qualification in 24 hours?
MOOCs have been through a dramatic cycle of media hype and criticism over the past few years. Are they bolstering or diminishing the internet's gateway to education? Read more »| 25 Sep 2015 -
Tech
else Heart.Break()
It’s difficult to say exactly what genre else Heart.Break() falls into, containing as it does elements of text-based adventure games, RPGs and even a l... Read more »| 25 Sep 2015 -
Tech
Pepper: A robot to watch you sleep
Last year Japanese telecommunications giant SoftBank unveiled its new humanoid robot Pepper (ペパー). It is being promoted as the “first robot that can read human emotions,” but could it become the first humanoid robot to be commercially viable? Read more »| 23 Sep 2015 -
Tech
SOMA and the evolution of survival horror in videogames
We catch up with Thomas Grip, designer at Frictional Games, to talk about the Swedish studio's indie survival horror game SOMA and to discuss how indie titles have usurped the likes of Resident Evil as the cutting edge of videogame horror Read more »| 23 Sep 2015 -
Tech
Tango Fiesta
Currently there seems to be no end to the wave of retro-inspired indie games. Even by simultaneously paying homage to 1980s action films such as Commando and... Read more »| 22 Sep 2015 -
Tech
Stand up for the new desk top
It looks like standing desks are here to stay. This essential guide brings you up to speed with the various options for getting healthy by standing at work. Read more »| 22 Sep 2015 -
Tech
Until Dawn
What are you afraid of? What makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up as a feeling of unease creeps up your spine? Until Dawn, the first major relea... Read more »| 18 Sep 2015