Lifestyle
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StudentsYour Guide to Scotland’s Digital Dens
Scotland's tech scene is thriving, with numerous collaborative spaces, support networks, and educational groups for anyone interested in coding and creativity. Here's our guide to getting involved Read more »| 31 Aug 2015 -
FashionSpotlight: Fern-Rebekah Bywater
Liverpool graduate Fern-Rebekah Bywater takes inspiration from the built environment to create her sharp, structured womenswear. She tells us about using weird materials, the future of fashion, and how she hopes people feel when they see her designs Read more »| 28 Aug 2015 -
Tech
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Quarantines and nosebleeds, panic and confusion, all these genre staples are present in Rapture but their skillful deployment is anything but routine. Read more »| 24 Aug 2015 -
TechSatellite Reign
Satellite Reign is an isometric real-time tactical RPG promoted as the spiritual successor to Syndicate, a series of acclaimed games predominantly released in the 1990s Read more »| 24 Aug 2015 -
Tech
Submerged
Submerged isn’t a violent game – in fact there are no enemies or danger of any kind – but as an action adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic urban environment, it skirts another kind of desensitisation. Read more »| 21 Aug 2015 -
TechSam Barlow on visionary indie game Her Story
Catching critics off guard with its quality and invention, this year The Skinny was blindsided by interactive detective drama Her Story. Developer Sam Barlow tells us about his fresh and intelligent take on videogame storytelling. Read more »| 20 Aug 2015
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Tech
Bedlam
Christopher Brookmyre’s Bedlam is perhaps as much a love letter to videogames as it is an actual videogame. That love may come with a veritable ton of ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2015 -
IntersectionsCouchsurfin' USA: The Female Travelling Experience
Taking stock of the perks and pains that the patriarchy holds for women backpacking across North America Read more »| 07 Aug 2015 -
Food And Drink
Hawksmoor, Manchester
Can the great steak restaurant's first location outside London live up to its USP? Read more »| 06 Aug 2015 -
Food And Drink
Portland St. 358, Liverpool
Would you visit a place that does pizza fries? We reckon you definitely, definitely should Read more »| 06 Aug 2015 -
Food And Drink
Chinatown, Manchester: On the hunt for 'real' Chinese food
Returning to Manchester after five years living in China, a pair of food lovers take a whistlestop tour of Chinatown. How do the tastes compare? Read more »| 05 Aug 2015 -
Food And Drink
Phagomania: I'd Fry That For A Dollar
We take a deep fried look at fried food from around the world to prove that while it isn’t just the Scots that do it, they perhaps do it best... Read more »| 04 Aug 2015 -
Tech
Cradle
Whatever its other problems, you can’t fault Cradle’s staggering attention to detail. The yurt where the game begins is a masterpiece of scenogra... Read more »| 04 Aug 2015 -
Tech
God of War III Remastered
The deluge of remasters and HD updates shows little sign of abating, a trend that many are citing for this current generation’s rather slow start. It m... Read more »| 04 Aug 2015 -
Travel
Chilly in Chile
Our writer travels to the Atacama to test the hypothesis – do deserts get really cold at night? tl;dr = Yes! Read more »| 03 Aug 2015