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GamingTales from the Borderlands – Episode One: Zer0 Sum
Like a great televison series, the first episode of Tales from the Borderlands will likely leave you wanting more. For established Borderlands players, it wi... Read more »| 02 Dec 2014 -
GamingThomas Was Alone
Thomas Was Alone is an indie game. The title itself is achingly twee. The simplistic graphical style, though based on the earlier Flash game, is a product of... Read more »| 02 Dec 2014 -
GamingNever Alone (Kisima Inŋitchuŋa)
Perhaps the most significant paradigm shift brought about by the indie gaming revolution of recent years has been the representation of a much broader range ... Read more »| 02 Dec 2014 -
Gaming
LittleBigPlanet 3
With three core games and as many spin-offs, the LittleBigPlanet series is carving quite a niche as Sony’s cutesy platform flagship. Yet whilst Sackboy... Read more »| 27 Nov 2014 -
GamingFirst Look: Hyper Light Drifter
When starting work on Super Mario 64, legendary director Shigeru Miyamoto instructed his team to begin by making a simple cube move with fluidity and grace b... Read more »| 26 Nov 2014 -
Gaming
Civilization: Beyond Earth
Looking back a decade and a half on, it’s difficult to comprehend the sheer embarrassment of riches that came out of the PC gaming scene in its late 19... Read more »| 26 Nov 2014
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Hardware
Hisense Sero 8
The Sero 8 is a solid and useable budget Android tablet Read more »| 26 Nov 2014 -
Gaming
First Batman: Arkham Knight gameplay footage revealed
The first gameplay footage from Batman: Arkham Knight, the concluding game in the critically-acclaimed Arkham series from UK developer Rocksteady Games, has ... Read more »| 24 Nov 2014 -
Gaming
Opinion: State of Play
It's old "news" that half of gamers are women, but a recent gaming survey contains some more interesting nuggets about gaming culture Read more »| 19 Nov 2014 -
GamingCall of Duty: Advanced Warfare
To date there's been eleven main iterations of Call of Duty, and whilst Black Ops 2 was the first to venture into the future, Activision's latest iteration, ... Read more »| 19 Nov 2014 -
Features
Opinion: The Cultural Podcasts You Need In Your Life, Now
Not so long ago the podcast was a relatively obscure audio medium, but today it’s a burgeoning cultural force demanding to be listened to... literally Read more »| 17 Nov 2014 -
Gaming
The Evil Within
“Killing someone with a tool not at all associated with murder…it’s not normal, it’s downright crazy. That’s what I like about... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
Hardware
Eating, Sleeping, Walking Health: The Jawbone UP24
Physical design and digital integration features make the Jawbone UP24 a solid choice for a fitness tracker Read more »| 11 Nov 2014 -
Features
Pay Per Laugh, Not Per Seat
A reaction-tracking app could allow audience members to pay only if comedy actually makes them laugh Read more »| 11 Nov 2014 -
Gaming
Frontier Developments' Adam Woods on Elite: Dangerous
Thirty years after Elite redefined what a videogame could be, Frontier Developments are returning to the iconic space simulator with Elite: Dangerous. As the long-gestating project prepares for take-off, we speak to producer Adam Woods about playing God Read more »| 03 Nov 2014