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Looking for Michael Bay: The Video Game

March 31, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

  Please read on Eurogamer.net

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Editorial, Games

Long tail: the near-endless joy of unlockable content

January 24, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

Please read on Eurogamer.net

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Editorial, Games

Thanks, Back To The Future

January 22, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

In 1992, seven years after *Back To The Future* came out, I bought a guitar and a skateboard, and it was directly responsible for both. One of those lasted no […]

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Editorial, Film

All Hail PS4’s Sleep Mode

January 22, 2016by Simon 2 Comments

And praise be to the Suspend/Resume function. Childbirth is a miracle. I’ve seen a tiny human being come out of another human being twice – the first emerging like a […]

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Editorial, Games

The Problem With Bored Ghostbusters

January 22, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

There’s a new *Ghostbusters* movie incoming, one that fills the boots of the titular paranormal exterminators with female ankles and has *Bridesmaids* and *Spy* director Paul Feig using his comedy […]

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Editorial, Film

Crowdpleasing: The Problem With Guitar Hero’s New Perspective

January 22, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

How the franchise’s return has got its outlook completely wrong. In a past life – a time before Canada and babies – I was playing the last notes of my […]

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Editorial, Games

Dak Vs The Empire

January 22, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

The moment all our *Star Wars* hope died. I hadn’t meant to buy Dak. I mean, who wants to buy Dak? No-one, apparently. He stood there in his tiny box, […]

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Editorial, Film

Alec Guinness and The Long Glass Corridor

April 3, 2014by Simon Leave a comment

I stood there, shaking, as Sir Alec Guinness moved down the long glass corridor fronting the house he built, slowly moving his bulk across two old legs and equally old […]

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Editorial, Film

I’m Sorry, Morena Baccarin

April 3, 2014by Simon 2 Comments

It can’t be easy being famous as an actor. It’s such a sought after dream by so many – a fact that will keep TV executives well in pocket for […]

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Editorial, Television

Philip Seymour Hoffman: Feeding The Addiction

February 7, 2014by Simon Leave a comment

This article isn’t about me, but there needs to be some context; in 1994, in front of a packed college audience, I had to deliver a monologue. The play, I […]

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Editorial, Film

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