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Review: Absolute Drift (PC, Mac)

January 22, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

I can’t stop playing *Absolute Drift*, and in order to properly explain why, I have to tell you a little story. My first car was a Renault 19 TXE Sport. […]

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Games

Review: Galak-Z (PS4)

January 22, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

*Spelunky* has a lot to answer for. Ever since it single-handedly championed procedurally-generated levels back in its enhanced 2012 version, many other games have been lining up to try and […]

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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

Review: Crimsonland (PS Vita)

January 22, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

As I got into bed last night I slipped my hand under the covers and something buzzed against it. I instinctively yanked my arm away while something black and striped […]

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Games

A Flower On A Step – The Pointlessness of Nintendo

August 18, 2014by Simon Leave a comment

“Stop!”, shouted my wife. “You need that!” We’d been playing The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker HD for about an hour, working through Dragon Roost Island – the first real […]

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Games

Focus On Design: Medal Of Honor (2010)

August 18, 2014by Simon Leave a comment

There’s always been a problem when writing reviews: by their very nature, they’re unable to be objective. Every single human being on the planet perceives things differently, yet some choose […]

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Games

Review: X-Men: Days Of Future Past

July 8, 2014by Simon Leave a comment

The latest *X-Men* film is a spectacular affair, a high-budget and frequently hilarious reassertion of the franchise after the dreadful *X3: The Last Stand* and *Wolverine* movies. It features all […]

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Film, Review

Review: Under The Skin

July 8, 2014by Simon Leave a comment

You can put it away now: the idea that the unnervingly attractive Scarlett Johansson only became a superstar due to the fact that she is the human embodiment of a 1940’s bomber […]

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Film, Review

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