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Find out what 13 horror movies in 2 days does to a person as Louise Blain tackles Glasgow Frightfest with little more than a laptop and a fitbit… Update: 1:30am (DAY TWO) New average heart rate: 78bpmMental state: NilCoffees: 5 That’s it. We’re done. Martyrs and The Devils Candy were …

After 13 years away, agents Mulder and Scully have made it back to our TV screens. But what do you think of the new six-episode run of The X-Files? Does the concept of the show still work in 2016? Did the alien conspiracy elements turn you off? What’s been your …

After a near agonising wait, The Walking Dead has returned, and if the reaction on Twitter is anything to go by, it’s one of the best episodes yet (or the worst according to an awkward few). After one of the most shocking premieres in the history of TV, fans are …

For plenty of folks, 2016 truly starts on February 8th; that whole ball-drop nonsense on December 31st signified nothing more than a pretty light show. In many cultures (opens in new tab), today marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year, which depends on the phases of the Moon rather …

There’s a reason Second World War shooters went away: fatigue. They didn’t stop being good, they just got tired like an overused muscle. Medal Of Honor, Call Of Duty, Brothers in Arms – even things like The Saboteur – wore the material to a tissue paper thinness. Borrowing ideas, tropes …

Peer hard enough at the obscured walls and hidden alcoves of AC2, and with enough luck you’ll find the ‘glyphs’ scattered around AC2’s digital vision of Renaissance Italy, esoteric puzzles that slowly reveal the ‘true’ history of the world, one ridiculous conspiracy theory after another. As ludicrous as the whole …

Out on Friday 5 February Point Break gets a remake. Bryan Cranston faces writer’s block. Jack Black brings R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps from page to scream. Yes, here’s this week’s new releases. Click on for our reviews of Point Break, Trumbo, Goosebumps, Dad’s Army, Rams, Miss Hokusai, Strangerland, Taking Stock, Lee …

In creating amiibo (opens in new tab), Nintendo hit the emphatic fan (emfantic?) jackpot, with Nintendo devotees going to sometimes extreme lengths (opens in new tab) to to get their twitchy, grabby hands on these plastic idols to their favorite classic characters. But in addition to looking great and being …

We are not a strong team, so when we see a silhouette approach us from the absurdly filmic backlit subway corridor, we wordlessly stop, line up, and raise our piddly little weapons. It helps, a little. This is a human player – you can tell because he hasn’t automatically rung …

It looks like Assassin’s Creed is taking a year out for a reboot, then. Okay, it hasn’t officially been confirmed, but in this industry there’s little stronger confirmation than a lack of corporate denial after a week or two of leak-driven rumours. Having delivered annual installments since 2009 – with …