PS4 rules! Are you a fanboy? Or a fangirl? I dont discriminate. Personally, I think theres a fanboy or girl in all of us. GamesRadar’s recent, rather excellent feature about the psychology of fanboys (opens in new tab) explains why its very natural, very human to pick sides and defend …
Read More »RadioRadar podcast 066: Gobble
Live in America? Happy Thanksgiving! Live elsewhere? Happy… November! This week we talk Nintendo and console launch failures. Hosts: Hollander Cooper, Greg Henninger, Ryan Taljonick, Tom Magrino, Henry GilbertQuestion of the week: What are you LEAST thankful for about gaming? Answer to win a free game, or some other awesome …
Read More »HOLLYWOOD HYPERSPACE 50 Things I Loved About Doctor Whos 50th Anniversary Special
In his latest Hollywood Hyperspace column, our man in LA Joe McCabe revels in a certain Time Lord’s recent birthday… (opens in new tab) Doctor Who ’s 50th Anniversary Special “The Day of the Doctor” debuted via Global Simulcast on Saturday. I was fortunate enough to watch it with one …
Read More »Weekly Replay – CoD Ghosts vs. Battlefield 4, Xbox One reviewed, and more
It’s happened. We’ve done it. They’re finally here! The next-gen consoles are in our hands, waiting for us to spend hundreds of hours basking in its warm glowing, warming glow. This week we have our final verdict on Microsoft’s new console, we let Call of Duty: Ghosts and Battlefield battle …
Read More »From The SFX Archive: Paul McGann Interview
Thrilled by the return of Paul McGann in “The Night Of The Doctor”? Jaw still on overfamiliar terms with the floor? Here’s a timely chance to rediscover an exclusive SFX interview with the man himself, all the way from 2004, just before the show returned in triumph. “It would be …
Read More »COMPO Game Of Thrones Christmas Hamper
Win! A Christmas hamper of Ice And Fire (opens in new tab) Winter is coming. No, really, winter is coming which means Christmas is almost upon us. It also means that the traditional eleventh hour scramble for presents isn’t so far off either. Fortunately, our friends at HBO have your …
Read More »COMPO Terry Pratchetts Truckers
Win! One of five signed copies of the DVD (opens in new tab) Animated by Cosgrove Hall, the makers of Dangermouse, Count Duckula and The Wind In The Willows, Terry Pratchett’s Truckers was the first of his books to be adapted for television. Now for the first time, you can …
Read More »The 50 Greatest Community Movie References
American Psycho Episode: Season 3, Episode 12: Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts Reference: For reasons best left unexplained, Pierce walks into the library one day with one hell of a makeover – hair slicked back, pinstripe shirt and dressed in suspenders, it’s not long before Troy makes the obvious …
Read More »Video game storytelling: The real problems and the real solutions
If any one element of gaming has dominated discussion of the medium over the last few years of this generation’s stubborn battle against the reaper, it’s narrative design and storytelling. With the rising prominence of indie developers through console and PC download services, as well as the increasing cinematic ambitions …
Read More »How Ill remember Blockbuster, as both a gamer and a former employee
Today Blockbuster Video’s current owner, Dish Network, announced plans to close the remaining 300 Blockbuster stores in the US, something most people assumed happened years ago anyway. Blockbuster Video was the undeniable monolith of home entertainment when I grew up, and now its fossils litter empty strip malls all over …
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