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Best Shots Review: Empyre #5 “a much-needed win”

With deaths, double-crosses, and surprise weddings, Marvel said the last issue of Empyre would be one of the defining moments of their star-spanning event. But I’d said they were wrong — because the real highlight of the series is here. Empyre #5 credits Written by Al Ewing and Dan Slott …

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Sennheiser’s audio product range is borne of 70 years spent tackling the demands of finicky studio engineers and exacting musicians. The best gaming headset (opens in new tab) market is in a good place today and doesn’t feel half as gimmicky as it did five years ago, but when a …

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The Hero Initiative Batman 100 Project first look

The Hero Initiative, the charity dedicated to helping comic book creators in medical or financial need, is readying the release of the Batman 100 Project, the latest interaction of their fundraising project featuring comic book artists drawing 100 original covers for a recent high profile comic book release.  In this …

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“Music is what emotion sounds like”: How video game composers use music to change the way that your favourite games play

Video game music composers work audible magic. There’s a popular take on movies and their music that suggests the former would be nothing without the latter. There’s definitely some truth in that: watching a horror movie on mute is less scary; battle scenes become documentary sequences without bombastic orchestral arrangements. …

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