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The light is failing, the rain is pouring, and I’m bouncing over the dirt tracks that masquerade as roads in the Bayou at pace. If contending with the loose handling of the rust bucket I’m driving wasn’t enough, snaking over the rivers that cut New Bordeaux’s rump up like a …

In many ways, the presence of FIFA is a good barometer of a platform’s relevance. When EA stopped launching versions of its world-beating football series on the PS Vita and 3DS in 2015, while focusing more and more attention on its Ultimate Team-based free-to-play mobile version, it spoke volumes about …

Star Wars nearly killed George Lucas. The director’s ambitious space saga, which nobody understood nor cared about (not even its cast) looked set to be a disaster of intergalactic proportions. During production in 1976, the special effects department was struggling with its groundbreaking technologies, while unbearable heat in Tunisia had …

What is a cult movie? A movie about cults? Nope, the term ‘cult movie’ is typically applied to any motion picture that attracts a cult-like following. Usually it’s for an older film, or perhaps one that under-performed at the box office. At other times, cult interest will spring up around …

***Contains spoilers for GLOW*** “You’re so real!” This backhanded compliment is grunted to Alison Brie’s Ruth Wilder during life-ruining sex in the first episode of GLOW, a new Netflix show from the creators of Orange is the New Black. The words are deliberately chosen. ‘Real’ is a concept which haunts …

So here’s an interesting thing. I’ve played Super Mario Odyssey (opens in new tab) and honestly, I don’t much feel like writing a preview of it. I’m struggling with the idea of pinning it down into concrete words and sentences. That doesn’t really feel appropriate. I don’t want to stroke …

As I pointed out in my Mass Effect: Andromeda review for OPM, playing it is an experience that can be coloured by its instability. I’ve a few horror stories – a ‘favourite’ bug sees Ryder take a swig from a non-existent glass – but the biggest shame is how familiar …

As a longtime, unapologetic fan of the Monster Hunter franchise, I felt my pulse quicken during the PS4 show at E3 2017 (opens in new tab) when I laid eyes on a character wielding a very Monster-Hunter-looking sword, battling very Monster-Hunter-looking beasts. When Monster Hunter World was properly announced, and …

E3. Another crack at the Middle-earth: Shadow of War (opens in new tab) demo. Ahead of me lies an orc fortress, hard fortified and filled with… Oh look, you know where this is going (opens in new tab). We’ve all been here, done that by now. Fortress. Armies. War Chiefs. …

Microsoft had a strong showing at its E3 2017 press conference, debuting the Xbox One X (formerly known as Project Scorpio), showing off a whopping 42 different games on stage, announcing backwards compatibility for the original Xbox, and showcasing gameplay footage for big upcoming games like Assassin’s Creed Origins (opens …