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Verbal communication isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Just ask anyone who’s endured the rancid stench of a stranger’s halitosis – also known as ‘paying the iron price’ for the last free seat on the bus. In keeping with our species’ tendency to ruin every innovative idea – from …

Science has mostly usurped the supernatural in our collective consciousness, but the concept of magic is too old and too meaningful to just fade away. The inexplicable continues to slip through the chinks in reason, taking the form of ghostly presences, statistical flukes, and psychedelic experiences. But the kind of …

Michel Ancel has some interesting ambitions for Wild on PS4. He want to create an open world game without anything as mundane as ‘an end goal’, ditching even obvious touch points like mission markers and maps. Instead he want to create a place for players to explore and find their …

Pikachus on parade Pikachu’s been around the block a few times. He’s been a cartoon character, a World Cup mascot, even – unofficially – a symbol for Hong Kong’s Occupy Central protests. But you might not know that Pikachu’s also, officially, a Halloween fan.This year Pokmon kicks off the 2015 …

After countless deaths, frustrated restarts, and aimless wandering through dark cavernous hallways that seemingly went nowhere at all, my best friend and I looked at each other and agreed: even though we loved playing it and wanted to keep loving it, Halo Combat Evolved is awful. This was the game? …

If you’ve upgraded to Windows 10 of late, you’ll have gained easy access to Cortana, a voice-activated personal assistant who bears a striking audio resemblance to Master Chief’s see-through secretary/guidance councillor/probable love interest. That point’s proven when you ask her Halo-themed questions – she’s got a surprising repository of trivial/sassy …

Microsoft is releasing its high-end Xbox Elite Wireless Controller for the Xbox One on October 27 at the hefty price tag of $149.99. Not exactly chump change, but this isn’t your average controller. The Elite comes with an Xbox One app that allows you create custom control schemes and settings, …

Welcome (back) to the Fantasy Zone. GET READY! In the 1980s and early 1990s, Sega’s output was absolutely formidable, both in coin-operated arcade form and on home consoles like the Genesis/Mega Drive. You’ve probably played a re-released version of at least one of these at some point, but developer M2 …

Bedlam takes a strange turn as far as shooters go, spanning multiple virtual worlds and styles in a connected “gameverse.” Drawing from retro Quake clones and far-flung sci-fi concepts of virtual reality, Bedlam (opens in new tab) is a nostalgic trip through a possible dystopia. If it sounds like the …

I’m playing Metal Gear Solid 5, sitting in my helicopter, scrolling through the various menus of my iDroid. Story missions: Finished. Side ops: Completed. Mother Base: Fully built. All that’s really left now is to raid other players’ forward operating bases, so I bring up the list of potential victims. …