Though our favourite film characters are immortalised on screen, the same doesn’t hold true for the actors who portray them. Just as Daniel Craig will not always be James Bond, a new actor may one day don Indiana Jones’ infamous fedora… or will he? Steven Spielberg has been doing interviews …
Read More »Wow, such explosion, many meme: how to unlock Doge Mode in Just Cause 3
Just Cause 3 (opens in new tab) from Avalanche Studios is brimming with content – there’s plenty to see and do on the island nation of Medici, and now you can add “referencing memes from 2013” to that list. Doge Mode adds brightly colored, poorly-spelled, and grammatically-incorrect comic sans words …
Read More »Victor Frankenstein review
It’s alive! Just… It’s no good griping that Max Landis’ (Chronicle) riff on Mary Shelley’s classic text throws in backstories and a love story and a crazed chimpanzee called Gordon – cinema’s most famous Frankenstein adaptations, by Universal, Hammer and Mel Brooks, are equally patchwork affairs, as befits a source …
Read More »Keeping Khans identity secret in Star Trek Into Darkness was “a mistake” says Lindelof
No-one saw this twist coming. It’s been two years since the release of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness, a sequel that incensed fans before it even opened due to the shady marketing ploys adopted by its creative crew. Remember, no-one would admit that Benedict Cumberbatch was playing Khan? Time, …
Read More »The case for putting an assassin in the TARDIS
Miss Oswald has faced the raven and embarked on her final adventure, which leaves a Companion vacancy in the TARDIS. The Doctor clearly has some business he needs to settle back home, but once that’s sorted he’ll be looking for someone new to rattle around the universe with. Given New …
Read More »Star Wars Battlefront and Uncharted PS4 bundles $50 off for the holidays
Missed all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday (opens in new tab) PS4 discounts? Sony’s rolling out a second round of substantial savings for last-minute holiday shoppers, cutting $50 off the US price tags for its Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab) and Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (opens …
Read More »The deadliest enemy in Bloodborne right now: emergency maintenance
If you’ve been planning to tackle Bloodborne (opens in new tab)’s Old Hunters DLC (opens in new tab) with a friend like we did (opens in new tab) on Twitch last week (in case you missed the show), you might want to put those plans on hold. The game’s servers …
Read More »The Force Awakens writer says Star Wars is NOT sci-fi
After co-writing The Force Awakens, Lawrence Kasdan has arrived at the surprising conclusion that Star Wars is not part of the sci-fi genre. While many would definitely describe the saga as a sci-fi, or at a push fantasy, Kasdan believes the property defies categorisation. Here’s what he thinks… “Star Wars …
Read More »Star Wars: The Force Awakens gets PG-13 rating in the US
JJ Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been granted a PG-13 audience rating in the US, as cited on FilmRatings.com (opens in new tab), describing Episode VII to involve “sci-fi action violence”. It’s only the second in the franchise to get the higher classification – the last (and only …
Read More »Is voice acting always the best option, or are some games better without it?
Making progress is a lot like making moonshine: damned difficult to see exactly what’s going to happen while you’re actually doing it. Simply, it often takes hindsight to truly appreciate progress. When it comes to video game design, few single developments have been considered quite such major shifts as that …
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