Warning: This Star Trek: Picard season 2, episode 4 review contains major spoilers – many of them set to stun. Boldly go further at your own risk… As Star Trek: Picard’s hugely entertaining second season reaches its halfway point, someone’s clearly decided it’s time for a Next Generation reunion. So, …
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If Pixar movies are, y’know, for kids (they’re not, of course, or at least not exclusively), then you have to admire just how adult their themes are. Mortality, obsolescence, our planet’s demise, emotional dissonance, abstract thought… and now, in Turning Red, menstruation, a topic that ridiculously remains taboo in much …
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I can’t pretend to be entirely unbiased about Elden Ring. FromSoftware is my darling, as it is for so many people, and there’s no game it’s made since Demon Souls that I haven’t played through at least twice (or much more). So bear in mind that these are the thoughts …
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Warning: This is the Way to our The Book of Boba Fett episode 6 review which contains spoilers – turn around to go in completely clean! The Book of Boba Fett has come to an end. The once-mysterious bounty hunter finally sits upon Jabba’s throne and has complete control of …
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The Roccat Syn Buds Core may look like another cheap set of gaming earbuds, but underneath that $24.99 / £19.99 MSRP there’s some decent gaming performance up for grabs. I’ll caveat that with the fact that busier soundscapes do sometimes prove too much of a challenge for such an everyday …
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Turtle Beach’s VelocityOne Flight system is unapologetic about its target audience. From its setup right down to the profile settings, this is for fans of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Designed specifically with Xbox in mind (though it’s also compatible with gaming PCs), the VelocityOne Flight promises to enhance your experience and …
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Pokemon Legends: Arceus has the potential to be the Pokemon game of my childhood dreams, and it comes so close to being just that. By shifting the Pokemon formula to focus on enhanced open-world exploration, and the quest to catch ’em all, Pokemon Legends: Arceus has truly revolutionized the series …
Read More »Star Trek: Discovery season 4, episode 6 review: “Finally delivers on the promise of season’s primary antagonist”
Warning: This Star Trek: Discovery season 4, episode 6 review contains major spoilers – many of them set to stun. Boldly go further at your own risk… For a show that’s supposed to have the idea of boldly going where no one has gone before hardwired into its DNA, Star …
Read More »The Witcher season 2 review: “An undeniable improvement on a complicated first season”
The Witcher wants to be the jewel in Netflix’s streaming crown. The first season burst onto the scene with a coin-tossing ditty and put Henry Cavill’s book and game-accurate Geralt smack bang in the middle of a Continent filled with monsters and mercenaries. It all amounted to a killer premise …
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What would you do if a huge comet was blazing a path towards Earth, guaranteeing extinction in six months’ time? Surely it would be more than “sit tight and assess” – the choice made by President Orlean (Meryl Streep) after listening to astronomers Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Kate …
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