When you’re a kid it seems normal to pretend that you’re secretly a princess, whisked away from your real parents and rightful castle at birth because of some fairy tale story. Well, for me that’s almost a reality. I just didn’t realise that it would be a game that changed …
Read More »The 30 greatest Han Solo moments ever
Luke Skywalker may be the supposed hero of the original Star Wars trilogy, but few would deny who the real star is… Harrison Ford’s roguish space scoundrel Han Solo is a rough-edged gem with a heart of gold. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (opens in new tab) reunited us with …
Read More »After 15 years, take to Londons mean streets and ’ave a butcher’s at The Getaway
Here’s another one of those times you’re going to feel really old. Ready? It’s The Getaway’s 15th birthday. If you don’t remember this PS2 classic, it’s time to go back to the early noughties when GTA 3’s influence manifested itself through the proliferation of urban open-world crime sims, subsequently labelled …
Read More »The Best Star Wars: The Last Jedi Theories
While we might not know anything for definite about the plot of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (opens in new tab) – other than, spoiler, Rey meets Luke and trains to be a Jedi – there is a heck of a lot of material to muse upon. There are tons …
Read More »Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris Saint-14 Easter egg: Why a hidden floating corpse might be the most important part of the expansion’s story
After three years of build-up as one of the most important characters in Vanguard history, you might be forgiven for finding Osiris’ return in his self-titled expansion – The Curse of Osiris (opens in new tab) – a tad underwhelming. Because, well, it is. But that doesn’t mean that all …
Read More »Mark Hamill on exploring Lukes darker side and playing the mentor in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
“It was one of the most elaborate entrances in showbusiness!” laughs Mark Hamill when our sister publication SFX magazine (opens in new tab) asks him about his blink-and-you’ll miss it appearance in The Force Awakens (opens in new tab). You know the one. You sit through the whole of the …
Read More »Is Luke a gray Jedi in Star Wars: The Last Jedi? Lets examine the evidence
You know how the Force works in Star Wars. There’s a light side and a dark side, and they spend most of their time giving each other serious stink eye across the galaxy while occasionally chopping bits off each other. Hands, mainly. Both sides really have a thing for hands. However, …
Read More »The secret history of the Star Wars movies we never got to see… and one that could still happen
With Star Wars: The Last Jedi (opens in new tab) out this actual month, the Han Solo spin-off movie (opens in new tab) slated for 2018, Star Wars 9 (opens in new tab) after that, and then whatever spin-off we’re getting after that, we are clearly, not at all, short …
Read More »Who knew that Nintendo could transform Princess Peach into a modern woman after all these years?
***Contains major spoilers for Super Mario Odyssey’s story and end-game content*** You’d think that after over 30 years of being taken hostage by Bowser, Princess Peach might have thought of some different tactics. Instead of just sitting in her Mushroom Kingdom castle, waiting Bowser to whisk her away against her …
Read More »Hit em where it hurts: the 15 greatest punches in Xbox history
You’ve trash-talked someone online and now they want to beat you up, so what do you do? Learn some moves from our list of Xbox’s greatest knuckle sandwiches, that’s what. The best Xbox One X Enhanced games (opens in new tab) The best Xbox One external hard drives to buy …
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