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Stab club Assassin’s Creed has become a staple of the gaming calendar. It’s November, which means we get a new game featuring a man (or woman) in a cowl, who loves to stab bad people. And good people. And anyone else who gets in the way. As such, the series …

Oddjob? Bodgejob, more like. Fnar fnar Faces are one of the first things a human being learns to recognise, right after eyes. Or so I am told. Mind you, I was also told my home-made ‘Dalek Hat’ was fine when I was a kid and now it’s obvious that the …

Fast and Furious and Transformers The Plot: Vin Diesel’s crew take their physics-defying driving skills back to the streets and find themselves racing against vehicles that also behave like they have a mind of their own. As the illegal tournament develops, both the Furious and the Autobot crews race to …

Ever wish there was a local watering hole near you that has good food, stiff drinks, and over 90 retro arcade and pinball games? Yeah, me too. Luckily for the fine folks of Portland, OR, Ground Kontrol has been providing these important life necessities since 1999. There is something for …

The 20 best movie Devils Beelzebub, Lucifer, Mr Scratch, Elizabeth Hurley… Whatever you want to call him (or her), he (or she) is constantly popping up in films to ruin someone’s day or play a rather catchy musical number. But not all demons are born (well, cast) equal… With that …

Clue (1985) The Movie: The very first Hasbro game-to-movie adaptation, Clue is a murder mystery very loosely based on Cluedo , starring Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd and Madeline Kahn. The Flop: Audiences avoided this wise-cracking comedy – it grazed its $15 million budget, making a meagre $14 million at the …

Yo-ho-ho and a barrel of fun! Avast there mateys, today it be International Talk Like a Pirate Day (opens in new tab), and the lubbers from Housemarque have plundered up some right tasty booty to celebrate! Sorry (or thankfully, depending on your point of view), there’s no way I can …

Bad to the T-Bone So, youre one of eight million players whove hacked and backslashed around near-future Chicago as the be-baseball-capped Aiden Pearce, ridding the city of crime and finding enough time to glance up from your antisocial gadgetry to purchase new hats and trenchcoats. Youve played the poker, levelled …

Ready check Bungie is adamant that Destiny is NOT an MMO. Odd, considering all the traditional MMO terminology is there: instanced dungeons (called Strike missions here), competitive player-versus-player combat, raids. All these things are core tenets in the MMO genre. Especially that last one: raids. I love raids. But if …

Sons of Anarchy may have finished in 2014, but it’s still waiting patiently on Netflix for you to find, discover, and love. Well, maybe love isn’t quite the word for it – it’s tough to truly feel admiration for the majority of the cast or plot-points, but that doesn’t mean …