Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman sequel is set, wouldn’t you know, in 1984, the year of George Orwell’s cautionary dystopian novel and the decade when greed was considered good. You might say that 1984 – be it Orwell’s or Reagan’s – isn’t so very different from today: Big Brother surveillance, rampant …
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Warning: This is the Way to our The Mandalorian season 2, episode 7 review which contains major spoilers – turn around to avoid having the new episode ruined! The problem with having an iconic character on a TV show is that, if they’re suddenly sidelined for someone less interesting, we cannot …
Read More »Star Trek: Discovery season 3, episode 8 review: “Bottles the essence of this mixed season into one episode”
Warning: This Star Trek: Discovery season 3, episode 8 review contains major spoilers – many of them set to stun. Boldly go further at your own risk… Star Trek: Discovery season 3 has been something of a mixed bag, in terms of both quality and story. Now they’ve been relocated …
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Let’s get something out of the way up front – to a large degree, ‘X of Swords’ has been a big, dumb, fun fight comic that has largely been about how imaginative the various creative teams could be in pitting the mutants of Krakoa against a seemingly unstoppable threat that …
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Black Ops Cold War doesn’t feel like a 2020 video game. In the year of PS5 and Xbox Series X, it’s a shame that what will undoubtedly be a big multiplayer experience this winter has launched with such a lack of content. There’s a total of just eight maps to …
Read More »Haunted Mansion board game review
Essential info (Image credit: Funko) Game type: Drafting Players: 2 – 6 Ages: 8+ Difficulty: Moderate Lasts: 30 mins Price: $25/ £30 Developer: Funko The Haunted Mansion board game has a difficult task ahead of it. How do you make a fun tabletop experience out of a beloved – but unavoidably passive – Disney ride? That’s what …
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Forget better loading speeds, shiny graphics, and more processing power, the DualSense PS5 controller is what makes the PS5 feel truly next-gen. You might have read all about the new haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, but until you actually hold it in your hands, it’s easy to dismiss as just …
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At first look, the PS5 Pulse 3D headset is clearly a part of the new PlayStation design family. The same contrasting black and white design, but with a slightly less eyeball punching form. There’s no extruding boom mic, and all the tech is discreetly hidden, meaning these could pass for …
Read More »HyperX Cloud II review
The HyperX Cloud II gaming headset doesn’t look like your stereotypical gaming headset – in fact, it looks much better. But get them on your head and that stylish design isn’t the most important factor pushing these sub-$100 headphones off the shelves. With the second generation comes 7.1 surround sound, …
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra enters a fiercely competitive mobile market and asks a remarkably high price of users ($1,299 / £1,179) at arguably the worst time to do so. A bold move, but perhaps one it can afford to make after producing a phone of stunning quality that …
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