Football: The Beautiful But Very Expensive Game

It’s no secret that football is awash with money, from rich young players who swan around in leopard-print Bentley’s to obscenely well-off owners who think nothing of spending millions of pounds on a player who turns out to be as good at football as a blindfolded dog with a fear …

04/06/2015

Chris Smith

Fun

5 of the best Android smartphones

Choosing an Android phone from the hundreds on the market is daunting. How do you pick out the quality phones from the mountain of average and terrible devices? We’re here to help: here are 5 of our favourite Android devices! Samsung Galaxy S6/S6 Edge The S6, has put Samsung back …

03/06/2015

Chris Smith

Tech

6 of the weirdest movie and TV videogames of all time

Even though most of them are rubbish, most videogame versions of movies and TV shows make sense: people want to be Rambo, lay waste to Xenomorphs or play a GTA rip-off starring The Simpsons. Sometimes, however, a movie or TV show that shouldn’t work as a videogame ends up getting …

03/06/2015

Chris Smith

Apple WWDC 2015: What to expect

On the 8th June, Apple will hold their annual World Wide Developer’s Conference. The WWDC is a showcase for the latest technology coming out of the company’s Cupertino headquarters. Here’s what to expect this year! In this blog: iOS 9 New OS X Apple TV Apple Music iPad Pro The …

02/06/2015

Chris Smith

Tech

Juneâ€™s New Releases: Games and Technology

Gaming traditionally slows down over the summer because people are out enjoying the sun, but this month is surprisingly action-packed. With E3 round the corner, June should be a real treat for gamers. Oh, and there’s the small matter of Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference too. 9th June The Elder Scrolls …

01/06/2015

Chris Smith

Juneâ€™s New Releases: Music

There’s loads of new music out this month, so we’ll cut to the chase! 1st June How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + The Machine The long awaited follow-up to 2011’s Ceremonials is…well, big, blue and beautiful. Florence confronts a break-up and other demons in typically bombastic fashion. …

01/06/2015

Chris Smith

Juneâ€™s New Releases: Movies

Blockbuster season is in full swing, with dinosaurs, minions and spies among the highlights of this month’s new releases. 5th June Insidious Chapter 3 Confusingly, Chapter 3 of the Insidious trilogy is actually a prequel. Psychic Elise Rainier helps a young girl haunted by a spooky ghost. If you loved …

01/06/2015

Chris Smith

Should you buy a Wii U?

Even if you’re not into gaming, you’ll have undoubtedly played a Nintendo game at some point in your life: Mario Kart, Wii Sports, The Legend of Zelda – the list goes on. All isn’t well in Nintendo Land, though. While the Nintendo 3DS continues to sell faster than lightsabers at …

29/05/2015

Chris Smith

Games

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