PS4 Pro vs Project Scorpio vs Nintendo Switch: which should you buy?

PS4 Pro vs Project Scorpio vs Nintendo Switch: which should you buy?

Typically, console manufacturers release a new device and then wait at least half-a-decade before unveiling the next one. There was a 7 year gap between the PS3 and PS4, for example. Things are changing, however. This month, Sony are releasing the PS4 Pro, a more powerful version of the PS4 …

08/11/2016

Chris Smith

Games

Warpaint, Live at the Manchester Albert Hall – Review

Our resident music lover Katie went to check out American indie rockers Warpaint at the Albert Hall in Manchester on the 24th October. Here’s her review! The majestic surroundings of Manchester’s Albert Hall was the perfect setting for the celestial sounds of Warpaint, on a bitter November October night. I …

04/11/2016

Katie Grimsditch

7 of The Best British Albums You Might Have Missed in 2016

Let’s take a trip down memory lane, specifically to the 2016 music scene. There were a lot of earth-shattering careers that came to an end, as we lost treasured stars such as Prince and Bowie and young potential in the boys from Viola Beach. But new British talent has us …

27/10/2016

Katie Grimsditch

6 of the unlikeliest heroes in film

The leading men and women of film are generally extremely good-looking, with their characters boasting exceptional skills in one or more fields (usually ”˜guns’, ”˜saying cool things under pressure’ and ”˜driving really fast without crashing’). Some film heroes, however, are almost entirely unsuited to the terrifying tasks set before them. …

19/10/2016

Chris Smith

Movies

Dissociation - The Dillinger Escape Plan

With the Release of ‘Dissociation’, Get To Know The Dillinger Escape Plan

“I think we all still feel like decimating every place we go through. We’re all pirates, man” ”“ Ben Weinman, The Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Announcing your impending break-up before releasing another album is a pretty bold move, but nothing else can be expected of this erratic mathcore band. Their …

18/10/2016

Katie Grimsditch

Music

Magpie DVD Club: The Angry Birds Movie, The Boss and more!

Looking for something new to watch? Here are some of the best new films coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on the musicMagpie Store over the next couple of weeks! The Angry Birds Movie When The Angry Birds Movie was announced, a lot of people wondered what it’d be about. After …

17/10/2016

Chris Smith

Movies

Magpie Recommends: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Saint Motel, Jamie Lidell and more!

There are loads of amazing new albums hitting the musicMagpie Store over the next few months. Here are a few of the records we recommend you check out this week; come back next Wednesday for even more! Dissociation ”“ The Dillinger Escape Plan Dissociation is the final album by mathcore …

12/10/2016

Chris Smith

Music

5 alternatives to the Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Samsung have announced they’re ceasing production of their flagship Note 7 phone after a series of incidents where the device overheated and even caught fire. The move follows a recall in September after reports of devices emitting smoke. Samsung issued replacements to affected customers, although the replacement devices appear to suffer from …

11/10/2016

Chris Smith

Tech

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