5 movie franchises that need rebooting

A couple of weeks ago, it was announced that Neill Blomkamp, director of District 9 and Chappie, will be making the 5th Alien film. It seems like a match made in heaven. There hasn’t been a good Alien film for nigh-on 20 years, but Blomkamp is clearly a massive fan …

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11/03/2015
Chris Smith

5 practical ways of dealing with gamer rage

As much as we love videogames, they really know how to get our blood boiling. Swearing. Shouting. Broken controllers. Anyone who plays games regularly has been there, and it’s not pretty. So, how can we deal with our gamer rage in a practical, calm manner? We trawled the web and …

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10/03/2015
Chris Smith

7 guilty pop music pleasures everyone enjoys

Two of pop’s guiltiest pleasures, Madonna and Blue, have new albums out today. To celebrate, we’ve decided to reveal 7 pop guilty pleasures that literally everyone, from your mum to your best mate, enjoys. Warning: this post is littered with earworms. Play the videos at your own risk. Never Gonna …

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09/03/2015
Chris Smith
TV ad

7 warning signs that its time for a serious declutter

Clutter is a silent menace, building up over the years and only revealing itself when we’re buried under a mountain of DVDs. Fortunately, there are a number of warning signs that its time to declutter before things get out of hand. 7 – You’ve considered chucking everything into a black …

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06/03/2015
Chris Smith
Wall-E

The 6 Greatest Movie Robots of All Time

Chappie, Neill Blomkamp’s latest film, hits our screens tomorrow. Focusing on a self-aware robot, the film examines how humanity will react to robots with thoughts and feelings. It also gives us the perfect opportunity to revisit some of our favourite movie robots of all time. Hooray! 6. TARS (Interstellar) Matthew …

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05/03/2015
Chris Smith
Citymapper

The Surprisingly Easy App of the Week: Citymapper

Every week, we bring you an app that’ll make your life surprisingly easy. Today, we’re conquering public transport with the excellent Citymapper. What is it? Citymapper is a real-time transport planner designed to MAKE CITIES EASIER (their caps, not ours). To do this, it provides a journey planner, timetables and …

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05/03/2015
Chris Smith
Utopia in Progress

The Best of Mobile World Congress 2015 (so far)

The Mobile World Congress is one of the biggest events in the tech calendar, with the world’s biggest tech companies descending on Barcelona to reveal their new products to the world. The event is actually still ongoing, but there’s been so much cool new stuff announced already that we had …

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03/03/2015
Chris Smith