The Top 10 Traded DVDs

The Top 10 Traded DVDs

1. Game of Thrones – Season 1 2. Up 3. Prometheus 4. The Godfather Trilogy 5. The Expendables 2 6. Finding Nemo 7. Skyfall 8. Django Unchained 9. True Blood – Season 1 10. Avengers Assemble But why are people selling these DVDs? Here are a couple of theories… Game …

20/08/2014

Chris Smith

5 underrated popstars who deserve more credit

Pop music has developed a reputation for being shallow and predictable, and it’s a fair reputation too. Most chart hits rely on a bankable formula of sub-par house beats, a guest appearance from a rapper and plenty of references to dancing or the club. That doesn’t mean pop music as …

20/08/2014

Chris Smith

Music

Tired of gaming? Hereâ€™s a surprisingly easy guide to beating your boredom!

Even though videogames are undoubtedly mankind’s greatest invention, people can sometimes get a little bit bored of them. We know, it’s unbelievable, isn’t it? But that’s the way things are and, being the helpful souls we are, we decided to investigate what causes gaming boredom and found some top ways …

19/08/2014

Chris Smith

5 Cult Superhero Movies Worth Checking Out

Superhero movies are everywhere at the moment: Guardians of the Galaxy is dominating the box office, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is out on DVD, and Batman vs. Superman and The Avengers: Age of Ultron are filling the pages of movie magazines and blogs everywhere. That’s just the tip of …

18/08/2014

Chris Smith

8 Essential Xbox One Games (So Far)

It’s gaming month here on the musicMagpie blog and to celebrate, we’re giving away an Xbox One to one lucky gamer who trades in selected games this month (check out this blog post for more details). Microsoft’s next generation console hasn’t had the smoothest of launches, but it appears to …

18/08/2014

Chris Smith

Games

Guns, guns, guns: the best movies made by the cast of The Expendables

Zimmer-frame mounted machine guns at the ready, everyone: the Expendables are back for another round of guns, glory and stunts that no man over the age of 50 should be attempting. The cast of The Expendables 3 reads like a who’s-who of action movies, with legendary muscle-bound stalwarts like Stallone …

15/08/2014

Chris Smith

Movies

5 games that itâ€™s probably time to sell

August is gaming month on the musicMagpie blog! To celebrate, we’ve giving away an Xbox One when you trade in selected games (a full list of which you can find in this post). Gamers like collecting things – rings, coins, magic gems and so on. This commitment to collecting as …

15/08/2014

Chris Smith

Games

The 5 ‘best’ worst videogame movies

Videogame movies are terrible. You might think that’s a sweeping generalisation but it’s actually been proven by science ”“ well, Rotten Tomatoes, at least. The highest score for a video game movie on the site is 44%, and that was for the barely bearable Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Yet, …

14/08/2014

Chris Smith

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