8 Essential Xbox One Games (So Far)

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

5 Surprisingly Valuable Games

August is Gaming Month on the musicMagpie blog! As well as bringing you loads of gaming goodness, we’re also giving away an Xbox One to anyone who trades selected games this month – check out this post for more details. It’s no secret that games lose their value pretty quickly, …

14/08/2014

Chris Smith

Games

Meet The New Samsung Galaxy…

The iPhone 6 hype train is careering down the track at full speed, with new rumours emerging every day. However, we haven’t heard much from Apple’s rivals…until now. Today (13th August), Samsung have announced that the latest Galaxy model, the Galaxy Alpha, will be released in the UK at the …

13/08/2014

Chris Smith

The greatest LEGO games ever – have you played them all?

Lego used to be a simple toy that kids created miracles out of; spaceships made of little plastic bricks, characters with molded plastic for hair, and so on. These days, though, it is a full-on media phenomenon, with books, TV shows and a very successful Hollywood movie. And then, of …

13/08/2014

Chris Smith

Games

The Surprisingly Easy Guide To Saving Up for the iPhone 6

The iPhone 6 is due to be released over the next couple of months (although no-one actually knows when), and you’re probably very excited. So excited, in fact, that you’re planning to splash out over £500 to buy one. Unfortunately, you…erm, don’t actually have £500. But don’t let a little …

13/08/2014

Chris Smith

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