Which of this summer’s blockbusters will be worth watching?

Which of this summer’s blockbusters will be worth watching?

We’re in the thick of the 2014 blockbuster season, with Godzilla, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Maleficent already arriving on our cinema screens in a hail of stomps, explosions and Angelina Jolie’s razor-sharp cheekbones. But there’s still plenty to come. We decided to find out which are worth your money (based …

01/07/2014

Chris Smith

Movies

The Surprisingly Easy Guide to…The Best of Glastonbury 2014

The curtain has fallen on Glastonbury for another year, with hundreds of poor souls now picking through a weekend’s worth of rubbish (insert joke about your least favourite act here). If you’re one of the few people who didn’t manage to get a ticket or catch it on TV, you …

30/06/2014

Chris Smith

Have you conquered gaming’s hardest achievements?

It used be that the biggest achievement in a video game was completing it. Since the introduction of achievements and trophies, however, a game is never truly finished until you’ve managed to strike off all its achievements. And while this is easy enough with some games, others require a near …

30/06/2014

Chris Smith

Games

You love your mobile phones as much as you love your pets. Hereâ€™s how to get over it.

Do you struggle to let go of your old phones? Well, it might not be because you’re a hoarder. You might actually be in love with them. According to research by Lookout Mobile Security, we’re all getting a bit too close to our phones for comfort, and it’s making it …

30/06/2014

Chris Smith

Tech

Playlist: musicMagpieâ€™s official sounds of the summer

It’s summer, which means more or less everyone has packed away their moody music for the year (or sold it to us) and replaced it with lovely happy summer music. So, we thought we’d have a bash at predicting the big summer hits of 2014. We can almost guarantee that …

27/06/2014

Chris Smith

Music

[THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED] WIN tickets to Greenwich Music Time, one of London’s best music events!

Fancy seeing Goldfrapp’s only London performance this year? Then you best get down to Greenwich Music Time, an event taking place over 4 days at the legendary Old Royal Naval College in London. It’s playing host to 4 fantastic acts, including Goldfrapp, Jools Holland, Russell Watson and the Royal Philharmonic …

27/06/2014

Chris Smith

Competitions

The Surprisingly Easy Guide to the iPhone 6…So Far

The iPhone 6 is the most anticipated device in Apple’s history, and possibly the most anticipated smartphone ever – even though Apple hasn’t told us anything about it. That hasn’t stopped the rumour mill going into full-on overdrive though, with more sneaky pictures and gossip than a particularly scandalous edition …

26/06/2014

Chris Smith

Youâ€™ve finished Watch Dogs â€“ what do you play next?

Another big game release has come and gone. Watch Dogs, one of the most anticipated games of recent times, entered with a bang and has left with a whimper (according to some gamers). Whatever your opinion, you’ve probably completed Watch Dogs by now so the big question is ”˜what next?’ …

26/06/2014

Chris Smith

Games

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