The musicMagpie guide to…the Best of Grunge!

The musicMagpie guide to…the Best of Grunge!

There’s nothing we love more at musicMagpie than getting home from the office, chucking on an old plaid shirt and rocking out to a bit of grunge. We were surprised to learn that one of our favourite grunge albums, Superunknown by Soundgarden, is 20 years old this week. To say happy …

04/06/2014

Chris Smith

Music

What kind of gamer are you? [QUIZ]

Whether you play Candy Crush Saga or Dark Souls 2, you are a gamer. But did you know there are many different types of gamer? Take our ultra-accurate and scientifically-sound (according to the bloke who stands outside our offices in a big white coat) quiz to find out which type …

04/06/2014

Chris Smith

June’s New Music, Movie and Games Releases

June is the month of overpriced ice-cream, beer gardens and horrific sunburn from underestimating how much sun cream you actually need. This year, it’s also the month we get to see England sweat their way to a couple of draws before getting destroyed by the Germans in a certain football …

03/06/2014

Chris Smith

Which Oscar-winning movies should you buy on DVD?

With awards season a distant memory, the real day of reckoning has arrived for most of the award winners: their DVD release. So which of this year’s crop of award winners is worth your hard-earned cash (or the cash you make from selling DVDs with musicMagpie)? Dallas Buyers Club Who’d …

03/06/2014

Chris Smith

Movies

musicMagpieâ€™s Surprisingly Easy Guide to Wallet-Friendly Gaming

Gaming is expensive. £40 for a game is a big price for something that might not be that good, especially if you’ve got bills to pay and other hobbies to pursue. Luckily, saving cash on gaming is pretty simple. Read on, and save big… Buy 2nd hand Most 2nd hand …

03/06/2014

Chris Smith

The Surprisingly Easy Guide to…The iOS 8 Announcement

Last night, Apple revealed the latest version of iOS at their Worldwide Developers’ Conference in San Francisco. As with every Apple announcement, iOS 8 was unveiled to great excitement and fanfare, although tech journalists can’t seem to decide whether it’s a great leap forward or a small step up from …

03/06/2014

Chris Smith

5 Reasons England Might Just Be The Best Football Team in The World

It’s only a couple of weeks until Roy Hodgson leads his brave English lions onto the football pitches of Brazil to take on some of the world’s best teams, yet the mood in England is tense. The usual expectation that we’ll steamroller the competition and swan home as champions of …

02/06/2014

Chris Smith

Fun

Which DVDs Should You Sell?

Choosing DVDs to sell is harder than choosing CDs to sell for a couple of reasons. Unlike CDs, which can be ripped to other formats or streamed, the options for watching a film are limited. Your DVD is probably the only way you can watch a particular film. A lot …

02/06/2014

Chris Smith

Movies

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