What is the metaverse? Good question. “Metaverse” is currently a major buzzword in the worlds of tech, business, and finance, and like all buzzwords its definition is fuzzy, contested, and shaped by the ambitions of the people using it. Here’s one thing we can say for sure: The term was coined by Neal Stephenson in […]

The Batman is a surprisingly grounded film. Superhero movies have become so obsessed with world-ending threats and larger than life adversaries that when the stakes are brought down to a human level it can feel underwhelming. There isn’t a generic beam of light bursting into the sky that our heroes need to stop, so there’s […]

Late winter is good for one thing: spending time inside, warm and dry, playing new board games. We’ve rounded up the best new titles on sale right now, and narrowed in on some of the most interesting new crowdfunding campaigns launching in March. Topping our list is a new treat for deck-building fans: Stoneblade Entertainment […]

After the unexpected drop of Pokemon news we got last week, you’d think things would have slowed down by now. Not at all, however, as fans have started reacting to all of the announcements – especially the news that we’re getting a new generation this year. Yet we open up this week’s Pokemon news round-up […]

I had a great time with Pokemon Go Tour: Johto. My colleagues enjoyed it less, but I wasn’t bothered by the UI and I don’t mind leaving my house to play a game about exploring. However, I realised that one technique made my experience so much better: quick catching. Most people know this technique already, […]

It could be another decade before we see another Red Dead Redemption game. Video games take a very long time to make, especially Rockstar video games, and we have GTA6 next up on the Rockstar slate, so our next trip back to the Old West could be a very long way away indeed. There were […]

Final Fantasy 14 has boomed in popularity so much in the past year that Square Enix halted digital sales and ditched the free trial for a short time to reduce congestion issues that reached an all-time high with the launch of Endwalker. Returning players flocked back to Eorzea to see the climactic ending to the […]

When I was kid there was no better day out than going to Camelot. Not like, actual Camelot, as nobody knows where that was actually located (it’s probably Tintagel Castle in Cornwall though), but a run-down theme park in Lancashire. It’s been abandoned for years now, but it was pretty grotty when it was open, […]

If I lived in Pokemon world I would be queen of absolutely everything. The gods themselves would bow before me. I would rule over all not with an iron fist, but with pure and simple common sense. Have you ever seen the people who try to take over the world in Pokemon? They're disastrously incompetent, […]

With Elden Ring’s launch, modders have another game to dive into – and they haven’t wasted any time at all. In its first week, we already have players adding much-requested features – and finding ridiculous ways to play the game. On top of that, we have mods from a wide range of games this week. […]