Hands on - Games out this week

Video games are increasingly taking a more central role in our lives and in the ever broadening scope of popular culture. With that in mind I wanted to keep you all abreast of the current situation in gaming. This week sees the release of one of the biggest games of the year, along with a new karaoke title for PlayStation, a cross-platform fantasy role-playing game and the third iteration of a platforming favourite. So let’s take a look at what’s on offer…

Darren’s Movie News 12/05/09

What a wonderful weekend. I am oh! so very relaxed today. The weather, the swimming pool, the excellent company and the copious amounts of alcohol - wunderbar. And so, this morning I played catch up - I’ve missed so many trailers over the past few days, and some small tidbits of news. So here goes… In strange news, they’re making a film version of American Gladiators. It can only be bad. Inglourious Basterds has not even gone on release yet and Tarantino has announced that he has the sequel half written. Interesting! Speaking of half written scripts, The Preacher is nearing a final draft. Sam Mendes will be bringing the comic book creation to the big screen. Universal, I love you. The studio is bringing a bunch of classics back to the big screen, such as Spartacus, The Blues Brothers, Scarface, The Thing and Animal House. Is there any movie … There’s more