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Go on. Do you good...(Bejewelled 2)

The Ryan Lambie column: casual games can save your life

Can insubstantial time-passers like Bejeweled really delay the Big Frag...?

Ramones live

The Crawling Ear: when poetry meets love of The Ramones

In James' own words, "An Epic Poem Recounting My (Non)Adventures With The Ramones"

Ingrid Pitt

The Ingrid Pitt column: Doctors of death

Ingrid recalls the case of two murdering Swedish physicians that rivalled anything in the Harold Shipman catalogue of horror...

Call Of Duty: Honouring the battle or just enjoying the frag?

The Ryan Lambie Column: War!

Ryan wonders if we have the right to appropriate the harsh experiences of real war in the services of another WWII fragfest...

Ingrid Pitt

The Ingrid Pitt column: buried treasure!

How a Hammer Horror legend ended up with a metal detector, wellies, and some vintage coins...

Hooray it's yet another Shrek renderfest...

Fifth Column: Are we suffering from pixel fatigue?

Has the perennial gloss of the latest CGI cartoons and stylised action films made us weary for something grittier...?

Braid: a downloadable beauty

The Ryan Lambie column: why 2008 is the year of the download

Is 2008 is the year that downloading games (legally) came of age...?

Fancy some music?

The Crawling Ear: Haiku Reviews Forever

James offers his thoughts on his latest audio adventures, Haiku-style...

Ingrid Pitt

The Ingrid Pitt column: Beijing burn-out?

Ingrid was absolutely not going to watch the Olympics. No. No. No. No. No. Er...

Battle Chasers

Alternate Cover: 10 Years Ago

James jumps back a decade, and finds some familiar faces faring slightly differently...

What fun (Otis, 2008)

Fifth Column: I Spit On Your Rape-Filled Horror Films

Jenny wonders where rape fits in to the empty-headed horror films she used to enjoy...

Mr Ryan Lambie's amazing joypad.

The Ryan Lambie column: the insanity of selling achievements on eBay

Would you pay someone to play Gears Of War for you, just so you could have their high score? Ryan wouldn't....