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Birds of Prey 101: How Harley Quinn became DC’s favourite maiden of mischief

By Darryn Bonthuys
January 27, 2020
in :  Entertainment, Features
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The cupid of crime. Daddy’s little monster. The maid of mischief. Ever since her debut, Harley Quinn has been a Gotham City icon who rose from relative obscurity to become one of the most beloved characters in all of comic books. But who is she really? Is she a sidekick for the clown prince of crime? Chaos perfected in an acrobatic package? The only sane person in a world going increasingly crazy? She may just be all that and a whole lot more, and right ahead of her return to the silver screen we’re taking a look at the 101 behind Harley Quinn.

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GOG Galaxy 2.0 enters open beta, collates your games so you don’t need to juggle a billion launchers

By Geoffrey Tim
December 10, 2019
in :  Gaming
15

Who needs another PC game launcher? Absolutely goddamned nobody, that’s who! Despite that, I’m going to recommend you install one, because GOG Galaxy 2.0 is now in open beta, and unlike GOG Galaxy when it first launched, it’s not complete and utter trash.

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Apex Legends update wants to help your aim

By Brad Lang
November 6, 2019
in :  Gaming
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And also provide another outlet for burning all of those flimsy tokens you’ve spent so long accruing Yesterday, the Apex Legends Halloween event Shadowfall came to close, signalled by an update that not only removed the excellent game mode of playable zombies but also ushered in some much need improvements to the game overall. Perhaps the biggest addition to the …

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How Donny Cates created Cosmic Ghost Rider

By Darryn Bonthuys
September 26, 2019
in :  Comics & Toys, Features
2

How did Marvel Comics writer Donny Cates and artist Geoff Shaw dream up a cackling concoction of badass design that would become the Cosmic Ghost Rider? It wasn't that difficult actually.

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Gaming

Meet Overwatch’s newest hero, the gravity-bending Sigma

By Darryn Bonthuys
July 23, 2019
in :  Gaming
4

As the prophecy foretold and confirmed not only by remnant shape of the bits of Tennis Biscuit chunks floating at the bottom of my tea mug but a brand new trailer as well, Overwatch is getting a new hero! Blizzard’s been teasing the reveal of Hero number 31 for a couple of days now, and here he is in all his glory. Say hello to Sigma, whose mad science has turned him into a human weapon

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Cyberpunk 2077 has a fascinating origin story for Keanu Reeves’ character Johnny Silverhand

By Darryn Bonthuys
June 24, 2019
in :  Gaming
3

Johnny Silverhand is his name, and burning down cities is his game. So what’s the dealio with the character who can trace his origins back to an unpublished story from the original pen and paper game?

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There’s a bug in EA’s Origin client that could allow unauthorised access

By Geoffrey Tim
November 20, 2018
in :  Gaming
9

EA’s Origin client is probably one of the least favourite third-party launchers that PC gamers have to put up with. It’s biggest saving grace is that at least it’s not uPlay. Jokes aside, it’s not a very good client, and a recently-discovered security vulnerability makes it a little worse.

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Entertainment

NYCC Trailer Round-up: All the new shows we didn’t quite get to

By Craig Risi
October 9, 2018
in :  Entertainment
2

This past weekend saw a host of exciting new trailers released from New York's Comic-Con event. Well, that's not all ,as there is a host of trailers that we didn't get to show you yet.

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