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21st October 2019 | By Scott Trusdale

Joseph Saelee wins the Classic Tetris World Championship for the second time in a row

It’s been an exciting weekend for Tetris fans, as the 10th annual Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) draws to a close, with 2018’s champion Joseph Saelee...

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18th October 2019 | By Scott Trusdale

The original Castlevania comes to modern consoles – again!

The original Castlevania game is returning to modern consoles – again!  Hamster’s Arcade Archives series is trucking along with its excellent ports, this time with Vs Castlevania,...

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18th October 2019 | By Scott Trusdale

Review: Storyhouse’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and My Hyde

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a landmark piece of British Literature and has been adapted dozens upon dozens of times since the original stage show...

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11th October 2019 | By Scott Trusdale

Doraemon Story of Seasons releases today on Nintendo Switch and PC

The unexpected crossover title Doraemon Story of Seasons just released earlier today on Nintendo Switch and PC. The game is a farming simulator featuring Doraemon characters, where...

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11th October 2019 | By Scott Trusdale

The Legend of Kage returns on Nintendo Switch

HAMSTER is back with yet another arcade port, this time bringing over Taito’s ‘The Legend of Kage’. The game was originally released back in 1985,...

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6th June 2019 | By Matt Hartless

Parklife expected to attract 80,000 revellers to Heaton Park this weekend

Parklife Festival, the annual multi-genre music festival takes place in Heaton Park, North Manchester this weekend. The festival started as the Mad Ferret festival and was held...

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21st May 2019 | By j.sloan

Bolton author Matt Cain chats about his book being turned into Hollywood film despite initially being rejected by publishers

AFTER 12 years and more than 30 rejections from publishers, author Matt Cain had almost given up on getting his novel The Madonna of Bolton...

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21st May 2019 | By Matt Hartless

A spoiler-filled review for the Game of Thrones series finale

It’s been eight years for some. For those who read George R R Martin’s first book upon release, it has been 23 years. For me,...

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14th May 2019 | By Matt Hartless

A spoiler-filled review of Game of Thrones season 8 episode 5

Well if you were upset episode three didn’t have a high enough body count, then fear not – this episode more than makes up for...

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9th May 2019 | By Matt Hartless

Connecting Lagos and the Scottish Highlands with Manchester in the middle: Jackie Kay’s Red Dust Road comes to HOME this September

One week ago, I was tasked with reading Jackie Kay’s Red Dust Road in preparation to interview her. Shortly after picking the book up, I...

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7th May 2019 | By Matt Hartless

A spoiler-filled review for Game of Thrones season 8 episode 4

The episode starts with tearful goodbyes to the characters lost in the previous episode. As there wasn’t that many, it doesn’t take too long. With...

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30th April 2019 | By Matt Hartless

A spoiler-filled review for Game of Thrones season 8 episode 3

Game of Thrones’ longest ever episode hit our screens this week, with ‘The Long Night’. The entire episode focussed on a battle between the living...

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16th April 2019 | By Matt Hartless

A spoiler-filled review for Game of Thrones – Season 8 Episode 1

It’s amazing to think that before November I had never watched Game of Thrones. The fact that I got through all 67 episodes in time...

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25th March 2019 | By Matt Hartless

Review: Jordan Peele’s Us is an unsettling and crazy psychological horror

Us is a 2019 psychological horror film, written and directed by Jordan Peele and starring Lupita Nyong’o. Thirty years after experiencing a traumatic event as...

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21st March 2019 | By Matt Hartless

Ubisoft to make appearance as Manchester’s leading gaming event prepares for its 2019 launch party

Ubisoft and other games developers will make an appearance at a launch party for a Manchester gamers on Tuesday. Manchester Gamers Unite (MGU) is due to host...

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21st March 2019 | By Matt Hartless

¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American festival launches at HOME

The ¡Viva! festival which celebrates Spanish speaking cinema and theatre launches at HOME on Friday in its 25th year. The festival will include a number of events...

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20th March 2019 | By nq_admin

Manchester’s most influential music: who would you rate?

Over the decades Manchester has produced some phenominal music and sparked the interest of the youth growing up here and throughout the nation. Bands such...

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13th March 2019 | By Hanya Hassan

Middle eastern and North African society hosts cultural festival at Manchester Student Union this Friday

Arab societies across universities in Manchester are hosting a night of culture to help international students embrace their identities. Although the cultural festival event take place...

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26th February 2019 | By nq_admin

Oscars 2019: why average films always seem to win best picture

So the Awards season is over as the 91st Academy Awards has now drawn to a close. The night was full of passionate and emotional...

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25th February 2019 | By nq_admin

Oscars 2019: who were the winners and losers?

Best supporting actress Emma Stone (The Favourite) Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) Amy Adams (Vice) Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) – WINNER! Marina De Tavira...