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Game review: Layers of Fear; Horror by Numbers

A beautiful idea with some inspired realisation, undermined by an overuse of jump scares and distracting unity physics. For a long time, I’ve been looking for a good horror game without cheap jump scares. I have anxiety problems so jump scares really mar my enjoyment of an experience. I like psychological horror, cosmic horror, essentially […]

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Top Ten Games The Nintendo Switch Needs In 2018

2017 has been a fantastic year for Nintendo. Although the Switch released at the beginning of the year with a very limited launch library, the company has provided top-quality first party content on a monthly basis. It turned out to be a smart strategy; fans like me have been able to enjoy each great game […]

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Review: Gumballs and Dungeons – F2P Mobile Gaming Done Right

I’ve always been very cynical about the phone as a gaming platform, and in particular the free-to-play model with which it has become almost synonymous. Most free games from the Google Play store or the Apple AppStore adopt some form of ‘premium currency’; in-game riches for which the player pays real money. They do it […]

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Entertainment

Queen of the Ring: The Cultural History of Britney Spears’ Belly Button Piercing

Navel piercings are surprisingly divisive. People seem to either love them or hate them, whether among the fashion conscious, parents, and the politically minded, whenever the topic comes up you can expect disagreement to arise. Britney Spears is generally considered to have popularised the belly button ring among women and girls around the turn of […]

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Entertainment Film

Five Reasons Why Disney Should Return to 2D Animated Movies

Disney has had some huge animated hits in recent years with movies like Frozen, Wreck it Ralph and Moana.  However, it’s been eight years since The Princess and the Frog, the most recent movie in the Disney Classics collection to use traditional hand-drawn animation, and the first since 2005’s poorly received Home on the Range.  Frozen and Moana have kept up the tradition of animated […]

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Do We Need a Male Body Positivity Movement?

Traditionally, women in our society have been the ones to deal with crippling body image issues brought on, in the main, by the media and the way it has forged an erroneous concept of objective standards of beauty. Although this is still very much the case, recently there have been major moves towards female body […]

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Fitness

The Internet and the Rise of Belly Positivity

We live in a world where even healthy people obsess over how their midriff looks; and what others will think of it. We are surrounded by tummy-toning messages every day: “get your body beach-ready”, “5 simple tips for perfect abs”, “cut your belly fat in 20 days”. This constant tirade of propaganda can easily lead […]

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Think kink: 10 Ways to Help You Come to Terms With Your Fetish

You can discover that you have a fetish at any time of your life, at any age.  A fetish my develop, wax or wane, and for many people this experience is a journey into the unknown.  It can be frightening, and make you feel alone or strange.  However, if you are mindful of the following […]