This Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power article first appeared in the August 2022 issue of Total Film magazine. You can purchase a hard copy here (opens in new tab) In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit – and a few thousand years before that, there lived a harfoot. While these …
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This Top Gun: Maverick article first appeared in the April 2022 issue of Total Film magazine. You can purchase a hard copy here (opens in new tab) or subscribe to the magazine (opens in new tab) and never miss another world-exclusive feature. For a sequel to a film built around …
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There aren’t many games upon which legacies are founded, but Fatal Fury is undoubtedly one of them. When you think of SNK and its Neo-Geo hardware, it’s almost impossible to avoid thinking about fighting games – and that’s been true for decades. Without Fatal Fury, the company’s debut entry in …
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David Cage’s first idea for a video game was the stuff of delusion: an unworkably grand outline sketched by a young person with no experience of development. He convinced a group of friends to make a demo during their evenings, outside of their day-to-day jobs. Astonishingly, the project, The Nomad …
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Frances O’Connor may be best known for her roles in movies like AI: Artificial Intelligence and Mansfield Park, but now the actor has turned her hand to writing and directing. Her feature debut is Emily, a dramatization of the life of Emily Brontë, the author of the 19th Century classic …
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Resin 3D printing is a bit like magic. You send a design to the machine, watch the build platform descend into a pool of goop, and then, hours later, a model appears seemingly from nowhere. Even after countless prints, the giddy excitement of that reveal doesn’t wear off. It’s what …
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In the natural world you’re not likely to see a wolf cub and fawn team up. But in the upcoming cooperative adventure Blanc, from developer Casus Ludi and Gearbox Publishing, the unexpected pairing are set to bring players together. First revealed during the Nintendo Direct Mini earlier this year, Blanc …
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Yes, Batman is actually dead in Gotham Knights, said Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment at San Diego Comic Con last month. And not only is the Dark Knight dead in the upcoming action-RPG, he stays dead – affirmed by the developer in its bid to put internet speculation to bed once …
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