Sabotage Times, We can't Concentrate so Why Should You?

Why forced social interaction is destroying the quiet pleasures of gaming

Here what the new XBox is going to be running on…

Are you one of the growing number of people being made reduntant? You could start signing on, and get to work on your CV.. or you could go the other way and become the UK’s most talked about anarchist. That’s what Charlie Veitch did…

It’s time to delete those embarrassing accounts from five years ago, because MySpace is back and it’s got a bit of Justin Timberlake all over it…

Dodge arrows to rape and pillage a Native American village, plough your car through pensioners or just twat the screen as hard as you can. Video games – they don’t make ‘em like they used to.

There’s an app for everything, and you can practically brush your teeth with your iPhone, but which are the best for hard news?

She’s a big blob of yellowness that manages to look sexy, and she’s not the only pixelated princess to get me hornier than a rutting weasel…

Why bother knocking out meaningful lyrics when you can fill up a decent song with ‘La La la’s’. If you don’t like it take it up with Van, Iggy, Weller and Rod.

Angry about the 150 year crushing of his native Welsh language, the writer asks ‘How would you feel if you were made to speak German?’

Markus Persson’s Minecraft was the indie gaming hit of the decade. His next project looks even more ambitious…

The Nintendo Wii changed everything. Its follow-up has potential but for now you’re better off playing Angry Birds…

…is gaining acceptance as a man of science and not just another entertaining illusionist.

Derren Brown wants to be seen as our scientific saviour – his shows position himself as a remarkable self-help guru. Speak to anyone who’s been on his show however, and you’ll see he’s nothing more than a good director of TV….

Nintendo used to be the king of consoles, but with the Wii U their focus has firmly shifted from great gaming to gimmicky, hype-filled marketing. If you’re a serious gamer, then this console just isn’t for you.

You have to love a sports tournament which can send a superstar back to the changing rooms for wearing the wrong coloured shorts. Here’s what we love about Wimbledon…

40 years of game design and innovation has ended in a brown, bloody, shitty sludge where every game involves a tattooed hard-man crouching behind things and shooting people in the face…

Get two Brits in the vicinity of a large volume of water and it’s only a matter of time before one of them pushes the other in. But why do we find it so funny?

Waikikamukau, DoReMiFaSaLaTiDo, The Wife Doesn’t Know and Don’t Tell The Wife – all genuine racehorse names. Here are some of the most hilarious…

It’s so hot here in England that you might as well stay put, as the hassle of the budget airline getaway is not always worth the flight…

The Anders Breivik trial enters its second day, but did a video game really influence last year’s Norwegian massacre?

Today David Bowie announced he will re-release Ziggy Stardust to mark the 40th anniversary of his greatest album. Fair enough, but isn’t he, well, a bit shit?

Famed in the Faroes for scoring against Scotland, the former international footballer now dreams of toppling the Playboy empire.

Your favourite chocolate bar is smaller, your football team is laden with debt and your beloved pie now tastes like it’s been rinsed in sewage. I blame the city, and it’s only going to get worse.

FM12 is launched today.Miles Jacobson, the man behind the world’s most addictive game talks about the new version, the stars who can’t get enough of his ‘glorified spreadsheet’ and the agents who desperately try to get their players stats boosted.

They’re killing the web and destroying your soul. Discover the 5 reasons why this writer thinks you shouldn’t bother ever buying an app. (Apart from ours which will be out in a few weeks).

Football tribalism is not just for the terraces, and the imminent release of Pro Evo Soccer 2012 is due to rile both PES fanatics and the FIFAphiles alike…

With the Rugby World Cup rumbling along in New Zealand here’s a look at whether it’s video game counterpart is worth £40 of your hard-earned cash…

Football fans crave success. If we can’t get it in reality, then reality can p*ss off because we now have access to an alternate world where supporting a crap, shambolic and skint club is no barrier to success.

Npower undercover boss Kev McCullough took the radical step of donning a red fleece and growing some stubble in an attempt to connect with his staff. Gripping stuff…

Leave Call of Duty. Forget FIFA. If you want a unique gaming experience then the underground world of cycling simulators is where it’s at.

I’d prefer to swim with sharks that watch a Grand Prix, but F1 2011 is a belting game, and it means I won’t have to befriend Nige in accounts and start watching Top Gear…

A diet of sequels, gimmicky controllers and identikit first-person-shooters has left the video games industry reeling. This is how to fix it…

If puerile wisecracks, violence and misogyny are your thing, the return of Duke Nukem should be right up your alley.

Plans may still be in the early stages, but could this Championship Manager versus The Sims mash up, where you get to recreate the world of these multi-millionaire fuckwits, be the ultimate football game?

Rockstar Games, those clever folk behind Grand Theft Auto have just launched a new game which looks ace – like the movie LA Confidential. Unfortunately they forgot to make it any fun to play.

In an age of X-Box live and FIFA 11, it’s easy to forget about football’s computer game roots. Here we salute the genre’s evolution from 8-bit Jimmy Greaves to Game Boy David Beckham

One of the most overlooked genres in film, the football hooligan romp has produced some of the most memorable film performances ever. Here’s the cream of the crop…

Games are like movies – the more money you spend, the shitter they’re liable to become. Here’s a list of 5 crazy ideas for a game that time (and everyone else) forgot.

There’s nothing wrong with darts. If you’re in a pub and looking for something to do, other than get pissed; it’s an option. It beats folding up crisp packets into tiny triangles, and it’s cheaper than the trivia machine.

From Frankenbombers and their bums to Al-Qaeda and beyond, it’s a veritable minefield out there. Be safe kids and read this guide to combating the terrorists

Exactly when did we all become 3D-loving, replica shirt-wearing, insurance selling, dodgy owner accepting soccer sheep? How old school football fans lost their identity and became consumers.

An appreciation of Alan Beswick, the flame-haired radio presenter who inspired and verbally abused the masses in 1980s Britain, or at least the North West.

Let’s face it – all fiction is nonsense. The Wire, The Sopranos and even Shakespeare are all nothing but nonsense distracting us from real life.