Category: Fun

Games with a female protagonist.

Top 5 new games with a female protagonist

Some game designers are bucking the trend and bringing us kick-ass games led by women, for women (and men, if they know what’s good for them) to enjoy. Here are five of our favourite new games with a female protagonist for you to play with pride…

Interesting apps for when you're bored: Happify.

10 entertaining apps for when you’re bored: part two

Scrabble It’s a classic for a reason: because it’s fun! (Geeky fun, yes, but isn’t that the best kind?) You can play against strangers or your friends, but we reckon it’s more fun to try to beat the computer – which also means you can take as long as you like between turns with no…
10 Interesting apps for when you're bored.

10 entertaining apps for when you’re bored

Remember when you were younger and got SO bored sometimes but your parents didn’t seem to care and you didn’t even have the internet? Yeah, those days are over. These days we can always find something to entertain us, the challenge is choosing the right thing. That’s where our list comes in.

David Bowie is about to make you feel inadequate

...and we're not talking about his impressive crotch-bulge in Labyrinth. A new site by Duy Nguyen and Joakim T has sprung up to remind you that David Bowie is basically a superhero, and that whatever you're doing with your life, he'd already done something better. In my case: As Neil Buchanan would say: try it yourself.…

Dragon-egg clutch bags for the Khaleesi in your life

One of the hardest parts about putting a costume together is what bag you're going to take with you. After all, you still need your keys, phone, wallet and all the other detritus we all carry on a night out, but cosplay-appropriate clutch bags are few and far between. Until now. Etsy seller PrissyKittyDesigns sells…

Drake knows his makeup – namechecks NARS Orgasm blush in ‘Fancy’

Drake and Swizz Beats' song 'Fancy' isn't new (in fact, it came out in 2010, on Drake's debut album) – but a Reddit user just spotted an interesting namecheck in the lyrics. Skip to 3.34 and you'll hear the words: Say go Cinderella Go Cinderella Orgasm blush Lipstick and concealer Yep, that's a reference to NARS'…

Plastic rockstars rejoice: Guitar Hero is coming back

My soul is happy but my fingers are sad to hear that there's a brand new Guitar Hero coming this year – Guitar Hero Live: Interesting acting there. It sounds like the game will be split into two parts: the classic-style Guitar Hero game, which will now have actual music videos in the background instead…

Cringe of the day: a Waitrose branch made an ‘Uptown Funk’ lipsync

There are lots of amazing YouTube videos set to Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' megahit Uptown Funk. Like this one, by a high school in Dallas: Or this one on a treadmill, by Carson Dean: But not this one, by the Bromley South branch of Waitrose: With 17,000 views at the time of writing, it's not awful…

Free ice cream today! It’s Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day

Today (April the 14th) is that magical day of the year when Ben & Jerry's give out free ice cream to the masses because, essentially, they are the best people in the world. B&J's ice cream has got me through breakups, shakeups, and a 3-hour war film my ex wanted to watch, and today we…