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A spunky war photographer with green lipstick and sensible clothes, and her anthropomorphic pig uncle were the unlikely heroes of one of 2003’s best games – Ubisoft’s Beyond Good & Evil from French game designer Michel Ancel

If Killzone 3’s cinematics were compiled into a Hollywood movie, they’d make Battlefield Earth look like Blade Runner by comparison. It’s a shame that there are

Any follower of Joel and Ethan Coen’s work watching True Grit for the first time will probably sit out most of the pair’s take on the Western waiting for the moment that the other shoe drops

Should a film obviously designed to pander to critics and awards voters automatically be regarded as any more worthy than one made to please the crowds?

Dead Space 2 has no right to be as nerve-wracking as it is. There are few survival-horror game clichés that it doesn’t reach for at some point in its running time – the rattling in the air vents, the monsters that leap

Don’t be fooled by the fact that Black Swan, the latest film from Darren Aronofsky, arrives in SA surfing the crest of a tidal wave of awards-season buzz. It is not one of those mannered, middle-of-the-road dramas

Award-winning art-house thriller Winter’s Bone has snuck so stealthily into SA’s art-house cinemas that it is likely to disappear just as quietly after a week or two on circuit. That would be a pity

This year promises to be another packed full of monster hits for the videogaming industry, with a host of massive titles expected to hit the shelves over the next 12 months

God of War 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Rock Band 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Alan Wake, Limbo, Darksiders, Just Cause 2, Minecraft and Super Mario Galaxy 2. The fact that TechCentral couldn’t cram

In between the bloated 3D summer blockbusters and mindless romantic comedies, 2010 offered up a diverse spread of arthouse dramas and exciting popcorn movies. TechCentral’s entertainment critic, Lance Harris