Latest articles by David Houghton
6 questions I have after watching Netflix's Mute
Big questions How does Moon really end? Who's at war with who? And what's with all the dolphins?
Netflix’s Mute might look like Blade Runner, but its central story ignores sci-fi in favour of something better: people who matter
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Cloverfield, Annihilation, and Mute: Do Netflix’s big name movies make it a real Hollywood rival, or is it all just expensive smoke and mirrors?
Features It might seems like Netflix is winning the war on the big movie studios, but a look closer presents a very different story
Destiny 2 Crimson Days: How to get the best sparrows, Ghost shells, emblems and emotes (including the Beyonce dance)
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Hear me out but… Pixar’s Cars is definitely set in a post-human, apocalyptic hellscape
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Hear me out but… Alien: Resurrection is secretly genius (if everything after Alien 3 is Ripley’s dying fever dream)
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Destiny 2’s powerful new Raid perks are the right blueprint for the game’s future. Now Bungie just needs to set them free
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Hear me out but… Ghostbusters 2 makes far more sense if everyone is dead
Features Here's why you're misunderstanding Ghostbuster 2
Hear me out but… the Matrix sequels are actually genius (if you imagine there is no real world)
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The complete story of the Slender Man, from its internet origins (and real-life horror), to the movie backlash
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Bungie’s roadmap for Destiny 2 improvements is welcome, but the game’s long-term health relies on more than changes to the Eververse
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TV’s obsession with twists, mysteries, and watercooler elitism is getting unhealthy. Star Trek Discovery is the cure
Opinion Focus on proper storytelling is Discovery's secret weapon
The Star Trek Discovery cast reveal what fears would set off their threat ganglia IRL (and they're huge scaredy cats)
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This year's best Destiny cosplay so far just turned up (in-ring) at a Japanese pro wrestling show
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The Last Jedi does more for Star Wars’ future than any other movie, precisely because it destroys its past
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What story should Rian Johnson’s new Star Wars trilogy tell? There’s one clear front-runner, and it’s another prequel
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Star Wars: Battlefront 2’s Resurrection expansion might not reinvent the game, but it is a great foundation for fresh, future storytelling
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