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When scientists pulled genetic material from a pair of naturally preserved bodies in the central Sahara, they expected to ...

In the remote northwestern corner of Alaska sits Nome, a frontier town where gold rush history meets otherworldly landscapes that would make George Lucas do a double-take. You know that feeling when ...

Thomas Grip, co-founder of Frictional Games and the designer behind genre icons such as Penumbra, Amnesia and Soma, has a ...

After a year that has whiplashed between genius and landfill, here are the 25 films from across the world that justified the ...

Drawing on Mandrake, Tennyson, Baudrillard and Jonathan Haidt, this essay examines how social media produces parallel selves, erodes attention, and reshapes childhood, ageing and public life—raising ...

Earlier this year, Cherwell attended Voices from North Korea, an event organised by Freedom Speakers International (FSI), a South Korea-based NGO working with North Korean refugees. Over the course of ...

Africa should stop moaning! Making excuses for one’s shortcomings is always a sure sign of failure. Tendai Ruben Mbofana I recently came across yet another article urging Africans to “reclaim” their ...

One thing that makes Alien: Isolation such a uniquely tense experience is that it feels so personal thanks to its protagonist, Amanda Ripley, being the daughter of Ellen Ripley, the beloved hero of ...

Alien: Isolation is one of the most terrifying games I've ever played, and even its own writer admits it's straight-up too scary for a lot of people. Chatting on the FRVR podcast, former Creative ...

The tricky AI ended up prolonging an otherwise shorter game. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Alien Isolation is my favourite ...

A developer recently came out and stated that Alien: Isolation‘s famously long 20-hour runtime was actually an unexpected outcome. In an interview with the FRVR podcast, the game’s writer, Dion Lay, ...