As a final year masters student, I should have kept away from the likes of _Fallout New Vegas_; trying to blast through a game that offers tens of hours of gameplay for review while simultaneously keeping up with course work and generally having a life is an extremely challenging task....
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Has the biggest social network led us into a state of complete apathy?
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Violent protests notwithstanding, we need to carry on making our point to the decision-makers in London
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After revelations that the Lib Dems planned to ignore pledges, we can’t just accept it as how politics works
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Was Obama’s change too much for the average American?
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Losing the PM seems almost as dangerous as having him at the country’s helm
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With the announcement of the closure of the premier music shop on campus, Anishka Sharma questions what now?
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Since first coming to attention with their 2002 debut album ‘Turn on the Bright Lights’, Interpol have won a reputation as one of the more interesting imports from the New York indie scene. Their layered guitars, icily detached vocals and dark, brooding feel have led to comparisons to the likes...
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Was it just me or do you remember the days when Kings of Leon were exciting too? Held up by everyone from obscure indie rockers like Modest Mouse, to folk legends like Bob Dylan as one of the greats in a tame new wave. Kings of Leon seemed to represent...
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About 18 months ago, it looked like the Manic Street Preachers were down and out. Their last album, 2007’s ‘Send Away the Tigers’, had received positive reviews but little seemed to follow from it, besides the cover of Rihanna’s Umbrella. And then a new album, ‘Journal for Plague Lovers’, appeared....
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Heart isn’t that hard to find: New look, old sound. Jimmy Eat World’s ‘Invented’ is a far cry from the sweaty, (presumably) out-of- breath band that older fans will remember from videos such as ‘the Middle’, at the turn of the century. The single chosen to be released with ‘Invented’,...
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