Once in a while, a renowned series from the past makes a welcome return after years in hiding. In their day, Syberia 1 and 2 were regarded as distinguished point-and-click adventure games that captured both mysticism and mystery, but 13 years later, most of that has been lost in Syberia 3. Although the threads that weave this series together return, its delivery is wholly underwhelming. Dialogue feels disconnected and the important moments lack impact, resulting in a story-centric game that rings hollow.
From its opening moments, Little Nightmares' haunting aesthetic pulls you into its world of existential conundrums. It enthralls you with its eerie atmosphere and makes your heart pound with tense cat-and-mouse style chases. But the curtains close on this psychological puzzle-platformer far too soon, and for better or worse, it leaves you craving more.
The New Frontier season of Telltale's The Walking Dead is wrapping up the way that it began, with more Garcia family strife than zombie action in the penultimate episode. Thicker Than Water plays up the soap-opera dynamics that have long been as big a part of the franchise as the brain-munching gore, making for a more satisfying episode than its snoozy predecessor. Fireworks explode in the relationship between leading man Javier Garcia and his brother David, who finally figures out that his estranged wife Kate might just have feelings for her brother-in-law.
Bill Murray's character in Groundhog Day believed he was in hell, but let's admit it: There are worse possible time loops to get ensnared in than having to spend your days reporting on rodent shadows and courting 1990s Andie MacDowell. In fact, consider The Sexy Brutale: you could end up reliving a single day at a fancy, sprawling casino mansion where you're attempting to save the lives of nine guests who get slaughtered by the staff during an annual masquerade ball.
Cosmic Star Heroine makes a great first impression. Its introductory hours are all synths and saxes, flashy sci-fi espionage, and daring escapades lit by suffusions of neon and moonlight. There's no mistaking it for some imported decades-old classic, but it still managed to give me flashbacks of loading up untranslated PC Engine games and gawking at the interstitial artwork.
Previous entries in the Sniper Ghost Warrior series have been justifiably criticized for their stifling linearity. Missions would regularly guide you by the hand through one cramped corridor after another, with a succession of targets ripe for elimination along the way. It wasn't a formula conducive to the type of freedom and choice one might hope to find in a game focused on the act of long-distance sniping, and Polish developer CI Games has seen the error of its ways with the latest entry in the series.
Dragon Quest Heroes II is a JRPG on fast forward. The gradual addition of new party members, the rollout of plot twists, and other typical genre roadmarkers come at you at a fast clip. If it normally takes 100 hours to amass a kill count of 10,000 enemies, this game lets you reach such milestones in less than 10. And, as one of the many spinoffs of the 20-year-old Dynasty Warriors series, it retains the best elements of the franchise's trademark combat, where you decimate armies with rudimentary, albeit flashy, combos.
The minute What Remains of Edith Finch puts its titular protagonist face to face with its slapdash Frankenstein's monster of a house, it seems the game is gearing up for a horror story, closer to Resident Evil than Gone Home. That's actually close to the truth in one sequence, but What Remains of Edith Finch ultimately tells a subtle tale with far more pensive ideas. It plays off a heightened sense of impending mortality, but terror never truly takes a physical form. These are simply the facts, presented as only the victims and witnesses could deliver them.
Video game mashups are nothing new, but Puyo Puyo Tetris is the most interesting one to come along in a while, bridging two puzzle series with distinct mechanics and rules. What you ultimately get are two great games and a surprisingly good mashup with numerous single- and multiplayer options at the ready. It's a robust package, and an excellent revival of two beloved yet stagnant series.
Outlast 2's maniacal commitment to its core conceit is simultaneously its greatest strength and its greatest weakness. Like the original--which helped popularize first-person survival horror when it launched in 2013--Outlast 2 casts you as a hapless everyman with zero fighting skills and no tools beyond a camcorder. Your only option when confronted with grotesque, bloodthirsty murderers is to run and hide.
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Caitlin Moran’s name is synonymous with feminist activism. Her acclaimed books, How to Be a Woman, How to Build a Girl and More Than a Woman are relatable survival guides for women of all ages and backgrounds, encouraging us all to stand up for ourselves and use our voices. This International Women’s Day, we launch […]
International Women’s Day is officially upon us. Across the world people are coming together to push for gender equality and to celebrate the progress that has been made. This year, Marie Claire is focusing on action, launching our International Women’s Day guest edit with feminist activist Jameela Jamil and encouraging our readers to follow her […]
The pandemic’s changed our lives, but you're never too young to make a difference. Just ask these activists and grass-roots campaigners - five incredible women taking action in 2021
Coming of age in an era of disruption, Gen Z may face an uncertain future but many prefer to look ahead to a world of opportunities – a chance to bring about real change. In spite of Covid-19 restrictions, 2020 saw Gen Z, connected by social media, rise to the challenge of global activism. Forced […]
Co-founder of the Women's Equality Party, Catherine Mayer, was married to influential musician Andy Gill until his death in Feb 2020. This International Women's Day, Mayer shares with affecting honesty how grief adds clarity to her life-affirming activism
My beautiful husband died at the start of the pandemic, my lovely stepfather 41 days before him. Lockdown isolated my mother and me in our fresh losses, each of us living alone with our grief. Yet by comparison to many women, we are lucky, not least in the palette of rights we enjoy. In some […]
The theme of this International Women's Day is Choose to Change - let Tanya help you become a change-maker with her top resources.
This International Women’s Day, we’ve collaborated with some of our favourite activists to bring you educational and informative content that will serve you for this week and beyond. Like? Influencer and UN Refugee Agency supporter Tanya Burr’s top six resources for educating yourself, if you’re not sure how to support women internationally in your day-to-day. […]
This month's guest editor's main priority? To make sure you're doing okay.
Hello. Bloody Hell. It’s March again. It’s such a joy to be asked to be on the cover of Marie Claire UK and to contribute as a guest editor this month. How are you? Are you ok? If you’re alive still, then you have already achieved a phenomenon, so if, like me, you have devolved in […]
Award-winning writer and comedian Catherine Bohart shares what her own lockdown mental health journey helped her discover
‘How’s your lockdown going?’ People have been asking me that question since the first lockdown and I still find it baffling. Surely, the question should be, ‘how’s today going?’. I’d even take, ‘How’s the last hour been?’. The situation we are in, and I think this bears repeating, is utterly unprecedented, bizarre and difficult. Yet, […]
Activist Munroe Bergdorf on why 2021 must be the year of lasting, impactful change online
In a relatively short space of time, social media has become a far-reaching cyber conduit for activism to take centre stage in the real world. Perspectives, experiences and issues that have long been silenced, avoided or ignored have now gone mainstream. Much of what was once deemed too controversial to talk about is now unavoidable […]
For many, the meaning of self love might seem simple. You have a self, so you probably love it. Right? Well, actually, not so much, according to existential therapist and coach Sara Kuburic, otherwise well-known as The Millennial Therapist. On her Instagram page with the same moniker, she shares wisdom about self care, human identity […]
The Body Shop's global self-love index, backed by activist Jameela Jamil and exclusively shared with MC, indicates a worrying new trend.
Everyone suffers from self confidence wobbles at times. Whether it’s worrying about your savings, questioning if you’re doing enough at work or falling out with your favourite (now slightly-too-tight) jeans, having off days and questioning your worth is normal. But it shouldn’t define you. You should be able to identify it as just that—a worry, […]
Effy By Design, the women fashion house behind the flexible collection “Mauving on...” is excited to announce the launch of “Accountable”, a collection of comfortable office clothing to showcase core values with style. Online pre-order campaign starts October 20th, with official launch hitting retail on November 15th.
LILLEbaby launches new and improved SeatMe. SeatMe is designed with the ability to transform from a soft structured carrier to a simple and true hip seat. The signature shelf-seat makes it easy to position the baby’s hips for a prime carry and helps distribute weight evenly, making it more comfortable for the wearer.
Botox has made a career as a beauty link against lines and wrinkles. In drugs, the drugs has long been used against muscular diseases. Botox injections treatment are not only an beauty treatment but also care aging effect. Botox injections treatment are also used to stop serious issues, depression symptoms and other diseases.
The kinds of services that one can find at the beauty salon Plano are simply endless. Your money will buy you just any type of beauty services that you desire. You just have to see it in the beauty and fashion magazine and you take it with you to the hair stylist in the colony where you will come out looking gorgeous and neat in the latest hairstyle.
Phuket, Thailand: Phuket's award winning Banyan Tree Spa has opened its first branch in Singapore, on the 55th floor of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. Although Banyan Tree Holdings is a Singaporean company headed by founder and chairman, Ho Kwon Ping, this is the firm's first venture on home soil.
A rise in interest of cosmetic surgery does not immediately equal to a rise in the size of the plastic surgeon's wallet. Needless to say, cosmetic surgery is expensive as well as scary. But for those men and women hoping for the same results at a much lower cost, with a smaller time frame for recovery, and with less invasive methods, then the swell of non-surgical procedures is surely a gift from God. These treatments, developed and perfected, do not necessitate the use of dozens of strange and scary-looking apparatuses, nor do they hurt the wallet nearly as much; instead, they're quicker and easier to get. So don't shy away from beauty, because you don't have to hurt to be beautiful.
Ever wondered why celebrity's eyes look so lovely with or without make up? Well that is due to the eyelash extensions used in their eyes. Eyelash extensions give you advantage over normal and plain eyes by allowing your eyes to look extra ordinarily beautiful. Longer and fuller the eyelashes, more is the beauty of your eyes with them. There are many girls that have mastered the talent to fix the eyelashes through several eyelash extension training institutes in Australia. One can learn from on of these or get an eyelash extension done in a professional place like parlor.
Setting up a beauty salon is not an easy task; it requires a well planning before we establish it. Right from the color combinations to the placement of beauty salon equipments, everything thing needs a plan. So here a guide to help you gets started with your beauty salon.
Several newbie salon equipment items and units get advertised at beauty channels and on the web. On the other hand, these types of packages normally contain tools that rookie salon keepers won't take advantage of or aren't prepared to use. Beginning with a couple of standard pieces involving beginner beauty parlor equipment which you can easily add to soon after as your current salon business boosts is really a improved approach to take.
Nothing makes a lady feel or look as good as if you know her hair looks great. Explanation features a "bad hair day" is synonymous with depression and feeling down. That makes it quite crucial for any woman that she finds a beauty and hair salon that she actually is very happy with. A new consistent trip to popular beauty salon is actually a treat to anticipate. Once you can know nice hair stylist and he or she knows exactly what you need, you are able to relax and luxuriate in the knowledge to be pampered.
Time and again, skin experts and beauty counselors have stressed on the fact that a good skin can be developed in natural ways. However, unfortunately only few people realize this. The reason behind this claim is that most of the products that we find in the market these days, are made from chemical substances, which have the potential of creating problems on one's skin with different kinds of side effects. Every person has a different kind of skin type, and not all products are suited for all skin types, which can lead to some product having some serious reaction on someone's skin, the effect of which can sometimes even stay for a lifetime.
Some fashion shows in Paris or London exhibit the work of top designers that seem like very bad taste to some onlookers. Girls with outrageous outfits prance down catwalks bedecked withmau frills and bows and colours that clash. It appears that taste is a matter of personal preference. What makes the perfect fashion purse must lie then within the prerogative of the person who buys it.
Taking care of your body means getting regular exercise, and good nutrition but in the rushed fast paced lifestyles in our 21st century, and many holding down demanding careers, this is not very easy to do. Eating fast foods is all too easy, and worse still, TV dinners which many people buy to save time, really do not give you the nutrition your body needs. There are some simple ways that you can help your body stay in good health, and some examples are taking vitamin supplements, and using the best quality health and beauty products money can buy.
Good news for everyone with Oil of Olay Coupons in the competitive market. Now anyone can save pennies but still maintain their beauty regime. This is a welcome relief, especially to all mummies that sacrifice their wants and needs to care for their family and children. Now no one has to feel bad about investing in a little 'beauty' time. P&G really have come out trumps by the introduction of the coupon concept to help all households save on not only beauty products but all their necessary consumer goods.
With Garnier eye Roll On, your eyes have it. Whether your eyes look exhausted very first thing in the morning or throughout the day, how people see you, how they make their very first impression, is in your eyes. Why not wake up your eyes and have the world see you like you see the world with a fresh approach and feeling that comes with revitalized, brighter, smiling eyes. The Garnier formula has a caffeine enrichment formula that stimulates, refreshes and makes your eyes look and feel like you are attentive and prepared. Your appearance is important to you and the impression that others have of you is reflected by how you look and especially how your eyes look.
Garnier Men knows what it's like to be a man. With the pressures to be at the top of your game at the job, being social or simply being out there, men must be able to put on a strong face and keep a look of manly distinction. Men have to live all the contradictions and have to show that they are strong, sensitive, tough and nurturing, wise, vital and are dignified. If it's not always easy to define the look and feel of a man of the modern age, it is great to have something that provides the products to achieve it.
Did you ever long for spotless face? Of course, a pristine and wrinkle free face is a dream of each person. Almost every woman has to leave her home and work to earn for which they have to travel out in summers, winters and rains. Simply to make ends meet, they have to work rather hard in life. Even you have to step out of the house to fulfill your family demands.
Beauty salons around the world have sprung up as a response to the growing list of clientele who even with the recession blues spend quite a lot of money on beauty treatments. Also known as a beauty shop, these salons provide professional beauty treatments to both men and women. Recently with growing demand for natural beauty treatments, there is a spurt in the availability of aromatherapy, massages, mud baths and other such services by the salons.
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