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BRILLIANT behind-the-backrunner to go with the film ofthe same name. Packed withsilly challenges, levels andbosses to keep you busy. Youplay as one of the little yellowminions battling Gru and hisbaddie bosses.Collect bananas and

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CREATE your own viralsensations by putting funnycaptions on photos with thiseasy-to-use freebie. Stuff likethe snap of the baby punchingthe air, with the caption: “Puton old jeans . . . found moneyin the pocket.” It’s up to youwhat you write – just try tomake people laugh.

GO head to head with app-crazy golfers around the worldin this tap-and-release putter.Battle over 70 holes on five

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DIABLO fans in need of a fresh fixcan rest easy. This offers dynamic,exciting action and a solid,lore-driven story to back it up.Here you battle harpies, tin men

and werewolves in a 19th CenturyEastern Europe inspired by amechanical future. The game is anabsolute pleasure to play – ghostly,destructive and challenging, with aco-op mode too.One of the finest PC releases of

2013, an XBLA version is due laterthis year. A sequel is in the workstoo, perhaps as part of a trilogy. Anexperience not to be missed. RW

STEPHEN FRY voices thisinteractive 3D download,which has 60 dinosaurs tolearn about, with animationsand flight sequences teachingabout the prehistoric beasts.A cool Dinosaur Hunters

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NOSTALGIA isn’t the only reason todownload this revival of an iconicgaming franchise.A classic, faithful port of the

console classic, the iOS editionoffers 130km of in-game track over30 courses. And unlike manyplatform rivals, the depth here hasn’tbeen diluted by the switch to mobile.Racing in McRae’s Ford Focus, it’s

a definitive rallying experience,fine-tuned for on-the-go gaming.But sometimes the game can feel

a bit TOO hard. After all, the point ofapp titles is that you can dip in andout easily.

BATMAN and Spider-Man might have domi-nated comic bookgames in recent years,but now the lesser-known Deadpool getshis own title.As a result of scientificexperiments, mercenary Dead-pool is given a Wolverine-style ability to heal.A routine contract turnsinto a fiendish conspiracyand our “hero” finds theplanet’s fate in his hands,crossing paths with Marvelstablemates along the way.Despite the choice of

weapons on offer here, withcombos earning you upgradepoints, the armed combat alltoo often boils down to mind-lessly pounding the attackbuttons and occasionally coun-tering your enemies’ attacks.The game is also a bit roughround the

edges in terms of graphics.But the tongue-in-cheek, over-the-top tone salvages an other-wise mediocre title.Describing the expletive-filled humour as “adult” is abit of a stretch though, withboob gags and poop jokesaplenty.It is no Batman: ArkhamCity — but the only game inwhich the anarchic characterof Deadpool could ever reallyshine would be a relentlessbutton-masher packed full ofcrude dialogue.You will blast through thisin no time. But if you wantto switch off your brain fora bit, Deadpool is worthrenting. JCS

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BARCELONA and RealMadrid will feature inthe next instalment ofthe NBA series – butyou won’t seelittle LionelMessi perform-ing improbableslam dunks.The Spanish

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AS the Xbox One andPlayStation 4 go head-to-head, the opinion poll appPolar quizzed gamers onwhich next-generationconsole they prefer.Gauging feedback oneverything from price toexpandable hard-drivesize, the app has recordedmore than 18,000 votes.And despite Microsoft’srecent climbdown on used

games, the results showSony are still well ahead.Seventy-four per cent ofthe respondents to Polar’ssurvey preferred Sony’sPS4 with just 26 per centvoting for the Xbox Onefrom Microsoft.The PS4 costs £349.99and the Xbox One £429.99.But a staggering 79 percent of gamers reckonedthey would STILL choose

the PS4 even if it was thesame price as its rival.Sony also secured asurprising victory when itcame to motion controls –edging out Microsoft’sfamed Kinect, as 53 percent of gamers preferredthe PlayStation Eye.Interestingly, only 57 percent felt we are ready fornext-gen gaming – and 43per cent thought not yet.

MASSIVE Attack’s collabor-ation with Adam Curtis isthe pioneering trip-hopband as you’ve never seenor heard them before.And as if to prove they arebreaking new ground, Robert “3D”Del Naja is in a Manchester ware-house, combing down a blondewig and wearing a big grin.Surrounded by a laughingentourage, the Massive Attackmainman is destroying his moodyimage with a comedy impressionof late Nirvana singer KurtCobain.Cover versions of Nirvana’sWhere Did You Sleep Last Nightplus Sugababes’ Push the Button,Barbra Streisand’s My ColouringBook and the Bacharach/Davidclassic The Look Of Love — sungto perfection by former CocteauTwin Elizabeth Fraser — arejust some of the sur-prises of this newart installation.The show, whichalso stars reggaesinger HoraceAndy, opened lastnight at the May-field Depot and isthe flagship eventof this year’sManchester Interna-tional Festival.“As you’ve gath-ered from watchingthese rehearsals this isnot a Massive Attackgig,” says 3D. “We’ve notplayed live for three years andthen our shows had giant LEDscreens that showed information,statistics and facts of every coun-try we played in. It was reallyexciting.“But by 2010 we’d hit the pinna-cle, so we took time off knowingwhen we did return it wouldhave to be something new andlike nothing we’d done before.”And that’s exactly why the“thought-provoking” show — a col-laboration of film, graphics, slo-gans, music and sound — is notlike anything you’ve seen before.The Bristol band’s collaborationwith Bafta award-winning docu-mentary maker Adam Curtis tellsstories around the end of idealismand belief.Curtis explains: “I didn’t wantto patronise people. I’m telling

By JACQUI SWIFT

stories about how a new powerhas emerged and using charactersincluding Donald and IvanaTrump, Jane Fonda and TedTurner, everyone in GoldmanSachs who made a killing in2008, plus the neutron bomb, I’vehighlighted how people have man-aged to manipulate situations.”“We’ve really put our sound tothe max to illustrate the sensa-tion or feeling of what’s happen-ing in the film,” adds 3D.The partnership was born when3D attended the festival in 2011to watch Blur pal DamonAlbarn’s Dr Dee opera.He says: “I came to Manchesterin 2011 to see Damon and metfestival director Alex Poots.“We met dancing around toCandi Staton in a tent and I toldhim I’d love to do something nexttime and I mentioned I’d just

watched Adam’s film AllWatched Over ByMachines Of LovingGrace and that I’dlove to work withhim.“Alex not onlyknew him buttexted him onthe spot and wemet in Londontwo weeks later.”Curtis tells

SFTW: “When youget a text that abrilliant band wantto work with you,

then you say yes straightaway. Then start to panic

about what you can do together.”The nervousness was mutual.Says 3D: “I was intimidated ini-tially as Adam’s a very cleverguy. I thought, ‘Oh me and mysoapbox politics are going tocome unstuck here’. But we goton really well and I think weshare a common trait in the factthat we both plied our trade inthe art of collage — Adam in filmand us in music.”Curtis adds: “I don’t know whatI can possibly do next to matchthis project as it’s been an educa-tion for me.”Adds 3D: “This is the start of anew chapter for Massive Attackso what comes next I don’t knowbut it’ll be groundbreaking again.”l Massive Attack V Adam Curtiscontinues until July 13. For more infor-mation go to mif.co.uk

FAKE MAJORWHO: Richard Ferguson(vocals/guitar), David Mc-Ginty (vocals/guitars/keys)WHERE: GlasgowFOR FANS OF: FrightenedRabbit, Bastille, The NationalJIM SAYS: Perhaps the tinyPoetry Club at Glasgow’sSWG3 complex wasn’t theideal place to get my firsttaste of Fake Major live.The room was packed last

Saturday for the Wee ChillLive festival and I’m a bigchap. But the band’s perfor-mance more than made upfor that.Fake Major only emerged a

few months ago, but they arealready one of the mosttalked about acts on thescene.Selected to play the T

Break Stage at T In The Parknext Saturday, their majesticfolk-tinged indie should godown a treat.They may only have

debuted online in February,but Richard and David havebeen playing together formore than 10 years. Theywere the prime songwriters inGlasgow favourites Endor.David also lent his vocals

to four tracks on SnowPatrol’s 2006 multi-million-selling Eyes Open album. Hesaid: “With Fake Major thereis more room for Richard andI to do exactly what we want.“If we decide we want to

have a brass band we’ll get

one. We’re free to recordwhatever we want.“The only rule is that we

have to be able to play thesongs live as a two-piece,and for them still to work.”For T In The Park, they’ll

have an expanded line-up,drafting in some old friendsto perform as a five-piece.David said: “Andy played

drums in Endor, Tristan usedto play in Theatre Fall andMike was in We Were Prom-ised Jetpacks.”Linking up with emerging

Scots label Comets & Cart-wheels, the band releasedtheir brilliant debut EP HavePlenty Of Fun in April. Leadtrack Little Researcher wasimmediately picked up byBBC Radio 1’s Ally McCraeto give them their first airplay.David said: “We’re starting

to think about an album, butbefore that we want to do acouple more EPs. The nextone will be coming out in theautumn.”Following T In The Park,

Fake Major are set to appearat the Wickerman and Bel-ladrum festivals, plus a head-line show at King Tut’s inGlasgow on July 29.MORE: fakemajor.comQ Jim will be playing Fake Majoron In:Demand Uncut this Sundayfrom 7pm as part of his T In ThePark preview. He’ll also have inter-views with Liam Gallagher andMiles Kane, plus The 1975 insession. Check it out on Clyde 1,Forth One, Northsound 1, RadioBorders, Tay FM, West FM & WestSound FM. indemandscotland.co.uk

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