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Music with Motif: Sound of the Underground - The Boar
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (641+ words) Sid Savill discusses the soundtrack of his train journey from Warwick to home. Since starting university, I have already made some treacherous train journeys from Warwick to my home, so naturally, music about trains has dominated my listening during the…...
The Game Awards 2025 Re-cap
3+ week, 2+ day ago (304+ words) Once more this December, Geoff Keighley invited the cr'me de la cr'me of the video game industry to Los Angeles for The Game Awards to hand out some trophies and advertise the next crop of contenders. Read on to find…...
The Boar’s ‘Games of the Year’: 2025 Edition
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1334+ words) Another year has passed, and we are back with our topic gaming picks for 2025, be it games that have come out this year, or old classics rediscovered. Join us as we dive into the games that made our 2025. Theo Millard…...
Expansions and DLC: More content makes more content - The Boar
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (460+ words) In the modern gaming sphere, DLC (downloadable content) has become almost a standard amongst releases. For the most part, it is uncommon to see successful games, indie or otherwise, avoid releasing some form of additional content for loyal fans. Whether…...
Wheatus Live: Reliving the 2000s all over again - The Boar
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (347+ words) O2 Institute, Birmingham, 29 November 2025 The mood in Birmingham's O2 Institute is lively and nostalgic as one of the great bands to soundtrack the early 2000s prepares to take the stage. Wheatus, the US band synonymous with pop-punk, American high school movie soundtracks, and…...
Why I play games: From childhood memories to a life-long passion - The Boar
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (571+ words) As a grown-up now, I fondly look back on the time when my primary school friends were obsessed with playing Identity V (in Hong Kong), me attempting to play it, and being told off by my parents because it was…...
Combatting winter blues with gaming - The Boar
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (315+ words) The weather's getting colder, days are getting shorter, nights are getting darker. What else is there to do but game? On a cosy day in, when the idea of leaving is too intimidating, I can often find certain kinds of…...
Swans’ final ‘big sound’ tour: A tour de force in tension and beauty - The Boar
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (597+ words) Sid Savill reviews Swans' recent gig in London. Electric Brixton, London, 9 November 2025 Few bands have such a mythical legacy as Swans, who " over the course of their more than 40-year career " have reinvented genres such as gothic, neofolk, avant-garde and…...
Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart: Experts at their craft - The Boar
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (494+ words) Hare and Hounds, Birmingham, 9 November 2025 Apparently not even a miserable wet, rainy Sunday in Birmingham can prevent an abundant crowd from turning out to see Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart. The venue is packed with'anticipation: the audience…...
Will Black Ops 7 cause the downfall of Call Of Duty? - The Boar
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (796+ words) It is undeniable that Call of Duty is not just one of the most influential franchises within the shooter genre, but also one of the most influential video games series of all time. For nearly two decades, the first-person shooter…...