From Thu 16/05 The Enterprise crew saves humanity again MOVIE The new “Star Trek” is the 12th in the series and the second from JJ Abrams. Vengeful alien invaders, a confused Captain Kirk, Spock with a gun, Simon Pegg, plus Benedict Cumberbatch as the main villain, about whom the creators (and himself) are silent about the main thing - whether he is based on any of the villains of the original Star Trek. See interview with Benedict Cumberbatch on page 90

Wild Korean role-playing games like Ragnarök Online at one time brought little money to their Russian publishers and localizers, but, fortunately, they remained a highly specialized marginal phenomenon. and many do not return. I played for quite a long time, my wife Yana got me into it. We lived in Moscow then, and I went to St. Petersburg to rent out issues of the magazine “Seance” for a long time.

The first and only decent Star Wars game had no formal relation to the corresponding films: the events of KotOR took place four thousand years before the birth of Luke Skywalker. This, of course, is simple coquetry and reluctance to deal with licensing restrictions: all the archetypes are in place; instead of Darth Vader there is Darth Malak with his lower jaw torn off; Han Solo, Chewbacca and R2-D2 also have deputies.

Furiously angry hip-hop from the heart of California CONCERTS Death Grips appeared on the horizon two years ago with a video for the song “Guillotine”: few people were left indifferent by the combination of greyhound-produced industrial hip-hop and a cheap video sequence where a black MC was riding in a car - well, not behind the wheel.

Mon 13/05 – Wed 15/05 PETERSBURG Another women's “Spring” BALLET For the centenary of “Spring”, the theaters decided to replenish the staging collection of the ballet and measure their strength - the Bolshoi has already exhaled with satisfaction, the next attempt is up to the Mariinsky. Once again, Gergiev invited the German choreographer Sasha Waltz to modernize the dances and round dances. “Spring” Waltz will almost certainly be at the limit of her bodily capabilities.

A good photograph is the result of how deeply you are immersed in contemplation. I always loved to look - at a person or at a house, it doesn’t matter - I loved the very fact of looking. You can't take a good photo without this. I’m leafing through a magazine right now and I see that the photograph seems to be glossy and professionally shot, but there is no memory of space in it. It feels like the person just wanted to take a beautiful photo, took it and immediately forgot what he was taking.

The original Donkey Kong featured Mario for the first time, climbing the stairs to the roof of a skyscraper where the titular monkey was holding a captive princess. In terms of influence on popular culture, Donkey Kong has no equal - this game, in fact, is the subject of the recent cartoon “Wreck-It Ralph” and the wildest documentary “The King of Kong,” which talks about how a primitive game can ruin the lives of hundreds of adults.

In fact, Operation Flashpoint is divided into two independent (and to the untrained eye indistinguishable) series: OpFlash itself and Arma. In both cases, fictional conflicts take place in fictional countries - that is, varying degrees of convincing scenery for a tactical shooter. It is worth saying that everything is the same, but much more clearly and beautifully can be found in the multiplayer options of Battlefield 3.

The most unforgiving rival in Prince of Persia is time: the player has only an hour to defeat the evil vizier and free the sultan's daughter. The creator of Prince of Persia, Jordan Mechner, and his game quickly became major cultural figures far beyond video games - see Pelevin’s “Prince of the State Planning Committee” (which Mechner, by the way, read). This is the archetypal story of a hero rescuing a princess from the clutches of an evil vizier.

A deconstruction of the comic book about Tintin, carried out without a shadow of a smile, according to the algorithms laid down by Roland Barthes in the analysis of Balzac’s Sarrasine. It is now clear what Tintin has in common with Don Quixote, what Dupont and Duponne have in common with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and in what categories Baudelaire would have thought of Snowball. Very opportunely: almost simultaneously, a perfectly published version in Russian by Hergé appeared.

Almost the only case where the name of the person from whom the main character was copied was written on the cover in large font was the action Apocalypse. It is noteworthy that initially Willis was supposed to play a smaller character - but in the end his face was glued to the main character.

Contrary to popular belief, Sid Meier, the author of the first game, had nothing to do with CivII. But for the first time, an isometric perspective, automation of the functions of engineers and settlers, hit points and other concepts that live in the series to this day appeared in it.

One of the crowning achievements of the recently closed LucasArts studio. A classic quest (official name of the genre: point-and-click adventure) with brilliant characters and a great soundtrack - see the episode with rabbits, a minefield and Ride of the Valkyries. Mitya Aleshkovsky, photographer “Computer games have never changed my attitude towards life.

Five people from Nizhny Novgorod play smart and clear songs about the complex relationships between the physical and the intimate - with irregular rhythms, crafty saxophone, female vocals that move from sarcasm to hysteria in a second, and abruptly meaningful lyrics.

7 A gamepad vest that requires you to press on certain areas of your back (at the same time doing a massage). The enthusiasts who brought this to life did not even put the image into mass production, but simply posted “Do it yourself” instructions. 8 The latest development, currently available only for pre-orders: to control gestures, instead of cameras, a bracelet is used that measures the electrical activity of the muscles of the hand.