Peter Hoskin
Books and Culture Editor at Prospect Magazine
Games Critic at Daily Mail
Books & Culture Editor for @prospect_uk. Games critic (and occasional films and books) for @DailyMailUK
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2 weeks ago |
prospectmagazine.co.uk | Peter Hoskin
Things fray before they fall apart. I’ve been in downtown Los Angeles, the site of the protests against the government’s immigration raids, since last Thursday—and I’ve seen a whole lot of fraying. The streets here, in the biggest city in the fifth-richest state of the wealthiest country in the world, are awash with drugs and homelessness. The frontages of grand old buildings from the 1950s are boarded over. Tarpaulin shelters line most sidewalks. The overriding smell is of piss.
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3 weeks ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Peter Hoskin
By PETER HOSKIN Published: 13:29 EDT, 5 June 2025 | Updated: 13:29 EDT, 5 June 2025 Nintendo Switch 2 Verdict: Joy redefined Rating:The latest Nintendo console, the Switch 2, is finally here — and a question mark block hovers over it, just like the ones above Mario’s head. Is it worth the £395.99 asking price (or £429.99, when bundled with the new Mario Kart World)? In this economy, and with more powerful PlayStations and Xboxes available for less, that’s quite an outlay.
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4 weeks ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Peter Hoskin
F1 25 (PlayStation, Xbox, PC, £69.99)Verdict: Still in pole positionRating:It's not EA FC, the game formally known as Fifa. It’s not the NBA series either. It’s not even my beloved Rocket League. No, the best sports-simulation game is always Codemasters’ latest F1 release, and that’s been the case for some years now. Why? It’s mostly in that word simulation. Here are perfect recreations of Formula 1 cars gliding around perfect recreations of Formula 1 tracks.
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1 month ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Peter Hoskin
RoadCraft (PlayStation, Xbox, PC, £34.99)Verdict: Hard work pays offRating:Monster Train 2 (PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, PC, £20.99)Verdict: All decked outRating:Brum brum. Chugga chugga chugga. Dig dig dig. Has there ever been a game that recreates the childhood feeling of playing with your toy trucks quite like RoadCraft does? Not that I can think of. Which isn't to say that RoadCraft is for children. This is actually a very adult game of traversal and logistics.
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1 month ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Peter Hoskin
Doom: The Dark Ages (PlayStation, Xbox, PC, £69.99 or included with Xbox Game Pass)Verdict: Wield that shieldRating:When you think of Doom, you don’t necessarily think of a shield. Doom is all about sprinting up to hell-spawned monsters and turning them into mush with one of your many fearsome weapons. It’s about, in the game series’ own words, ripping and tearing. Whereas a shield is all about defending yourself, and making sure the worst doesn’t happen.
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They don't do star ratings in the @newscientist, but if they did, I'd have awarded ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ to @tiffanyjenkins's history of the rise and fall of privacy, STRANGERS AND INTIMATES. Read my review in the latest issue: https://t.co/Uuc0Q6Zb7E
This was indeed an enjoyable conversation! Not least because @LeorZmigrod's THE IDEOLOGICAL BRAIN – about the amazing neuroscience of our beliefs – is surely one of the books of the year.
On a beautiful spring afternoon in London I sat with @pghoskin from @prospect_uk for one of the most enjoyable conversations about The Ideological Brain 🌻 The last line of the review is probably my favourite :) Find the interview here: https://t.co/WZrTqP6CAO https://t.co/4EOnfcNGQg
Being a #BGPrize2024 judge was one of the most enjoyable, most rewarding things I've ever done. I hope the new batch have just as good a time. But I also hate them all a little – out of jealousy and because they've supplanted the best-ever judging panel.
Meet the #BGPrize2025 judges - chaired by @thetimes / ST lit ed @RobbieTimes, they are: @UniofOxford lecturer @pratinavanil; biographer and previous winner of the prize @LucyHH; journalist and broadcaster @InayaFolarin; @TheEconomist's Rachel Lloyd; and author @PParkerWriting: https://t.co/jAKYxHm6aR
