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Issue 63 JUNE 2015

Games Editor Paul Jones Creative Director Karl Lock DVD Consultant Jason Hewitt

EDITOR’S LETTER O ne of the interesting things about the huge success of the Fifty Shades of Grey novels was that eBook sales vastly outnumbered the traditional print version – the theory was that many people didn’t want to be seen reading an S&M novel so they opted for the anonymity of a digital version. So if you were wary about going to the cinema to see the blockbuster movie version, now’s your chance to watch it in the safety of your own home. Not that you should feel embarrassed about buying it anyway – let’s face it, it’s more 9 ½ Week s than Story of O – but if you are, you can always hide it amongst some of this year’s Oscar winners: Birdman , The Theory of Everything and Still Alice are all out in June, and are featured alongside Fifty Shades of Grey in this month’s STACK . Elsewhere in your essential home entertainment guide, we profile rising star Chris Pratt, explore the Batman Arkham video game trilogy, and chat to Brit popster Florence +The Machine . And closer to home, we also talk to TheWarratahs and Cairo Knife Fight , plus one of the Weta Workshop wizards behind Chappie .

Games Consultant Sachi Fernando Production Manager Craig Patterson Social Media Manager Sally Carlier-Hull Contributors Graham Reid, Judy Ewens, Gareth Thompson, Duncan Holland, Scott Hocking, Jonathan Alley, Zoë Radas, Alesha Kolbe, Doug Wallen, Ryan Huff,

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The large print giveth, the small print taketh away. RIPRufus (Jack) 2002–2014

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