Andy Hartup
With over 18 years experience in both online and print journalism, Andy has worked for a host of world-leading tech and gaming brands, including PC Gamer and GamesRadar. He specializes in photography, technology, and smart home, and has provided expert comment for sites like The Guardian. In his spare time, Andy is an amateur photographer, and teaches at the National Film and TV School.
Latest articles by Andy Hartup
How a 170-year-old mystery feels like one of the most modern shows of 2018
By Andy Hartup published
Feature The Terror’s own Tobias Menzies talks to us about how AMC’s latest is striking relevant in 2018, and damn good horror to boot
"We have some very strong, opinionated, intelligent female characters that run the show" - The cast of Netflix’s Lost in Space talk family, feuds, and real role models
By Andy Hartup published
Interview As Lost in Space hits Netflix, we catch up with the Robinson family to discuss family, female characters, and bonding off screen
Lost in Space season 1 review: "Wonderfully watchable TV with genuine heart"
By Andy Hartup published
TV Review
The Terror season 1 episode 4 review: "Slowly upping its threat and levels of outright horror"
By Andy Hartup published
TV Review The Terror episode 4 Punished, as a Boy sees everything begin to unravel... and it's gripping
Legion season 2 episode 1 review: "Like a music video from the '90s, shot by the crew of Blade Runner 2049"
By Andy Hartup published
TV Review Legion season 2 episode 1 keeps things weird as ever... and that's a good thing
Netflix’s Lost in Space is all about family, survival, and making friends with (potentially) killer robots
By Andy Hartup published
Feature The new show is clean sci-fi with plenty of underlying peril... but family is at this reboot's heart
The Terror is a chilling fusion between The Thing and Master and Commander, and it’s heading to your TV soon
By Andy Hartup published
Feature Ridley Scott’s latest horror is heading to AMC and BT TV in the next few weeks
Fighting, fishing, and Connect4 - there’s way more to co-op adventure A Way Out than you think
By Andy Hartup published
Hands on We play the game for an hour, with its creator, to learn all about this cooperative delight
The 25 most inspirational female characters in games
By Ashley Reed, Andy Hartup published
Feature Heroes are great, but better when they're girls. Our top heroines are making waves in more way than one.
See the lovely new Avengers: Infinity War Funkos, and buy them cheaper
By Andy Hartup published
Funkos! Beardy Cap, Hulk-Buster Iron Man, grinning Thanos? They're all here...
One year later - I’m still playing Horizon Zero Dawn, and still can’t quite believe it wasn’t Game of the Year 2017
By Andy Hartup published
Opinion Guerrilla's masterpiece was unfairly hampered by releasing in the same week as Zelda
Every secret Easter egg and reference in Black Panther you might have missed
By Andy Hartup published
Feature Did you spot these Black Panther comic book Easter eggs and MCU references?
Forget sex, violence, and loss - video games need to be better at romantic love to truly evolve
By Andy Hartup published
Opinion A wider emotional range can only be a good thing for video games
Altered Carbon review: "A vibrant, well-made sci-fi story with a strong mystery at its heart"
By Andy Hartup published
TV Review Netflix’s big, bold sci-fi channels Blade Runner and Westworld - but is it as accomplished as its influences?
The 20 best Medieval movies to watch while we wait for the next Game of Thrones
By Andy Hartup published
Feature The finest films to scratch that Game of Thrones itch
The best free dynamic themes for PS4
By Andy Hartup published
Feature Make your home screen beautiful for the cost of sweet nothing
7 questions I have after watching Star Trek Discovery season 1 episode 11 - The Wolf Inside
By Andy Hartup published
Big Questions Is Sarek evil? Is Tyler really dead? And who are Burnham's parents?
This amazing Star Trek Discovery theory suggests Tyler isn't all he seems...
By Andy Hartup published
Theory The latest episode throws up big questions about the identity of two major characters
TV 2017 Year in Review: There’s no such thing as the small screen anymore - it's now easily rivaling Hollywood
By Andy Hartup published
Feature Executive Editor Andy Hartup looks back on the highs (and lows) from the world of TV in 2017
12 questions I have after watching Star Wars: The Last Jedi
By Andy Hartup published
Big Questions Snoke's true identity, Rey's parents, the fate of the Resistance, what's next for Leia, and more...
Forget the twists... the most daring thing Star Wars: The Last Jedi does is embrace the prequels
By Andy Hartup published
Opinion Some of the movies best ideas are prequel themes done right...
14 questions from Star Wars: The Force Awakens that The Last Jedi needs to answer
By Lauren O'Callaghan, Andy Hartup published
Big Questions Who are Rey’s parents? What happened to Snoke’s face? And what turned Kylo Ren to the Dark Side?
Zelda meets Twin Peaks in... Falling Sky, the game you’ve never heard of, made by one person, and up for one of gaming’s top awards
By Andy Hartup published
Feature We chat to the creator ahead of the Game Awards this week
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