T3 - UK (2021-03)

28 T3 MARCH 2021

Horizon

Ask a VPN company and you

definitely do need a VPN

because the evil eyes of hackers

and ISPs are everywhere

NOW PLAYING

A

Allow Guru to quickfire

nudge you in the direction

of some games he has

enjoyed with the kids (seven and

nine) and wife: Sheriff of Nottingham

(£33) is all bargaining, sacks and

making subtle ‘cock’ jokes that the

kids don’t get; Snake Oil (£16) sees

you combining cards to make

products to pitch to different

characters – even better (and

ruder) when played adults-only.

Mrs Guru likes Harry Potter:

Hogwarts Battle (£50); Guru less so.

Better is Hogwarts Battle: Defence

Against the Dark Arts (£25), which

spins its predecessor’s gameplay

off into a relationship-straining

one-on-one wand-wanging fight.

What’s your

favourite Lego

piece?

Recommend

me some family

board games!

A

This is the kind of question

you guys should be

sending. Guru would say it’s

a tie. The classic 2x4 brick, an

increasing rarity but by far the most

formative element of the nearly-40-

year-old’s Lego canon – as long as

it’s not in that old red ABS that

used to shrink a bit and lose its

clutch. That’s right up there.

The (and Guru had to look this

up) Plate 2x2x2/3 with 2 horizontal

knobs? That’s great, because GaGu

is always looking for a way to

subvert the top-to-bottom building

structure and go sideways. And

let’s face it, you can’t beat a 1x4

plate hinge, for the same reasons.

KEVIN TAYLOR,

NEWQUAY

Do I need to use

a VPN?

A

Ask a VPN company and

you definitely do because

the evil eyes of hackers

and ISPs and governments are

everywhere. Guru, though,

suspects many of the security

concerns they apparently battle

against have been inflated in order

to deflect from the real reason you

might employ a VPN. Namely,

cheeky region-switching.

Let’s face it: Netflix et al know

this is happening. If they didn’t

want to pipe US-only content to

you when your UK-registered

account suddenly teleports to

California, they’d sort out a regional

account system. So Guru says you

should go ahead and enjoy, and do

whatever it takes to get the internet

experience you think you deserve.

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TENET

It get didn’t Guru. The timey-

wimey film flew through

Guru’s eyes, ricocheted about

his brain, then dribbled out

of his ears. Maybe why he

couldn’t hear the dialogue.

GMHIKARU

There’s a void between your

author’s 500 ELO chess rating

and his ambition, so he’s spent

hours watching Grandmaster

Hikaru Nakamura make it look

easy on Twitch. Mesmerising.

RARE CHANGES

Mayer Hawthorne’s lovely new

album is finally here, dishing

up a solid portion of smooth

tunes that burrow into your

soul and don’t let go. You’ll sing

along, but not as well as Mayer.

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