Rhuaridh Marr, Author at Metro Weekly

Same sex marriage legalized in England and Wales
By Rhuaridh Marr on July 17, 2013
History was made at 15:06 GMT today, as Queen Elizabeth gave royal assent to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act, legalizing same-sex marriage in England...
Nokia’s 41MP smartphone — image conscious and proud
By Rhuaridh Marr on July 14, 2013
Last week, Nokia launched the Lumia 1020 to a packed New York audience. The latest of the manufacturer’s Windows Phone line-up, the 1020 brings several...
Chevy Camaro SS: Desert Drive Time
By Rhuaridh Marr on July 11, 2013
The American road trip is an institution, a free, open, majestic exploration of this vast, great nation, in which the participants are able to make...
Watch V minutes of GTA V
By Rhuaridh Marr on July 9, 2013
Rockstar has celebrated Tuesday by releasing the official gameplay trailer for GTA V, their upcoming open-world epic. Launching September 17, the game can’t come quickly...
European Court tells gay serial killer life sentence breaches his human rights
By Rhuaridh Marr on July 9, 2013
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the whole life sentence given to Peter Moore, who killed four gay men in the U.K....
BMW’s i3 mends environment, won’t break the bank
By Rhuaridh Marr on July 9, 2013
In the market for a stylish, yet affordable, electric car? BMW may have the answer. Its i3 is expected to hit North American shores in...
Review: Mercedes GL450
By Rhuaridh Marr on June 27, 2013
There are two requirements for navigating Los Angeles: a car and infinite reserves of patience for the city’s notorious traffic. Freeways are turned into parking...
Invigorated E3
By Rhuaridh Marr on June 20, 2013
E3 2013 was big, brash and bursting with content. And, as Metro Weekly’s inaugural conference, it couldn’t have been better. We were on the show floor...
10 hottest games of E3 2013
By Rhuaridh Marr on June 12, 2013
This is in no way a definitive list of the games on show at this year’s E3. The selection in 2013 has been vast, with...
Sony’s E3 2013 Conference: Games, gamers, brutal takedowns
By Rhuaridh Marr on June 11, 2013
Sony’s conference had the air of a boxing match. Thousands of onlookers, bets made, discussions over outcomes breaking out across the stadium, anticipation in the...
Sony hits Microsoft hard, announces PS4 at $399
By Rhuaridh Marr on June 11, 2013
We finally have it, the finished PS4 in all it’s matte/glossy mix. An interesting piece of design, the console is an unusual parallelepiped shape, with...
5 hottest games from Microsoft’s conference
By Rhuaridh Marr on June 10, 2013
Redesigned Xbox 360 launches today, offers One’s looks at half the price
By Rhuaridh Marr on June 10, 2013
Microsoft surprised attendees at its E3 conference this morning with an announcement of a redesigned Xbox 360. Cunningly styled to look more like its Xbox...
Xbox One: $499, launching in November, available to preorder
By Rhuaridh Marr on June 10, 2013
With most of the specs for Microsoft’s next generation console confirmed at last month’s reveal, there remained one vital piece to the gaming puzzle that...
Game On
By Rhuaridh Marr on June 6, 2013
Gaming’s annual product orgy is just around the corner, and this year Metro Weekly is hitting E3 live to bring you all the news, releases, previews and...