Thrusting above the city as a crystalline spear, the Shard has spawned a host of mini-Shards and Shardettes, as architects and developers have rushed to emulate its sharp-edged glamour.
iOS/Android (£3.99 + IAP) Lego may have been caught on the hop by Minecraft's popularity, but now it's fighting back with a massively multiplayer game that works across computer and mobile devices.Kids can go on adventures with a host of mini-figure characters, unlocking more when they get them in the real world.
Variations on this dichotomy could be found throughout London this summer, from the One-on-One Festival at the Battersea Arts Center (where each of a host of mini-theatrical events had an audience of exactly one) to "Hotel Medea," a six-and-a-half-hour retelling of Euripides' tragedy that keeps its audience on its feet and moving through deserted riverside buildings from midnight until dawn.
Beyond the core recipe book there is also a time-attack mode, a local multiplayer setting for those with an additional 3DS, and a host of peripheral mini games that cover food service and study, and even muscle in on Gardening Mama's theme.
This year, watching how the new iPods fare in a lineup that includes not only the iPhone and iPad, but also a host of iPad mini models should prove very interesting.
Ida's humiliating and self-destructive passion for Flynn is at the heart of a narrative that focuses on a host of romantic mini-dramas involving the glamorous expatriates who make up Flynn's entourage.
It then lists such groups as the Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity, Freedom Works, Americans for Tax Reform, California Taxpayers Association, and a whole host of mini-marts.
Port fielded a youthful side minus a host of stars including Travis Boak, Hamish Hartlett and Robbie Gray, while the Tigers named close to their strongest team.
There are still a host of questions to be answered about these mini-magazines.
The announcement raised a host of questions.
