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Best culture of 2022 so far

Our culture critics survey the best music, films, TV, podcasts, books and games of the first half of 2022

  • The best games of 2022. Clockwise from top left: Stray, Elden Ring, Immortality, Bayonetta 3

    The 20 best video games of 2022

    From robot-dinosaurs and hypersexual witches to epic clashes with mythological Gods and exquisite fantasies of supernatural wars, 2022 had it all – including a certain word game. Our critics pick the best
  • Winning Time, Taskmaster, Better Call Saul.

    Better Call Saul to Taskmaster: your favourite TV of 2022 so far

    We asked you what you’ve loved watching this year. From the most joyous, ridiculous show on our screens to a basketball classic, here are Guardian readers’ top TV tips
  • Starstruck series two.

    Tell us about the best TV you have watched in 2022 so far

    We would like to hear about your favourite television of the year so far
  • Podcasts of the year so far.

    The best podcasts of 2022 so far

    From the astounding story of magicians Siegfried and Roy to an addictive series on our obsession with reality TV, here’s the most essential listening from the last six months
  • From left: Tilda Swinton in Memoria, Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook in Ali & Ava, Catherine Clinch in The Quiet Girl.

    The best films of 2022 so far

    Tilda Swinton aces Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s dreamy fable, director Clio Barnard’s forbidden affair and Catherine Clinch in The Quiet Girl rank in the pick of this year’s films
  • From left to right: Horizon Forbidden West, OlliOlli World and NORCO.

    The best games of 2022 so far

    From racing round the Nürburgring and cerebral androids on the run, to compiling the first Pokédex and tackling robot dinosaurs, here are the best games of the year so far
  • Silvana Estrada, Charli XCX, and Joel Ross.

    The best albums of 2022 so far

    From yacht-rock atmospherics to portraits of disaffected Britain, here are our picks of the best LPs from the first half of the year
  • Exquisite … The Responder, Top Boy and Gentleman Jack

    The best TV of 2022 so far

    From the raw, masterfully-scripted realism of The Responder to the exquisite return of Gentleman Jack, here are the year’s television highlights up to now
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