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In a year that’s given us a glimpse of the autonomous driving car, self-lacing sneakers, and an iPhone with no headphone jack because of “courage”…
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It’s always fantastic when a sequel to a game you love is announced. A chance to relive the magic of the first game with a new story, new mechanics or perhaps even a new set of rules entirely. Whatever the reason may be…
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Ugly, frustrating and downright bizarre, we’ve had to endure some truly terrible wrestling games over the years. To avoid further torment, I’ve taken on the unenviable task…
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So you’re looking for the best wrestling games of all time, huh? Well, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve rounded up the greatest grapplers from a bygone era…
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A while back I wrote a post on horror games, in which I demonstrated my considerable excitement for Campo Santo’s new (and first) release, Firewatch…
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You can’t hide it. The twinkle in your eye. Your twitching hands. Your newly polished controllers. Your totally cleared out social calendar. Yes, it’s the most wonderful time of the year – the Steam winter sale…
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We sit at opposite corners of my room, staring at each other. I choose the corner next to my bed, from which I can make some sort of protective duvet fort…
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Heroes and villains, while common antitheses, are usually very standard black and white affairs – they are good or evil. Anti-heroes on the other hand are much more complex and make choices that don’t always fall in line with their typical paradigm…
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For centuries people have claimed to learn things from texts they’ve read, found role models in their favourite novels or plays, and even praised films and TV shows for their didactic quality – so why is it then that discussions of the effects of gaming have been limited to violence and desensitisation for so long?…
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A couple of weeks ago, I took up arms with like-minded inklings across the globe, united by one clear objective: we had chosen rock as our preferred genre of music, and it was was time to honour this commitment in battle; we even got a free T-shirt for entering…
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Intermittent disconnections, distorted audio and hours upon hours of endless troubleshooting. Hundreds of complaints, needless expenditure and not a single solution in sight. Welcome to the nightmare that is the Xbox One controller – a controller that isn’t fit for purpose…
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I used to be king of Mario Kart 8, but everything changed once I met Kinopio. This is the story of one man’s rise and fall, and a troublesome curse…
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