We’re already getting a World of Warcraft film directed by Duncan Jones and now we’re getting a new Dungeons and Dragons film… life is good. Let’s just hope Warner Bros get an awesome team together for this one. And all ...
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While the temperatures drop (for those of us in the northern hemisphere), staying warm and cozy inside the house is preferable to braving the rain and winds. In other words, it is the perfect time to enjoy a board game ...
Read More »Misogyny, stereotypes, and the gaming industry
Brianna Wu is the latest victim of GamerGate – or is she? Wu, head of development for Giant Spacekat, creators of mobile game Revolution 60, was forced to flee her home on Friday night following threats of violence to her and ...
Read More »Video game addiction: Too much of a good thing
I have recently been convalescing from surgery. In my housebound state, it’s unsurprising that I have found myself facing growing tedium. To alleviate it, my partner introduced me to the very popular video game franchise, Civilization. The turn-based strategy game ...
Read More »Genesis does! Marketing video games consoles
The general consensus is that there have been eight generations of video game consoles since the 1970’s. Some were more successful than others but all of them have lived and died on the take-up by consumers. For many of the console ...
Read More »Vampiric Nostalgia: Playing The Masquerade Bloodlines
Before Twilight, vampires were cool. They were edgy and sexy and everyone secretly wanted to be one. Most of my free time recently has been taken up by vampires. Not through the medium of books, film, TV or graphic novels ...
Read More »The Wolf Among Us: You ate a lot of people back in your day
Back in 2012, a little-known indie games publisher won over 90 ‘game of the year’ awards with their episodic series The Walking Dead. Their games follow this same episodic structure and most of their successful releases have been of the ...
Read More »Violence in video games
In the early hours of 18th September 2013, a 23-year-old was assaulted and stabbed on his way home from the local Asda supermarket. He was robbed of several items, but the reason the story ran on the national news, was ...
Read More »The Steam Box teaser: The new player in the console war
Steam has been growing in popularity since it first launched on Windows in 2003. The current version contains games playable on Windows, Mac, and Linux, with over 6.6 million users. Last year, they rolled-out a new system called ‘Big Picture’, ...
Read More »Age of Empires II: HD Release
Last Tuesday, Age of Empires II HD was released via Steam from Hidden Path Entertainment (and of course originally from the now defunct Ensemble Studios). For those of you who don’t know what Age of Empires is… What did you ...
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