What video games taught me
A collection of essays on gaming confirms the rich complexity of an art form that remains widely misunderstood.
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“I can’t support it”: the Harry Potter fans boycotting Hogwarts Legacy
The video game is already a best-seller, but many are refusing to buy it to make a statement against JK…
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Why The Last of Us is the dystopian drama of the post-pandemic era
Our interest in apocalyptic narratives has accelerated after Covid – but something sets this series apart from its peers.
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Video game speedruns are the perfect antidote to the mess of UK politics
Watching someone master a game creates a world in which there is total control. You are in safe hands. It…
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From golf to Grand Theft Auto, why do we love playing games?
Philosopher Bernard Suits, author of The Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia, thought successful game players were the purest example of the achievement that humans yearn…
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The rise and fall of the point-and-click adventure game
A simpler time. Of clicking on literally everything in a virtual room in efforts to move the game on.
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After a decade of revolution, can we now call video games art?
Reassessing the form after ten years in which games both broke into the mainstream and became increasingly experimental.
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I play video games on easy mode. Here’s why
Press start to find out!
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How Tetsuya Mizuguchi reinvented video games with his love of synaesthesia
The Japanese designer on using music, movement, art and colour to create truly pioneering games.
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This is where science is at on the whole “video games cause violence” thing
Is Donald Trump (up, up, down, down, left) right?
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