Gaming

Lost Masters is a series of articles that endeavours to take a fresh look at brilliant games that flew under the radar at the time of their release. This month Gaming Editor Andrew Carroll looks at FTL.  Space, the final isometric frontier.…

*This post contains spoilers for both The Last of Us games.*  It's rare I'll play a game in order to experience the consequences of my actions as a player. If it's an RPG I'll go all in agonising over whether to leave either Ashley or…

The fog of depression is much more noticeable on the first play through of Infinite Fall's Night in the Woods. The economic depression afflicting the old mining town of Possum Springs. The depressed fugue state main character Mae spends…

In early summer 2020 a wave of sexual harassment and misconduct accusations hit the French developer and publisher Ubisoft. As June gave way to July gave way to August leading figures in the company including but not limited to Creative…

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is five years old and I'm still blown away by its sunsets. They are, hands down, the most beautiful and underrated part of one of the best RPGs ever made. From dawn's first grey touches to the glaring white of the…

The turn of the new year has seen the release of an array of video games. While many of them vary in genre, several newly-released titles would offer gamers an immersive experience in virtual reality. Although VR technology isn’t yet…

“Finish your homework before you turn on that video game!” If you’re a parent, you’ve likely said those words more than once. And if you grew up gaming, you probably recognize them as a mantra of your childhood. But what if gaming were your…

Let’s be honest here, video game adaptations have (usually) never gone well. Beginning all the way back in 1993 with a big budget movie based upon the hugely successful Super Mario Bros. series, production companies like Buena Vista…

Teenagers are an easily influenced group and they often carry their influences into adulthood with them. Just ask a weird sword dude in his 30s what his favourite movie is and he'll probably say The Lord of the Rings. The same goes for a…

When many people think of animation, they usually think of cartoon series and visual effects in films. Often, they overlook the animation in video games. Aside from the subtle movements of gameplay, jumps, walk cycles, often overlooked…