Gaming

Lights, Camera, Action Button! is a series exploring film-to-game adaptations in regard to their faithfulness, quality and value long after the original film may have passed into nostalgia. In this edition Jack Ford looks at Minority…

In recent years, we’ve had a number of franchises who decided to come out with a sequel that disregarded a lot of the preceding dead weight of the series. Terminator Dark Fate positioned itself as a direct sequel to the last film in that…

Aim for the head. Slice off the limbs. Burn the rotting corpse. Suck the spirit into a vacuum. The ways in which we can kill our fears in horror games are numerous but that doesn't make them any less terrifying. That doesn't mean we ever…

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…