Gaming

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…

If you’re a regular gamer, you’ll probably be able to instantly hum the melody of Super Mario Bros. and recall the fantastic soundtracks to games like Halo and Bloodborne. But have you ever stopped to think about how important those…

"I don't know what the Hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is." - Clark, The Thing.  The reverse horror game is not a new concept but it is one that remains thoroughly unexplored outside of multiplayer games. Dead by…

I have been here before. I will be here again. It doesn't matter if I'm playing as a Greek assassin, an outcast in a world of beastly machines, a spec-ops soldier, a reluctant hero waging a one-man war on a cult in middle America. This is…

This year hasn't been easy and the fact that there's just under half of it left is likely small comfort. But with every dark cloud there's a ray of sunshine desperate to break through. It hasn't exactly been a banner year for gaming so far…

Three things are certain in life: death, taxes and video game violence. The first are things we should be concerned about. Maybe I should be jogging more regularly. Maybe I should check my tax credits so that I'm not hemorrhaging money…

The global gaming market exceeded $150 billion for the first time in 2019 and the sector shows no signs of slowing down. The release of new titles backed by clever innovation means that the gaming industry has scope to develop further and…

*This post contains spoilers The Last of Us Part II.*  The Last of Us Part II, just like its much lauded predecessor, was meant to be the swansong for a console generation. While other critics and writers have mostly heaped well deserved…