Kerbal Space Program and early access: would you pay money for a video game that isn’t finished?
Buying a game before the development process is finished is always a gamble – too often, it either goes very…
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The real GamerGate scandal: why are videogames so in thrall to gun culture?
We should always be wary when outside agents attempt to co-opt video games to service an agenda – but I’m…
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The ultimate weapon against GamerGate time-wasters: a 1960s chat bot that wastes their time
In a kind of digital version of an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object, tenaciously dull videogame truthers have met…
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Shadow of Mordor is Middle Earth’s ode to slasher movies
You’ll never go too far wrong with a commercial product that makes the players feel like supermen, but this is…
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Why are video games so reliant on violence? Because they’ve run out of other ideas
We have reached the point where, for games to progress as an art form, the mainstream examples needs to be…
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At what point does a video game become a grindingly menial job?
When the balance of challenge and reward in a game gets out of sync, players can end up doing length,…
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James Delingpole condemns James Delingpole for condemning GTAV’s violent gameplay
The one-man outrage machine moves to his most worthy target yet: himself.
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Criticism vs reviews: sometimes, it’s OK to care only about how a game plays
If some gamers want their reviews to be reviews, and others want theirs to be criticism, why don’t we accept…
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