This is where science is at on the whole “video games cause violence” thing
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Hack-’em-up Watch_Dogs isn’t as clever as it thinks it is
Ubisoft’s much-hyped Watch_Dogs isn’t about shooting people – instead, it’s all about hacking the world around you to control the city and…
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Wolfenstein: The New Order squanders a decent idea for a first-person shooter
It shouldn’t need to be said, but you cannot seriously address a topic like genocide via the medium of a…
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Prison Architect and the subversion of the god game
The innovative Prison Architect tasks you with building and controlling a prison – and the definition of success requires choosing to harm…
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Nintendo ignores upset gamers and decides against in-game same-sex marriages
Nintendo’s “life simulator” game Tomodachi Life allows players to recreate their lives digitally – unless they want to marry their…
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Why do gamers get squeamish when they might play as Nazis?
Plane shooter Lufthausers has players fighting on the side of a team that looks suspiciously like the Third Reich – a design…
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I’d rather stick my head in a whale’s blowhole than play Facebook’s Oculus Rift
Facebook don't want to make great games. They want more users, more metadata and more adverts. Whatever the Oculus Rift…
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Should I be worried that my son is hooked on a game without any credible female characters?
It’s tough to be “game positive” when your son is addicted to Skylanders, a game in which a mostly male…
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