My world grows smaller, and I am drawn to the video game I played incessantly as a child: The Sims
Rosie and Jacob’s world is pristine and romantic: everything is beautiful and nothing hurts.
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Why game developers are giving up on guns
The world’s most popular and profitable entertainment medium has a long association with violence, but the people making games are…
ByHey, let’s “evolve” Lara Croft by having people try to rape her!
"She is literally turned into a cornered animal."
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The moral panic over Fortnite and the “purpose“ of play
Just because the childhoods we view now are not exactly the same as our own doesn’t mean they are invalid.
ByThe moral panic over Fortnite and the “purpose“ of play
The recent Fortnite World Cup stirred up a lot of interesting reactions. It was great to see an increased awareness…
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Ali is my in-game avatar. And I’ve spent more time with him than most of my real friends
There are periods of my life I associate with Ali. They’re often not the good ones, but he’s always been there…
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Gaming in a pre-Google era was often impossible. So why do I miss it so much?
Hugo’s House of Horrors was asburd, with vast leaps in logic and an infuriating trivia round that made a relatively…
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A love letter to Goldeneye, the finest multiplayer game ever made
Pistols, Temple, Licence to Kill. Don’t @ me.
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