Why the pixelated land of Prince of Persia was my most exotic childhood experience
A floppy disk copy of the 1989 game revolutionised our Luddite household.
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Welcome to Vintage Video Games Week
While the outside world looks increasingly grim, video games have long provided an outlet to escape from the drudgery of…
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The rise and fall of the point-and-click adventure game
A simpler time. Of clicking on literally everything in a virtual room in efforts to move the game on.
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Theme Hospital: how a game inspired by NHS managers turned into an epidemic success
Despite a lack of female doctors, Theme Hospital marked a turning point for girls playing computer games.
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What Pokémon remakes can teach games developers
Game Freak’s culture of continuous improvement ensures its remakes are more than a lazy cash-grab.
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Red Dead Suffragettes: When violence against women is reflected in our culture
The video of an in-game attack on an “annoying feminist” is a prime example of how endemic male rage against political…
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The crunch culture that created Red Dead Redemption 2 won’t go away unless we act
If employees can’t say it’s unacceptable, we the customers need to.
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Is the video game Fortnite as addictive as parents fear?
Though we talk lightly about “binge-watching” TV shows and finding books “unputdownable”, we are quick to pathologise video gaming.
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