Can games with a “message” teach us something? And can they still be fun?
Games teach us to overcome challenges. This part of the experience is hugely fertile ground to state a political case or challenge…
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Disobeying all the usual rules of the videogame sequel has mostly paid off.
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Firewatch: the videogame that deals with dementia, loneliness, love and death
As a lookout in a Wyoming park, the indie game Firewatch brings mature and sensitive topics into gaming against a vivid…
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The Witness asks whether a videogame should always have explicit meaning
Jonathan Blow’s long-awaited game leaves you on a mysterious, abandoned island with no clues about what happened to its world.
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The NS Podcast #131: Leadership, Legacy and the Latest in videogames
The New Statesman podcast.
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That Dragon, Cancer proves that games can be an emotional art form
A small videogame about a couple dealing with their infant son’s battle with cancer is an emotional zenith for games.
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The roles we play: on the redemptive power of games
How a fantasy geek with polyhedral dice and no playmates accidentally created a global video-gaming phenomenon.
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When good games go bad
Sometimes the wave of excitement about a new game can take a few days to subside. Once it has, what…
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