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An Unhealthy Nostalgia?

Assassin’s Creed throws us back to the Third Crusade of the 12th Century, renaissance Italy and, soon to come, the American Civil War. Skyrim puts a Viking helmet on our head and sends us of to a medieval world of swords and castles and L.A. Noir gives us…

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Friday 23rd March 2012

Friday Gaming News Round-up

GAME has finally entered administration, but there’s good news as well; Osborne promises tax relief measures and Angry Bird parks are set to arrive in the UK. GAME enters administration Hours after freezing its shares on the London stock exchange, UK high street gaming store, Game announced it…

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Monday 19th March 2012

Review – Dear Esther

I provide the star rating I chose for the purpose of avoiding controversy. It is not because I regard the game as remotely mediocre; Dear Esther is, as I see it, a masterpiece. But it is so bizarre and divisive that a 5 star review would give fans…

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Friday 16th March 2012

Friday Gaming News Round-up

Valves denies working on ‘Steam Box’ Valve Marketing Director Doug Lombardi has denied that Valve is working on a ‘steam box’ console to compete with Nintendo, Playstation and Sony. In an interview with Kotaku, Lombardi responded to rumours, saying “it’s a long way from Valve shipping any sort…

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Friday 9th March 2012

Friday Gaming News Round-Up

Valve developing a Steam console? Reports from gaming news site ‘The Verge’ state that Valve, the company responsible for Steam, are preparing to launch a console to compete with Microsost, Sony and Nintendo. The console, allegedly dubbed the ‘Steam Box’, would be capable of accessing Steam’s library of…

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Tuesday 6th March 2012

The Masculinity of Gaming

The independent, strong-willed female is an elusive character in video games. Too often female perspectives are dismissed altogether or patronisingly stereotyped into either a two-dimensional damsel in distress or an object of sexuality. However, the gender divide within the industry is not easily simplified into one-sided sexism; rather,…

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Friday 2nd March 2012

Friday Gaming News Round-Up

Next generation Xbox rumours, the release of the Playstation Vita and new revelations concerning Assassins Creed 3; the past few days have been ripe with gaming news and I’ve put together the highlights for your veiwing pleasure. Next Generation Xbox Rumours Rumours that the next Xbox may be…

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Monday 20th February 2012

Videogames and Art: Does it matter?

In Shadow of the Colossus, you control a lone figure riding a steed across a vast expanse of land; the few scattered trees that puncture through the earth serve only to be juxtaposed against the desolate, lifeless land they inhabit. In Braid, the gameplay becomes a living portrayal…

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