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Elite: Dangerous shows there's a lot of fun to be had in being an...
It took 30 years, but the gorgeous Elite: Dangerous lives up to the game that so many players imagined the original space-trading classic to be, beyond its basic graphics.An in-game screenshot of...
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When will they stop setting video games in World War II?
It might provide the most unambiguous bad guys in history, but WWII is surely is getting a bit old now.A still from Battlefield 1942, one of a series of war games. There can be little denying the...
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Why it's down to this generation to begin preserving video game history
Net nostalgia.We might disappoint historians if we don't preserve video games. Photo: Flickr/James VaughanThe preservation of videogames has grown as an issue in recent times as fans of the medium...
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The free creativity of mods is crucial to the world of PC gaming
Don't commodify the people who modify PC games.In mods we trust. Flickr/Pascal MaramisWhen the history of computer gaming is written, centuries from now, probably by a bored subroutine on a sentient...
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Grand Theft Auto Online: The Completely Sublime and the Slightly Ridiculous
The PC version of GTA V is without any doubt the most technically accomplished video game ever made. And yet, it still has flaws.This game is a monumental feat of design. Image: Rockstar Games.The word...
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Grim Fandango and hitting the nostalgia brick wall
It’s still an intelligent, heart-warming puzzle game, but replaying the re-mastered version of Grim Fandango sadly wasn’t everything Phil Hartup had hoped for.A still from the remastered Grim...
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How The Witcher 3 created and perfected hardboiled detective fantasy
This game is a masterpiece, and yet it still could have been so much better.As the game progresses, hero Geralt grows as a protagonist. So after many delays The Witcher 3 finally appeared. Some people...
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Batman: Arkham Knight and why it’s time studios stopped treating PC gamers as...
The PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight has been pulled from sale within its first week for being virtually unplayable. This is a big deal for PC gaming.The PC version of Arkham Knight is "unplayable"....
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The pressure to get more women in videogames is finally paying off
For years, games have desperately needed to get over their addiction to tedious generic white guys as their protagonists for their own sake. Now, it finally seems to be happening.Faith from Mirror's...
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Don't dismiss history in video games as trivial – it's no less scholarly than...
After Apple temporarily banned video games that depicting the Confederate Flag, it's time to ask whether video games can handle history with accuracy.A still from the video game that was temporarily...
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Horses, teleportation, and pocket-sized cheese spaceships: the best ways to...
Silly steeds and casual cruising.A still from Arkham Knight.Thirty years ago, a videogame appeared called Mercenary: Escape from Targ. This small wonder of software design was an open world adventure...
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ARK: Survival Evolved and the evolution of survival games
The survival game has climbed out of the primordial soup and after some tough times skittering around between rock pools the population has exploded.A still from ARK: Survival Evolved.Standing on a...
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Why games shouldn’t be like movies, and why movies shouldn’t be like games
It is time to drag them away from each other for the benefit of both.In Mass Effect the player takes the role of Commander Shepard, and then the player gets to interpret that role as they see fit....
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The Chinese “invasion” of ARK reveals the cultural imperialism in videogames
The influx of a large number of Chinese players to ARK: Survival Evolved has caused a huge stir that goes way beyond racism.A still from ARK: Survival Evolved.Sometimes as a writer the approach to a...
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The vanishing underdog: what the Premier League tells us about England
For most Premier League football fans, and it seems like most English people in general, as long as we’re doing okay we don’t mind if the game isn’t fair.We have an entrenched hierarchy, and perhaps...
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