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Ludonarrative dissonance: the developer’s paradox

Ludonarrative dissonance: the developer’s paradox

The biggest problem facing true immersion in video games?
A look at Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

A look at Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

New game, old formula

Review: Star Wars: Battlefront II

A game that promised to be marmite but delivered mediocrity

Review: Wolfenstein II: The New Colussus

The games industry doubles up on the nazi theme this week, but we’re not complaining #NoMoreNazis

The rise of pre-order culture

A look at one of the most taken-for-granted practices in the industry

Review: Super Mario Odyssey

Nintendo keep the Switch train rolling with their latest Mario blockbuster

Review: Divinity: Original Sin 2

An Old-Style RPG that turns out to be one of the best

Battlefield 1: review

It’s been just over a month since the highly anticipated launch of Battlefield 1, so what’s the skinny? Was it worth the wait?

Mancunion editorial applications open

Editorial applications are open for the news, food and games sections, you have until midday on the 25th of November to apply

Crash, Bang, Wallop

Continuing my kick on the 1980s that started last week with the British home computer, and how influential it was in not only British video games, but the computing industry, I’d like to cross the pond and talk about North America’s adventures with video games

Point-and-Click: A Golden Age for Gaming?

I always knew there was something special about this genre of games

Gears of War 4 – Review

Gears 4 feels like a great starting off point for a new trilogy, in places it even feels like this was what they were going for with the original Gears of War

Destiny: Rise of Iron – Review

Robert Parris offers his thoughts on Destiny’s newest expansion

The Best Things in Life are Free(ware)

You can get a lot for free, bottle openers, frying pans, and even decent games. Here are some great free games that you can play

God of War Retro Review

God of War first released onto the PlayStation 2 in March 2005. A lot has happened since then…

My Double Life Online

Matthew Cole puts a romantic spin on the act of befriending clammy freaks on the web.

Review: Hohokum

Does this indie title plummet or soar?

New Humble Bundle Available

Just in time to save freshers from spending huge quantities of their student loan on games, Humbe Bundle Inc. have released the ninth Humble Indie Bundle. The concept of the bundle is to sell a set of four games and allow the buyer to name their price. If you should pay more than the average […]

Retro Corner: Ape Escape

Josh Girling monkeys around with Playstation classic Ape Escape.

Review – Bioshock: Infinite

Bioshock: Infinite raises the question can games be art?