What makes a video game Mature?
Ubisoft CEO, Yves Guillemot, has declared that the Wii U will no longer be a home for Ubisoft's mature games.
The Legend of Robin Williams
Earlier this week, the pouring rain from the back-end of a hurricane that had travelled across the vast Atlantic hit against my bedroom window. In the comfort of my bed I quickly checked my Facebook feed one last time before settling down to sleep.
Are lives on the line?
Once upon a time lives and 1ups were the standard currency of videogames.
Traversing the Anxious, Dreamlike Architecture of Within
My dreams often consist of unpopulated, vaguely familiar spaces half-remembered and fading quickly from memory.
In Response to Molyneux
Highly regarded developer (or overhyped creator whose promises often do not come to fruition) Peter Molyneux recently gave an insightful interview with Rev3 Games in which the focus was on his current title, Godus.
Grand Theft Auto V: A very confused beast
GTA V: a record-breaking, best-selling, billion-dollar-making enfant terrible; a game that garnered universal adulation from the specialist press; and a behemoth set to step back into the ring with a soon-released, rezzed-up remastering.
Violence doesn’t have to be the answer
The relationship between violence and videogames is one that has almost always been up for debate, and this is unlikely to change anytime soon.
This is not a pipe / Realism is not real
To paraphrase a Mr. W. Wonka, videogames can be a world of pure imagination.