Call of Duty and Nintendo rule the UK video games chart
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare takes the Christmas No.1 in the latest UK video games chart.
Less Bang For Your Buck: The Art of Powerlessness In Video games
From Software's Dark Souls has been one of the biggest surprise hits of recent years. It's a game about feeling overwhelmed by a hostile world, so committed to not giving the player an inch that many of its boss monsters can only reasonably defeated by exploiting flaws in their AI.
Why are you addicted to video games that remind you of real life?
I think we enjoy playing certain videogames, and even become addicted to them, because they’re real and fake at the same time.
Spec Ops: The Line and the Future of Shooters
This year’s E3 marked a dramatic shift, albeit one that was not immediately noticeable.
What happened to the modern military shooter?
After the release of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare there was a shift in the type of shooters that helped to define the last console generation.
Limited Video game Heroism or: What Games Can Learn from Noir
I once heard that videogames embody the very essence of noir storytelling, perfecting the genre’s constricting narrative voice.
The Problem of Immersion in Video games
Traditionally, people claimed that better, more realistic, graphics meant greater immersion.
Five Revolutionary Video games
With the next generation of consoles upon us, it seems apt to take a look at some of the videogames that have significantly contributed to the development of the gaming industry over the years.
You Will Not Survive: Squeezing life from the Call of Duty series
Midway between releases, if you’re playing a Call of Duty game at the moment you’re probably playing online multiplayer.