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Tell Us A Story

Chris Dahlen explores the Honeycomb Engine and how it uses rules to help players to tell their own, awesome, stories in games.

September 24, 2009

Redesigning Casablanca

Randy Smith watches the classics and realises that films have no easier a time telling stories than games do.

September 22, 2009

The Undeniable Case For Pink Floyd: Rock Band

17 minute songs, keyboard solos, Natal-powered theremins: what possible reason is there not to start an internet petition right now?

September 16, 2009

Survival Horror Syndrome

Steven Poole on the notion that videogames' tendency to teach players to always strike the first blow could help reinforce contemporary belief in ‘preventative’ atrocities.

September 15, 2009

The Superjoke

Chris Dahlen takes a journey into the world of The Mighty Boosh and finds that their surreal adventures have a surprising amount in common with gaming.

September 09, 2009

Off-Label Gaming

N'Gai Croal asks whether allowing players to set their own Achievements could take gaming into a new dimension.

September 09, 2009

Ich Bin Ein Bad Dude

Wolfenstein's Nazis are hardly nuanced characterisations - could games do more to explore the moral ambiguity of being the baddie?

September 07, 2009

Kind Of Yowza

Chris Dahlen asks novelty tunes expert Dr Demento to take a serious look at a chiptune rendition of Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue.

September 02, 2009

Optimal Optional

With the majority of consumers yet to even embrace HD, how close do gamers really get to the perfect setup?

September 02, 2009

Zero Sum Pinball

The trap is sprung. After an innocent trip to the bowling alley, Chris Dahlen learns that pinball is anything but child's play.

August 26, 2009

Today's News

DSi Retains Top Spot In Japan

DSi and PS3 continue to dominate weekly handheld and home console sales.
Valve Appeals Australian Left 4 Dead 2 Ban

While publisher EA says adults should have the right to make their own choices when it comes to the content they consume.
No UMD Conversion Plan For PSPgo “At This Time”

Legal and technical issues mean a UMD conversion scheme isn't currently planned for PSP upgraders.

Recent Features

The Friday Game: Plants Vs Zombies

Talk, dark and dead: we ponder why PopCap’s created a free Flash version to put zombies on everyone’s lawn.
Review: Halo 3: ODST

It doesn’t quite take Halo into unfamiliar territory, but ODST stands on its own two feet as a spin-off that’s better than the vast majority of original games.
Time Extend: Phantasy Star Online

Sega’s early steps into online gaming may have cost it dear, but the Dreamcast’s crowning achievement still puts newer efforts to shame.

Keynotes

Tell Us A Story

Chris Dahlen explores the Honeycomb Engine and how it uses rules to help players to tell their own, awesome, stories in games.
Redesigning Casablanca

Randy Smith watches the classics and realises that films have no easier a time telling stories than games do.
The Undeniable Case For Pink Floyd: Rock Band

17 minute songs, keyboard solos, Natal-powered theremins: what possible reason is there not to start an internet petition right now?

From Edge Magazine

The Making Of: Body Harvest

How a visit to Japan transformed confused drawing board scribbles into the free-roaming precursor to GTAIII.
Review: Wolfenstein

In resurrecting BJ Blazkowicz, could Raven have dabbled in powers it doesn't understand?
Review: Metroid Prime - Trilogy

Reissuing all three Prime games together on one commemorative Wii disc proves they can still galvanise your attention.
Review: Batman - Arkham Asylum

A game in which you get to be Batman. Deep down, isn't that what everyone wants?
Sir Clive Vs The BBC

How the British Broadcasting Corporation is re-telling the story of a battle between two men at the birth of home computing.

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