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When the idea was put to me to write an article about the idea of Gaming Studies – or studying video or computer games as a subject, I was a little dubious. What are the values of games? Surely they’re what people play in their bedrooms, furtively attempting to...

The Glass Story I walked passed the street we always took & the palpable glass we looked. This time you weren’t there, And the transparent glass had a story to tell. It was the composition, ‘twas ethereal, Of you and me living lives surreal. You’ll ceaselessly have me, As...

“Tampon commercial, detergent commercial, maxi pad commercial, windex commercial – you’d think all women do is clean and bleed.” TITLE: Gone Girl AUTHOR: Gillian Flynn GENRE: Thriller PUBLISHER: Orion Boks LTD PUBLISHED: 2013 PAGES: 460 WARNING: SUSPENSE AND SOME SERIOUS PSYCHO S*** Gone Girl is best known by its...

Even avid musical fans can sometimes forget the brilliance of the more obscure musicals, and in the shadow of huge showstoppers like Les Miserables and Wicked, it’s easy to see how some have gone unseen by the public. Here, in no particular order, are the top five musicals that...

At the beginning of February, I had the pleasure of going on the English/Mechanical Engineering Society trip to Berlin. During my time in Berlin, I was overwhelmed by the plethora of art, history and culture before me. Of all these cultural treasures, I found East Side Gallery the most...

Book lovers, which do you prefer: old battered charity shop books or the classic clean nice-smelling Waterstones editions? Impact Arts goes head to head to debate this crucial issue in any bookworm’s life! In the red corner: Emma Pallen – New books are better! While I will admit second...

We all know Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, where cross-dressing and confused twins abound. Here, Impact Arts’ resident creative writing genius Esther Kearney brings Viola and Sebastian into the twenty-first century. She woke up on the yacht, feeling more than a little intoxicated and with no recollection of the past five hours. She...