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With the popularity of Pokémon Go, and the recent release of Pokémon Sun and Moon, I couldn’t resist reflecting on my own experience of an old Pokémon favourite of mine: Pokémon Ruby. As the new versions became available for re-release, I immediately* (*insert half an hour getting a DS over ten...

As a character, Crash Bandicoot has been a favourite among avid gamers for years, particularly for me, and for my sister. When the game was first released back in 1996, she found herself immediately addicted. Even my mother had a go and, much to my sister’s horror, she completed...

“A Fireside Gathering is a Hearthstone community event that is open to anyone to come along and meet other players and play games in a friendly and welcoming environment.” Those are the words of Tom, the founder of Nottingham’s Fireside Gathering. A former student and graduate of UoN, he...

Since the unveiling of the Xbox Scorpio and the PS4 Pro, a big deal of fuss has been made over what seems to be the herald of the end of ‘true’ console generations. The main argument being made is that this signals a move from the generational console platform...

For my last birthday my sister surprised me with an unexpected and thoughtful present, a boxed copy of Crash Team Racing for the Playstation 1. CTR was one of my most played and beloved games during childhood, I’ve always remembered it fondly as a personal favourite. In fact my...

In Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor, you play as an ‘Alaensee Girlbeast’, the Janitor to which the title refers. Initially, you are tasked with traversing the spaceport, picking up junk and incinerating it, in order to get paid. “I spent the majority of this game not having any idea...

The 2000’s gave rise to a string of disaster movies, which reflected growing environmental concerns in the real world. Yet, for some reason this trend never quite reached the world of gaming. Even as action games started to include survival aspects, such as material collection and item crafting, disaster...