• Pokémon Go’s 5th Anniversary: Is It Worth Playing?

    Surprised to notice just how much the game had changed in such a short two-year period, Gemma and James discover that there are still an array of features which make Pokémon Go as exciting as it initially was in 2016....
  • A Decade Later: Why Is Skyrim Still So Good?

    James Warrell The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an open-world action RPG developed by Bethesda Studios. Yet despite being released in 2011, Skyrim continues to be a widely talked about and popular RPG, with fans constantly inquiring about the release of The Elder Scrolls VI. James delves into the...
  • Could A Video Game To Film Adaptation Ever Work?

    Daria Paterek After the recent release of the Uncharted trailer, I wanted to reflect on the legacy and commercial success of video game to film adaptations. Super Mario Bros was the first movie based on a video game, which began a long legacy of video game adaptations. This later spawned...
  • Activision Blizzard Is Under Fire…Again.

    Activision Blizzard is under fire (once again), and I don’t mean inside the world of Call of Duty. After facing a sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit merely a month ago, the video game publisher is now facing a banded army of its very own employees in yet another lawsuit. However, this...
  • Multiplayer Madness: The Best Games To Play With Your Freshers’ Friends

    Gemma Cockrell Many of you reading this will be starting university this week, and what better way to bond with your new university flatmates than through gaming? Gemma Cockrell provides some recommendations for free (or relatively cheap) games to play with your flatmates. Among Us Among Us is the...
  • 17 Years Later, And The Sims 2 Is Still The Best Game In The Series

    Daria Paterek On the 17th anniversary of The Sims 2, Daria reflects on the successes and downfalls of the series. The first Sims game that I owned was The Sims: Unleashed. I was about 10, and my mom bought it from a charity shop, claiming that it looked fun. After...
  • China Implements 3 Hour Weekly Limit On Gaming

    Cora-Laine Moynihan Implemented on Wednesday 1st September, Chinese youth now face restrictions that only allow them to play their favourite videos for 1 hour a day on Fridays, weekends, and bank holidays. With the weekly maximum halting at 3 hours. Cora delves into the reasoning behind it and the...