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• "There's a lot of star fucking going on": could video games be in danger of their Disney moment?

  2 months ago

• VG247 presents The Alternate Game Awards 2019

  It’s that time again, where we look back over the year, contemplate our existence and the finality of our lives as we cascade towards our maggot-ridden graves.

  4 months ago

• Why don’t triple-A games like Overwatch take better pride in LGBT characters?

  The moment Assassin’s Creed Odyssey revealed that you could not only play as a female protagonist but also have the option to romance characters of either gender, I knew that Kassandra was destined to be a queer gaming icon. At least until controversial DLC chapter ‘Shadow Heritage’ came along.

  10 months ago

• Why LGBT video game databases matter

  It was my fondness for role-playing games that led me to BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins back in 2009. This was where, at a young age, I discovered that loving Leliana as much as I did wasn’t exactly heterosexual.

  1 year ago

• For all that is holy, why can’t actors convincingly pretend to play video games?

  We live in a world where some of Hollywood’s most bankable action stars do their own stunts.

  1 year ago

• Bandersnatch Easter Eggs - every reference in the new Black Mirror episode

  Bandersnatch is the latest choose-your-own-adventure film that generously references video game and pop culture relevant to the technological dystopia that is Black Mirror. Here we’re taking a look at the secrets hiding in the frames.

  1 year ago

• The games of 2018 reviewed in the form of haiku

  It’s almost the end of the year and now we are out of words. There are none left. All the words are gone.

  1 year ago

• Grand theft audio: 14 lessons video games can take from rap music

  Video games need a kick up the arse and an attitude upgrade. Put on your ear-goggles and pump up the volume.

  6 years ago