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Monument Valley 3’s visual ingenuity and wit

Video games

Gaming

Monument Valley 3’s visual ingenuity and wit

From time to time I laughed while playing it — which earns the game extra marks

Sam Leith

How game developers could kill the industry

Many creators now treat their users not as collaborators in a shared passion but as adversaries, accusing them of bigotry and hate

Doug Blair

Can a video game be ‘woke’ and still good?

In the latest Dragon Age game, characters are all essentially nice, they discuss their problems like they’ve had too much therapy and they resolve conflict appropriately. It’s insufferable

James Ball

Diablo IV, Elon Musk’s obsession

All you do is kill stuff, nerd out over your character stats and skill trees, then kill more stuff

Sam Leith

Life

The return of CRT TVs

For enthusiasts of retro video games and other esoteric media hobbies, what others see as trash is their treasure

Oliver Jia

Gaming
August 14, 2024
Vampire Therapist is simultaneously earnest and winningly ridiculous
It even comes with a trigger warning
Sam Leith
Gaming
March 21, 2024
Alone in the Dark is the granddaddy of video games
Now a lavish and loving reboot stars B+-listers David Harbour and Jodie Comer
Sam Leith
Gaming
January 23, 2024
The frustrating promise of infinite freedom in video games
For a game to work, it has to reach a complex balance of systems and narratives
Ross Anderson
Gaming
January 9, 2024
Video games are an art form
The language and concepts of gaming have come to saturate the world around us
Sam Leith
Gaming
February 1, 2023
The Sims adds double mastectomy scars and chest binders to game
Your favorite life simulator game is now trans-inclusive. WooHoo!
Cockburn
Television
January 16, 2023
The Last of Us is a video game adaptation that actually works
HBO has found a franchise with compelling enough characters and a rich world
Ben Domenech
Culture
June 14, 2022
Another moral panic over on-screen violence?
Movies and video games didn’t cause Uvalde but the questions don’t end there
Matt Purple
Science & Tech
December 26, 2021
Are we living in the Matrix?
Meet the very clever people who think our world is a simulation
Rizwan Virk
Gaming
August 31, 2021
Could the Chinese gaming clampdown backfire?
The CCP now permits minors just three hours of gaming a week
Ben Sixsmith
Art
December 11, 2020
The best video games to buy for Christmas
With the latest generation of consoles comes some great new games
Sam Leith

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