Game culture
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As a Muslim video-game developer, I no longer feel the US is open for businessMy mother used to only check on me when I visited unstable countries for work. Now she does it when I am in Trump’s US
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Geocaching: GPS treasure hunt on shifting ground as Australia changes coordinatesAmong the 100,000 Australians who play geocaching – which combines ‘bushwalking and geeky technology’ like GPS – the update to Australia’s latitude and longitude is a talking point
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What were the sexiest video game moments of 2016?From Nathan Drake to the Freudian imagery of No Man’s Sky, writers Holly Nielsen and Kate Gray ponder the raunchiest gaming pleasures of the year
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AI, self-driving cars and cyberwar – the tech trends to watch for in 2017From a rise in AI and improvements to self-driving cars, to televised eSports and all-out cyberwar, the coming year has it all
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Fifa: the video game that changed footballThe Long Read: Fifa belongs to a select group of titles familiar to people who have no interest in gaming – or even real football. What’s the secret of its success?
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The man who made a video game inspired by escaping the secret policeThe experience of fleeing communist Czechoslovakia in the 1980s has informed a fascinating survival horror driving game
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Inside a virtual war: can video games recreate life in a conflict-ridden city?This War of Mine follows civilians trying to survive in a war-torn city, telling a story that’s become increasingly poignant amid the current refugee crisis
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Five lessons that video games could learn from television dramaDevelopers make too many assumptions about players. They should learn from the more intuitive structures of modern TV
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Nintendo Mini NES review – rediscover the sheer joy of video gamesNintendo’s new console isn’t an innovative take on gaming tech, it’s a Greatest Hits collection of classic 8bit titles, loving curated and reproduced
For Honor review – a bruising, bloody and focused fighting sim