The fantasy tabletop role-playing game was conceived of by friends at the heart of Wisconsin’s gaming community, and has evolved to become a global phenomenon
Potter around a stately home as a Victorian botanist, figuring out how to get eccentric plants to grow
With its giant inflatable Pikachu, fairground games and friendly vibe, this just might be my favourite esports event around, and it’s touching to see kids living out their trainer dreams
This week, Somerset House houses a selection of avant garde games on the theme of liminality
It’s 50 years since Ernő Rubik unleashed his mesmerising magic cube on the world. But why, despite the growth in digital games, is the plastic puzzle as popular as ever, asks Kyle MacNeill
In this week’s newsletter: Fastest-selling, highest gross revenue … the biggest gaming companies have long employed untrustworthy metrics to hype up their products, and it’s the consumer who always suffers
Retro video games and aesthetics are having a moment, but it’s not just gen X and older millennials reliving their heyday: younger millennials and gen Z are getting in on the nostalgia too
While religion doesn’t feature much in video games, I find the theory that we are all characters in a huge sim ever more believable – and appealing, writes Dominik Diamond
A small team of skilled players set themselves a near-impossible task: to complete every level of Super Mario Maker before Nintendo shut its servers. Did they manage it?
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