The future of gaming is getting smaller, and while there is a lot of worry about what the Microsofts and Sonys of the world will do, Simon Estey thinks indie games might be showing us the way.
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Overcoming My Final Fantasy XIV Multiplayer Anxiety At PAX East
Bryan Lally hit PAX this year and during his time there discovered something wonderful.
Maybe the real Final Fantasy is finding new friends…
*gets yanked off stage by a shepherds stick*
Fanny Moreaux Highlights The Best Art X Video Games Collab | Winter Spectacular 2023
A lot of video game marketing can feel quite dry and familiar, so when publishers, developers and PR go the extra mile to create something artistic and involve the community it is worth celebrating.
Fanny Moreaux showcases some of the best and most interesting video game collaborations in 2023.
10 The Wildest Video Game News Stories of 2022 | Winter Spectacular 2022
A lot of news happened in the games industry in 2022, and some of it was almost too wild to believe… and yet here we are.
Michael Beckwith has a top-ten-list-worth of wild stuff, that barely scratches the surface of this industry.
Update Patch | January 2022
January is usually a pretty quiet news month, so we have told Alex Green to keep this Update Patch short.
…
Wait, what happened?
Natalie Raine's Games of The Year 2021 | Winter Spectacular 2021
We love a good ole GOTY list, don’t we folks?!
Join Natalie Raine as she highlights her highlights of the year.
Santi Leguiza 2021 Was A Year of Endings and Beginnings | Winter Spectacular 2021
2021 being both the longest and shortest year of many of our lives has had us thinking a lot about endings and beginnings. No more so than for Santi Leguiza, who joins us again to discuss his Games of The Year for 2021 and how they revolve around bringing things to a close and starting anew.
The First Annual startmenu Awards | Winter Spectacular 2021
This article is just like 2021 itself; it will make you laugh and make you cry, it is way to long and will be gone in a flash, it was a lot of hard work and we’re not sure it was worth it, but we got through it all together!
Welcome to The First Annual startmenu Awards!
Elizabeth Henges Is Moving On and Moving Fast | Winter Spectacular 2021
There is a term in speedrunning for when a game is being played at a marathon event and it has gone way over the estimated time and has to be cut short. It’s called “a mercy kill”.
Elizabeth Henges reflects on when it’s time to call a reset on a run or maybe a dream job.
Games, Mental Health and The Digital Realms We Escape To
Mental Health is a hard and complex thing and sometimes we just need a break from it all. Sometimes we just need to spend some time in another world.
Kelsey Raynor looks at the relationship between our mental health and the faraway worlds we spend time in.
Video Games Still Have a (Body) Image Problem
Video games don’t have a great history of portraying realistic bodies and despite years of change, Jamie A. Nicholas believes the industry still struggles to present anything other than buff men.
Update Patch | July 2021
Huge content warning, some truly awful things came out about the games industry this month. However, we and Alex Green felt it was necessary to cover it in our monthly round-up.
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Here's a Rundown of Everything at Sony's State of Play [08/07/2021]
State of Play returns with a look at Deathloop, more Norman Reedus and a lot of punching. Ollie recaps everything shown.
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Here's a Rundown of Everything At Square Enix Presents E3 2021 [13/06/2021]
Can you fit a Guardians of the Galaxy shaped peg into a Square (Enix) shaped hole? Ben Wincote fills us in on all the news AND CHAOS at Square’s E3 showing this year.
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Here's a Rundown of Everything at Sony's State of Play [25/02/2021]
Sony’s first State of Play of 2021 was this last week and we sure do hope you like Final Fantasy VII. Ollie doesn’t but they took one for the team and rounded up everything shown at the event anyway.
Elizabeth Henges and Returning to Eorzea | Winter Spectacular 2020
This year has seen us all isolated and struggling but Elizabeth Henges has found a safe haven in one of the worlds biggest MMOs.
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Here’s A Rundown of Everything Shown at the PlayStation 5 Event Today [16/09/2020]
People seem to like that PlayStation 4 so some smart cookie at Sony figured they should make a fifth one. Ollie is here to give a rundown of the final big PlayStation 5 showcase before launch.
Turn-Based Combat Suits My Busy Life
Michael Webber is growing up, thankfully the video game genre of his youth has aged better than most.
E3 Recap | Square Enix
Alex Green takes us through Square Enix’s E3 showing, from Avengers to Final Fantasy.