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The video game industry is full of creative people who have great love and care for what they do. “Passion” excuses long hours, tight deadlines, and less than ideal working conditions. There’s a saying – if you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life. Poetic as this may be, it…

In Sediment, the new exploration game from prolific leftist dev, Colestia, capitalism is presented as a literal pyramid scheme. It’s almost impossible to talk about Sediment without spoiling it, but it’s free, worth playing and only about 10 minutes long. If you think you might want to check it out, play it on your lunch…

Turns out people use transphobic memes without ever knowing they’re transphobic. On August 20th 2018 Cyberpunk 2077’s official Twitter account responded to someone with the response “Did you just assume their gender?!” Queue the cacophony of deep sighs and eye rolling. Those of you not familiar with this meme here is an excerpt from Know…

Some of you might be familiar with HuniePop, it’s a game with an adorable anime-esque art style about puzzle games and dating seductive and salacious ladies. If you’re familiar with Hunie Pop the game then you likely already know they’ll be doing a sequel. If you didn’t then you might want to check out this…

Libtards are the worst, am I right? It seems like you can’t go a day without hearing something about “healthcare for all” or “representation needs to be expanded” blah blah blah. Who wants to hear it? Who has time for it? It seems like nowadays if you want to avoid this dribble your best option…

Further Extracts from the Diary of an Incel in Animal Crossing plagued by cats..(Continued from) Day 4 I have now introduced myself to most of the residents and I think I’m beginning to figure each of them out. It’s been a disappointing experience, I had hoped to find intelligent animals, but most are just as dumb as the…

CHANGE, a successfully Kickstarted survival game that aims to simulate the experience of being homeless will hit Steam Early Access on September 18, and I’m deeply skeptical that it should even exist. To be clear, developer Delve Interactive’s heart seems to be in the right place. They’ve said that CHANGE was inspired by their experience…

The Old Firm is one of the most exciting, passionate and downright dangerous rivalries in world football. Celtic and Rangers, the two largest clubs in both Glasgow and Scotland, regularly play this fixture. Their rivalry doesn’t just extend to football however, it permeates the entire religious culture of Glasgow. Celtic have a primarily Irish Catholic…

Europa Universalis IV is a complex beast of a game. It has endless possibilities, made even more impressive thanks to the modding community. The Extended Timeline mod, one of the most popular, adds in a massive amount of content by making the game playable from 58 AD all the way through to the present day.…

It goes without saying that kids make up a massive portion of the people playing video games. In fact, people aged 18 and younger are the second largest age demographic that play video games; this demographic makes up about 28% of gamers in the United States. This is a pretty close second to the 29%…

Members of LGBT communities are diverse, beautiful people coming from all walks of life, compromising different identities and values, and sharing so much among so many differences. On the other hand, LGBT representation in video games can be… less than such. While representation has improved, there is still a lot of room to grow; many…

Gaming is different from watching a movie or reading a book. For the most part, movies and books are accessible for all to experience in one way or another. We have closed captioning for movies that help the deaf or books written in brail for the blind. Those types of media can be experienced by almost all. This…

With a focus on horror and a return to its roots, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard breathed new life into a series that was struggling to maintain its following. This was achieved by neglecting common tropes in horror games, and instead plunging the player into a horrific setting: the sinking feeling that takes control of you…

Zero Suit Samus is as old as Metroid itself. Since her introduction, she has become a character in her own right. Originally, she was an unlockable ‘reward’ in the first Metroid game. The closing sequence would see Samus remove her suit to reveal more skin the faster your time. The 1980s clearly have not aged…