Why the Xbox Live app for Android sucks
Just downloaded the Xbox Live app for Android, and there were a few annoying things about it:
View ArticleDragonborn of all nations unite: Skyrim, choice and capitalism
Like many gamers, I have spent a reasonably significant amount of time in the world of Skyrim, a world which prides itself on choice, on giving the player the freedom to act as they see fit. You might...
View ArticleSilicon Ghosts: No games industry in Scotland
Hey, work in the games industry in Scotland? How about a study games-related subject? According to DC Research, operating under the auspices of Creative Scotland and Scottish Enterprise, you probably...
View ArticleHow to download and install Steam Big Picture Mode
Valve are shooting announcements out left, right and centre right now, with wearable computing and Linux support getting neckbeards like myself hotter under the collar than cosplaying a Gorn at a Star...
View ArticleCrossing the Rubicon: Spec Ops The Line
My latest piece of disposable games criticism is now available in print and online in Germany (german only), many thanks to the editors of Marx21 for publishing that. I include here the original...
View ArticleLiveblogging the f**ck out of Curiosity
Curious about what Molyneux’s been up to? So was I. I put my world-renowned investigative skills on the case. Journalism away! View the story “Liveblogging the f**k out of Curiosity” on Storify
View ArticleEnd of the Road: Grand Theft Auto V
The happy Leninists over at Marx21 were kind enough to host some more of my wittering, this time in print form as well as tiny electric imps living in telephone wires. I tackle the ideological import...
View ArticleThatcher’s Britain
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View ArticleA Room, an idea, an implicit story
There’s an argument I’ve heard many times before. In fact, I’m sure it’s something that we’ve all heard at some point: It’s just a game. It doesn’t have to mean anything. I would hope that everyone...
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