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Game over: Why gaming peaked in 2001
Plug in your controller, blow in your cartridge, here's why gaming was better 20 years ago.
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Plug in your controller, blow in your cartridge, here's why gaming was better 20 years ago.
It's been two decades, so how is it you can still pull off a kickflip like it was yesterday?
While musically and visually on point, much-anticipated indie game No Straight Roads is all sensory overload and little substance.
Do you like cute dogs? Do you like cute people? Wellington-based Starcolt Studios' first game, Best Friend Forever, might just be the one for you.
Another PS4 exclusive, another game about the cost of violence.
Ever wanted to be Iron Man? Sam Brooks prefers Pepper Potts, but he had a great time stepping into the iron suit anyway.
The use of zombies in video games is getting the world's most inventive artform stuck in the mud, ready to have its brains eaten out.
Many call it the greatest game of all time, but where does its legacy sit now?
The greatness of The Last of Us Part II lies not in the gameplay, but for the conversations it will start, writes Sam Brooks. Major spoilers for The Last of Us …
A new first-person photography game set in a dystopian Tauranga under lockdown is the best work of Māori science-fiction this decade, writes Dan Taipua.
A bill is currently being read in parliament that could radically shift employee rights in our screen and gaming industries.
How did this quaint village-making game become one of the biggest sellers of its generation?
Sam Brooks reviews dating sim legend Sakura Wars, which returns after 15 years with a soft reboot.
Sam Brooks reviews the most anticipated game of the year: the Final Fantasy VII Remake.
Lee Henaghan previews Ori and the Will of The Wisps, the latest game to dismantle 'are video games art?' question.
Sam Brooks reviews Media Molecule's Dreams, the game that allows you to turn your dreams into (virtual) reality.
Lifelong superfan Sam Brooks got to play five hours of the Final Fantasy 7 remake ahead of its release. He reports back on how the game successfully adapts the twenty-year old classic.
