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Press X to Heal: How Gaming Can Help You Recover
Gaming can provide the perfect refuge when you experience a setback IRL. Exploring the wilds of Tamriel can reignite your passion for adventure, while multiplayer games like No Man’s Sky can give your social life a much-needed boost while…
A Gaming Industry Crash is Coming
Within the next 5 to 10 years the gaming industry will crash. The economics of it all just don't add up to anything else. Mass layoffs, a crunch ecosystem, employee burnout, rising inflation, shareholder panic and runaway technological…
HeadStuff Picks | The Best Games of 2023
Was 2023 the best year for video games? That's a question that can't really be answered here but in terms of the sheer variety and quantity of great games released this year 2023 is certainly up there with the best of them. Even if you…
Level Up Your Mind: How Video Games Mentally Benefit Aging Populations
There’s increasing recognition that your retirement years needn’t be the stereotype of slowing down and doing traditional “elderly people” activities. Indeed, part of the key to maintaining your wellness is to keep pursuing things that…
Beyond the Screen: Exploring Deep Bonds in Online Gaming Relationships
Today’s parents are prone to lament, “I wish my child would stop playing video games and go outside and meet people!” They tell stories of their childhood when kids from the neighborhood met outside for hours of sports, tag, and other…
Save Your Life By Buying Indie Games
It’s a dangerous world out there. You don’t want to just buy ANY game — you never know what can happen. Especially if you buy those mass-produced, find-in-any-store games.
You know what they say about passing around the same games…
Game Review | Persona 5 Tactica is Turn Based Activism
Persona 5 Tactica, the latest spin-off in the acclaimed Persona series, not only delivers an engaging tactical RPG experience but also serves as a thought-provoking exploration of power dynamics, friendship, and the challenges of fighting…
You’ve Got a Fiend in Me: Playing the Dark Urge in Baldur’s Gate 3
I have tried so hard to be evil. I led a force of goblins, trolls and giant spiders against a sacred druid's grove harboring refugees. The result? Total Massacre. Later on I used my mind powers to force a trio of those same goblins to…
Game Review | Robocop: Rogue City is Part Game, Part Glitch, All Great Fun
Much like James Bond, another of cinema’s great mass murderers; Robocop has been largely ill served by the very medium that seems tailor made for him. While we wait with great anticipation – and growing impatience – to see what IO…
Game Review | World of Horror Gets a Full, Frightening Release
The eerie allure of World of Horror, a roguelite RPG deeply inspired by the works of Junji Ito, has captivated the gaming community since its initial demonstration in 2017. Now, after several years of anticipation, the fully-fledged 1.0…