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The Best Games of 2022 So Far
It's been a strange year for games so far. The year's biggest, most critically acclaimed and best-selling game, Elden Ring, came out in February and since then almost every single AAA game has been delayed into 2023. But that doesn't mean…
Lights, Camera, Action Button! Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Lights, Camera, Action Button! is a series exploring film-to-game adaptations in regard to their faithfulness, quality and value long after the original film may have passed into nostalgia. In this edition Jack Ford looks at Looney Tunes:…
How to Prepare for a Marathon Gaming Stream
Every gamer has pulled an all-nighter at least once in their gaming career. However, as a streamer, you can use the gaming stamina you developed as a teenager to draw a larger crowd to your stream.
Gaming marathons are a popular…
Game Review: The Quarry Digs Deep and Finds Gold
No one can dispute that back in 2015, Supermassive Games delivered a deeply satisfying horror gaming experience with Until Dawn. In the years that followed its initial release, Until Dawn became a much-loved favourite among PlayStation 4’s…
Five of the Best Celebrity Appearances in Video Games
Video game performance has become a very specialized discipline. No longer does it require a voice actor to do a few days of grunting and screaming in a booth. It's the whole package now with voice acting only a part of a performance that…
Healthy Console, Healthy You: Balancing Your Personal and Your Gaming System’s Health
It might seem like video games have always been popular, but the time people spend playing them consistently continues to rise. More than half of American homes have a gaming console, and about 76% of Americans have spent some time playing…
From Stream to Ocean: How Twitch Has Changed the Games Industry
The pandemic transformed gaming and live streaming from a nerdy niche to an international pastime. In the past year, average viewership on Twitch has been well above 2.5 million and over 1 million streamers go live every day.
The…
Elden Ring is the Best Open World Game in Over 15 Years
I've been chasing a dragon for a decade and a half. My first experience with a role playing video game was Bethesda's Oblivion, the fourth entry in The Elder Scrolls series. After the character creation, main story set-up and tutorial are…
So You’re A Streamer Now? Here’s How to make the Most of it
Recent statistics from Twitch show that the number of people streaming on their platform has doubled in the last two years.
That stat shouldn’t really come as a surprise. International lockdowns brought many folks back to gaming, and…
Game Review: Going From Student to Master in Sifu
Sifu in Cantonese means a skillful person or a master. This simple title and meaning for Slocap’s newest gaming venture after 2017's much-loved Absolver is a fitting moniker for an experience that punishes you over and over in an effort to…