Review by Matt S. Games academic, Ian Bogost, recently wrote a piece that proved to be controversial. In it, he laid out some of the issues in the way that game creators often try to tell stories using similar narrative structures to what those in literature and film have traditionally…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It appears that Outlast 2 has been banned in Australia, after comments from the game’s publisher have emerged. Here’s the decision by the Australian Classification Board, as reported by Press-Start: As usual, the game’s been banned for vague reasons that basically boil down to “we didn’t…
Read MoreEveryone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so every so often we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste in the world and…
Read MoreList by Matt S. Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so every so often we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste…
Read MoreToday on the Wrap; Outlast silently arrives on Xbox, Hideo Kojima is depressed again, the PS4 and Xbox One lead industry sales, and Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime says the Wii U is almost in first place in the console war. Outlast Released on Xbox One Silently Silently indeed. The indie hit…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. So I finally got around to picking up a PlayStation 4 (side note to other Australians, you still need to preorder for shipments at EB Games. Who knows when the console will be available on the shelves). That in turn meant that my first PlayStation 4…
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