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Gaming
Tricone Lab: Interview with creator Josh Singer
When it comes to puzzle games, the best way to get ahead is to get inside the head of its creator. With that, we spoke to Josh Singer whose game Tricone Lab is gearing up for a release on Steam Early Access this week. Read more »| 11 Nov 2015 -
Gaming
Boardgames: Making a comeback
With board game sales growing every year, we take a look at the state of modern tabletop gaming and examine why, in a digital age, the industry is experiencing such a boom Read more »| 06 Nov 2015 -
Gaming
Cara Ellison Interview: Embed With Games
How would you like to be paid by your Twitter followers to travel the world? We caught up with Cara Ellison to talk about single-handedly charting the world map of indie game development, games as political protest and the galvanising power of pop. Read more »| 04 Nov 2015 -
Features
GamesAreForEveryone Returns to Edinburgh
Fast becoming a regular staple on the Edinburgh gaming scene, GamesAreForEveryone is gearing up for its third event this month. We spoke to its organisers about seeing gaming from new perspectives and breaking down barriers between gamers and creators. Read more »| 30 Oct 2015 -
Gaming
Pulse
For many, games are escapism, and Pulse promises the ultimate kind of escapism. Read more »| 30 Oct 2015 -
Gaming
Game Over: Ten Most Feared Videogame Characters
As Halloween fast approaches, all thoughts turn to the gruesome and macabre. Welcome then to our ten most feared videogame characters to get you in the mood for Samhain Read more »| 28 Oct 2015
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Features
Testing Scotland's DNA: Who do you think you are?
The popularity of internet-based DNA testing kits have been increasing rapidly in recent years. Curious to find out where the genetic trail would lead him, our writer decided to test his own DNA via Scots-based company: ScotlandsDNA. Read more »| 28 Oct 2015 -
Gaming
Elite: Dangerous (Xbox One)
The digital front cover for Elite: Dangerous on Xbox One says a lot about the game Frontier Developments are touting to the console market. Read more »| 23 Oct 2015 -
Gaming
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
When the first Uncharted game landed back in 2007, the most common and astute observations pegged it as a mix of Tomb Raider’s gameplay with the charm ... Read more »| 23 Oct 2015 -
Gaming
Broforce
For gamers of a certain vintage, the mere mention of the late 1980s and early 1990s will evoke fond memories of the age of side-scrolling shooters, ranging f... Read more »| 19 Oct 2015 -
Gaming
The Games We Played: The Skinny at 10
As The Skinny reaches the end of its first decade, we recap ten influential videogames of our lifetime. Inevitably there were some heartbreaking omissions, but we maintain that this is a pretty good snapshot of the industry has seen since issue one Read more »| 13 Oct 2015 -
Features
Zoltan Istvan interview: Transhumanism Next?
Zoltan Istvan is running for the President of the United States, and he wants us all to live forever, but at what cost? We speak to the leader of the Transhumanist Party about his vision for the future Read more »| 08 Oct 2015 -
Gaming
SOMA
"In SOMA we have put a lot of effort into making sure that every story bit you find in the game feels real. We have tried our utmost to make sure t... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Gaming
Blood Bowl II
Blood Bowl has been around in one form or another for quite some time now with the original tabletop game being released back in 1987. It has gone through va... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Gaming
Dundee developers tee up Glitchspace for 2016
With educational videogames becoming increasingly more sophisticated, we take an early look at programming puzzler Glitchspace, an upcoming title from indie studio Space Budgie Read more »| 07 Oct 2015