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Features
Avatars in Virtual Worlds
Beyond slaying dragons and collecting gold there is a deeper level of interaction in MMORPGs revolving around personal identity and self-comfort – and it’s facilitated by a relationship between the gamer and their avatars. Intrigued? Let’s take a look... Read more »| 28 May 2015 -
Gaming
Farming Simulator 2015
Have you ever felt compelled to drive a harvester, or get behind the wheel of a tractor? Well, now’s your chance with Farming Simulator 2015, the lates... Read more »| 26 May 2015 -
Gaming
The Charnel House Trilogy
The Charnel House Trilogy is primarily about two characters coming to terms with their past, and this aspect of its story is dealt with conclusively and rela... Read more »| 25 May 2015 -
Gaming
Home Is Where One Starts
Real life memories don't work like flashbacks. No matter how vivid our memory or powerful our imagination, we can't simply replay a perfect recreation of the... Read more »| 25 May 2015 -
Gaming
Guns, Gore & Cannoli
Guns, Gore & Cannoli is a schlock-horror 2D shooter from three-man Belgian indie developer Crazy Monkey Studios. Set in the 1920s, the game combines gore... Read more »| 25 May 2015 -
Gaming
Games Are For Everyone sets up stall at Edinburgh's Mash House
While we have custom-built venues for music, film, theatre and art, you’ve got to get a little more creative when showcasing the burgeoning world of vi... Read more »| 18 May 2015
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Gaming
Life During Wartime: Tale of Tales on Sunset
Ahead of the release of Sunset, set in the 1970s during an uprising in a fictional Latin American country, we talk to Tale of Tales' Auriea Harvey about confronting cynicism and recognising that in a revolution, even a housekeeper has a role to play Read more »| 12 May 2015 -
Festivals
Ignite Dundee Festival 2015 preview
Throughout May, the Ignite Dundee Festival proudly celebrates the city’s wealth of creative talent and its cultural significance. We preview some of the ace events happening at this year's festival.. Read more »| 06 May 2015 -
Gaming
A Game By Any Other Name: The 'Notgames' Myth
As more and more titles challenge the notion of what a videogame can be, we rounded up five of the leading alternative game developers to ask them about the emerging sub-genre and how they feel about the ongoing debate they are invoking Read more »| 06 May 2015 -
Gaming
Pillars of Eternity
For a certain segment of the PC gaming community, the turn of the millennium represents the high water mark for single-player roleplaying games. Black Isle&r... Read more »| 28 Apr 2015 -
Gaming
Resident Evil: Revelations 2
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is an episodic survival horror adventure that’ll make you remember why you loved the series in the first place. It’s... Read more »| 23 Apr 2015 -
Gaming
Tower of Guns
You would be unlikely to mistake Tower of Guns for a big studio, mega-budget first-person shooter, but you’d be equally as unlikely to call this as a g... Read more »| 23 Apr 2015 -
Gaming
Shovel Knight: Digging Up The Past
Ahead of the game's release on all three Sony platforms, we spoke to David D'Angelo of Yacht Club Games on Shovel Knight to discuss how traditional gameplay mechanics can be used to inform new player experiences. Read more »| 23 Apr 2015 -
Features
Edinburgh International Science Festival 2015: Easter Weekend Events
We sent some of our writers out to get an impression of the many events that were on offer during the Edinburgh International Science Festival's opening weekend... Read more »| 16 Apr 2015 -
Gaming
Bloodborne
After the success of Hidetaka Miyazaki's 2011 opus Dark Souls, Japanese developer From Software split the development team in two. One team focused on Dark S... Read more »| 09 Apr 2015