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Read more about the article Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a School for the Disabled? – Katawa Shoujo review 

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a School for the Disabled? – Katawa Shoujo review 

  • Post author:Erika Mäkelä
  • Post published:August 15, 2020
  • Post category:Game Reviews

Katawa Shoujo isn’t your typical dating simulator. Strap yourself in for an emotional rollercoaster presented to you by... 4chan? 

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Read more about the article A Beautiful Mess: True Remembrance Review 

A Beautiful Mess: True Remembrance Review 

  • Post author:Erika Mäkelä
  • Post published:August 7, 2020
  • Post category:Game Reviews

True Remembrance is an excellent visual novel if you like feeling emotionally vulnerable.

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Read more about the article Revolting, yet captivating – Song of Saya review 

Revolting, yet captivating – Song of Saya review 

  • Post author:Erika Mäkelä
  • Post published:July 30, 2020
  • Post category:Game Reviews

Song of Saya is a masterfully crafted horror visual novel that will make you very uncomfortable in a good way.

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Read more about the article How gaming could reduce bias and connect us

How gaming could reduce bias and connect us

  • Post author:Erika Mäkelä
  • Post published:July 28, 2020
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

Research suggests that gaming can be used as an effective tool to reduce bias.

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Read more about the article The one word to rule them all – Codenames: Pictures review 

The one word to rule them all – Codenames: Pictures review 

  • Post author:Erika Mäkelä
  • Post published:July 27, 2020
  • Post category:Game Reviews

Codenames: Pictures is a deduction partygame in which players decipher codes from their spy master in order to contact their agents. 

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Read more about the article Key to knowledge? How escape rooms can be utilized in pedagogy 

Key to knowledge? How escape rooms can be utilized in pedagogy 

  • Post author:Erika Mäkelä
  • Post published:May 9, 2020
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

Could educational escape rooms be the new hip pedagocical thing?

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Read more about the article Coping with social distancing: is hosting a party in Habbo the answer? 

Coping with social distancing: is hosting a party in Habbo the answer? 

  • Post author:Erika Mäkelä
  • Post published:May 7, 2020
  • Post category:Features

Should we all be flocking back to Habbo as social distancing requires us to stay home?

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Read more about the article How The Stanley Parable questions freedom in interactive narratives

How The Stanley Parable questions freedom in interactive narratives

  • Post author:Erika Mäkelä
  • Post published:April 30, 2020
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

The Stanley Parable highlights the inherent restrictiveness of narrative-based videogames.

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Read more about the article Café Boardgame – come for the games, stay for the atmosphere

Café Boardgame – come for the games, stay for the atmosphere

  • Post author:Erika Mäkelä
  • Post published:March 30, 2020
  • Post category:Features

Located in the heart of central Helsinki Café Boardgame offers a relaxed environment to play the games you love and maybe try something new.

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Read more about the article Merit above all else: Reception of all-female esports teams

Merit above all else: Reception of all-female esports teams

  • Post author:Erika Mäkelä
  • Post published:March 25, 2020
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

Research suggests online gaming communities don’t feel too keenly for all-female esports teams.

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Read more about the article Why wolf? – what keeps me coming back to Werewolf

Why wolf? – what keeps me coming back to Werewolf

  • Post author:Erika Mäkelä
  • Post published:March 24, 2020
  • Post category:Features

Puns are stupid but so is my insatiable appetite for the social deduction game Werewolf.

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Read more about the article Fun times committing familicide: Gloom review

Fun times committing familicide: Gloom review

  • Post author:Erika Mäkelä
  • Post published:January 14, 2020
  • Post category:Game Reviews

Gloom is a card game in which the goal is to torment and murder your family while engaging in storytelling.

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Read more about the article Infuriatingly fun: Super Stardust HD Review  

Infuriatingly fun: Super Stardust HD Review  

  • Post author:Erika Mäkelä
  • Post published:December 7, 2019
  • Post category:Game Reviews

Super Stardust HD is an enjoyable action video game that stands the test of time. 

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Read more about the article I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator Review

I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator Review

  • Post author:Erika Mäkelä
  • Post published:November 13, 2019
  • Post category:Game Reviews

In this dating simulation indie game you try to seduce one of the most well-known fast food mascots in the world: Colonel Sanders.

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