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Read more about the article Review: Hollow Knight
You can save your progress by taking a breath on a bench, a mechanic reminiscent of the Dark Souls bonfires. Each checkpoint-bench is a beautifully illustrated break in your quest.

Review: Hollow Knight

  • Post author:Risto Hämäläinen
  • Post published:April 19, 2017
  • Post category:Game Reviews

Hollow Knight combines somber visual design with tight metroidvania gameplay.

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Read more about the article Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin and remixing video games

Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin and remixing video games

  • Post author:Risto Hämäläinen
  • Post published:April 19, 2017
  • Post category:Features

Dark Souls 2: Scholar Of The First Sin presents a new way to remix a game’s play experience.

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Read more about the article The Allure of Struggle and Failure in Cooperative Board Games

The Allure of Struggle and Failure in Cooperative Board Games

  • Post author:Markku Vesa
  • Post published:April 19, 2017
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

Failing together is fun.

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Read more about the article Warhammer Age of Sigmar Review

Warhammer Age of Sigmar Review

  • Post author:Markku Vesa
  • Post published:April 18, 2017
  • Post category:Game Reviews

A friend of strategic fantasy tabletop wargaming? Look elsewhere.

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Read more about the article Review: One Night Ultimate Werewolf Daybreak

Review: One Night Ultimate Werewolf Daybreak

  • Post author:Risto Hämäläinen
  • Post published:April 18, 2017
  • Post category:Game Reviews

One Night Ultimate Werewolf Daybreak is a fast-paced bluffing exercise.

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Read more about the article Critical alternative journalism from the perspective of game journalists

Critical alternative journalism from the perspective of game journalists

  • Post author:Aleksi Kesseli
  • Post published:April 18, 2017
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

Alternative gamejournalism : Is the new watch dog of the gaming industry all bark and no bite?

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Read more about the article Postcolonialism, Case: Civilization V
Naval units featured in the launch trailer of Civilization V: Gods & Kings. (Source)

Postcolonialism, Case: Civilization V

  • Post author:Juho Hartikainen
  • Post published:April 12, 2017
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

Civilization V is biased, imperialist and silences contrary voices. Like real history.

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Read more about the article Hardware Special: Namco neGcon VS Microsoft Wireless Speed Wheel
Not quite a wheel-and-pedal combo, but close enough. Namco's neGcon on the left, Microsoft's Wireless Speed Wheel on the right.

Hardware Special: Namco neGcon VS Microsoft Wireless Speed Wheel

  • Post author:Aleksi Vesanen
  • Post published:April 12, 2017
  • Post category:Features

Something old, something new: Two unusual racing controllers go head-to-head!

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Read more about the article One Night Ultimate Vampire Review (Tabletop)

One Night Ultimate Vampire Review (Tabletop)

  • Post author:Ville Susi
  • Post published:April 12, 2017
  • Post category:Game Reviews

One Night Ultimate Vampire is a vampire themed hybrid tabletop game with social play emphasis, a digital mobile app companion and fast, paranoid gameplay.

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Read more about the article Hitman (Season One) Review

Hitman (Season One) Review

  • Post author:Pietari Kaartinen
  • Post published:April 12, 2017
  • Post category:Game Reviews
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A welcome return to form by one of the stealth genre’s greatest.

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Read more about the article Knutepunkt 2017 – Two Decades of Art, Design, and Scholarship
The closing ritual.

Knutepunkt 2017 – Two Decades of Art, Design, and Scholarship

  • Post author:Jukka Särkijärvi
  • Post published:March 31, 2017
  • Post category:Features

The Nordic larp conference turned 20. This is how it was.

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Read more about the article ASCII Graphics in Roguelikes

ASCII Graphics in Roguelikes

  • Post author:Markku Vesa
  • Post published:March 31, 2017
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

Nostalgia and old-school gameplay philosophy dictate the complex conventions of roguelikes

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Read more about the article Dice Hunter: Quest of the Dicemancer

Dice Hunter: Quest of the Dicemancer

  • Post author:Matti Isotalo
  • Post published:March 31, 2017
  • Post category:Game Reviews

Nifty visuals can’t quite save this light crapshoot of a dice-rolling game.

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Read more about the article Review: Legend of Grimrock

Review: Legend of Grimrock

  • Post author:Jukka Särkijärvi
  • Post published:March 30, 2017
  • Post category:Game Reviews

Legend of Grimrock is old school. The kind where bullying is encouraged.

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Read more about the article Transistor (iOS)

Transistor (iOS)

  • Post author:Pietari Kaartinen
  • Post published:March 30, 2017
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An excellent atmospheric action-adventure that shines even pocket-sized.

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Read more about the article Bridging the Gap: The Neo Geo, the Media Imaginary, and the Domestication of Arcade Games

Bridging the Gap: The Neo Geo, the Media Imaginary, and the Domestication of Arcade Games

  • Post author:Aleksi Kesseli
  • Post published:March 30, 2017
  • Post category:Game Research Highlights

Domesticating the arcade experience: the story of Neo Geo

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Read more about the article Megazone Laser Tag

Megazone Laser Tag

  • Post author:Juho Hartikainen
  • Post published:March 29, 2017
  • Post category:Game Reviews
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Legen – wait, four hours of Megazone laser tag? – dary!

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Read more about the article Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of Review

Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of Review

  • Post author:Markku Vesa
  • Post published:March 29, 2017
  • Post category:Features

Become a king by your own hand in this great Conan tabletop rpg

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Read more about the article A Love Letter to Liberty City’s Portland

A Love Letter to Liberty City’s Portland

  • Post author:Aleksi Vesanen
  • Post published:March 29, 2017
  • Post category:Features

If the true protagonist of an open-world game is its setting, then Portland is GTA III's crown jewel.

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Read more about the article Final Fantasy XV

Final Fantasy XV

  • Post author:Juho
  • Post published:March 28, 2017
  • Post category:Game Reviews

The latest member of the long-running JRPG series contains many memorable moments, yet is also glaringly missing some of them.

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