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Dirt Rally 2.0: Is that dirt in your eye?
Blast through muddy slopes and drift to the goal line, right before getting to peek inside the secret lives of crash test dummies in Dirt Rally 2.0 review.
Different types of challenges in games.
How can games challenge us? Here I discuss three different types of challenges: Problem solving, mechanical actions, and social interaction.
Cities: Skylines Review – Being A Mayor Has Never Been So Fun
Develop your city from a humble village to a bustling metropolis in this colorful, smoothly running city simulator.
Have games changed over the years, or have I? Maybe both.
There are more games than ever to play, yet I struggle to find the good ones to play. Here I explore some of the reasons why.
What we do in games – Ten imperative goals
In an effort to create a consistent environment for discussing #objectives, researchers narrowed games down to ten #imperative #goals that could be used to describe any #game.
Why do people play old games?
Kristian Redhead Ahm challenges existing literature on the motivations of playing old games, also known as retrogaming. He finds out that nostalgia is not the sole reason for retrogaming.
Throwing Out The Dice – A Villager Hunting In Animal Crossing New Horizons
With nearly 400 possible animals, there is probably a favorite for everyone in Animal Crossing New Horizons. Getting your favorite can, however, be challenging.
Horace – A robot to remember
Time travel, bullet hells, rhythm games, platforming and so much more. Horace gives the player way more than they would expect. What starts as a more traditional pixel-art game soon evolves into something much bigger.
PAYDAY 2: Heist Banks, Get Money, Become Infamous
A review for PAYDAY 2, a co-op first person shooter focused on pulling off daring heists. Does it still hold up after 7 years, or should the Payday Gang cash out?
Soda Machines – A Mere Symbols of Refreshment or Representations of Our Capitalistic Reality
Soda machines in video games contain purposes of consumerism, aesthetic, ludic, and narrative, to enhance players' presence. Furthermore, they fortify the consumerist values of modern capitalism.
Trying to shoot enemies in my twenties – Why I prefer story-driven games over shooters
The short story of how I became the player I am today.
PC Vs. Console – The Never-Ending Fight for Dominance
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the platform they have decided to use to play, but by the content of their gaming.
Detroit: Become Human – you can make a change
Detroit: Become Human is a perfect picture of our world's situation. If you can make a change in this game, why can’t you do it in real life?
The Banana Joystick for Monkey Ball arcade game
Sugoi – A Piece of Japanese Gaming Culture in Helsinki
Sugoi offers an all-you-can-eat Japanese arcade game buffet for a nice price!
Unpopular opinion: Why I think Fallout 76 is actually a pretty decent game
Fallout76 has been criticized as a historically bad Fallout game. I don’t agree with that and here’s why.
‘NHL 19: Be a Pro’ Mode Review
NHL 19 Be A Pro mode review. Is it worth dreaming of being an NHL pro?
Drunk VR Gaming – Should you do it?
The research article 'Drunk Virtual Reality Gaming: Exploring the Influence of Alcohol on Cybersickness' by Iskenderova et al. discusses the effects drinking might have on the level of cybersickness caused by VR gaming.
An Oldie but Goldie? Nintendo Ice Hockey review
The Nintendo Switch library of NES titles held this old gem, so of course it had to be tried out!
“Just kill those fluffballs already!” – Kittens in a Blender review
Kittens in a Blender! Fun for everyone, especially if you like kitten-smoothies!
Fight for the Light – ‘Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition’ Review
Arguably one of the most beautiful games out there is getting a sequel soon, so here’s a reminder of where Ori originates from.