There may be no one part of a game that connects to our memories as immediately or intensely as music. Of course we remember a game’s music: Those were the melodies that accompanied us on adventures in other worlds, through trials and triumphs, through victory and defeat. A musical score…
You can’t judge a game by its cover. You can, however, judge a game cover by its cover. With the growing importance of digital sales and preorders, what’s actually on the front of a game box is in many ways becoming less important than it once was, since it’s not…
Why does anyone watch sports? Why does anyone care about playing video games based on sports? Is it about wish fulfilment? Our primal need to feel part of a ‘team’, a primitive tribal urge? As someone who loves sport, I’d argue it’s about two things: watching someone artfully ply their…