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The Moral Cost of Videogames – A Response
Ex-Edge magazine staffer Matthew Devereux writes an interesting opinion piece on The Christian Science Monitor about the ‘Moral Cost of Videogames’. In it he expresses frustration and concern that there are too few consequences to moral choices in videogames. He goes on to argue that the pervading culture of ‘dog-eat-dog’ game mechanics, whereby the ends ...
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The Wrong Trainers
Just over a year ago Newsround, the BBC’s news programme for children and teenagers, commissioned a series of five short animations featuring children currently living in difficult circumstances across the UK. Their situations vary from living with a parent struggling with drug addiction, to coping with overcrowded accommodation to working through the repercussions of abuse ...
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Revenant Wings – DS Review
What do you do with your time after you’ve saved the world? It’s a question Square Enix is having to ask its Final Fantasy characters regularly now it has taken to releasing direct sequels to the previously one-off world-saving adventures in its flagship series. But finding a raison d’être for Vaan, Penelo and the rest ...
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Comment is Free
In the case of the Eurogamer Top 50 Games of the Year feature, that’s free in the literal, non-Guardian sense of the phrase – contributors aren’t paid a penny for their thoughts. Presumably that’s because the site doesn’t earn any revenue from the advertisers over Christmas… Anyway, I pitched in as usual because it’s enjoyable ...