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GoldenEye 007: the beloved classic that reshaped video games
Life moves pretty slow on a video game magazine when the last pages are being sent to the printer. As a writer on Edge, I'd have to be available in the office to write captions and headlines, but often we were there long into the night as the art…
The Last of Us: HBO's adaptation elevates the video game's themes of love and family
Warning: this article contains spoilers. From the widely panned Super Mario Bros. movie (1993) to Netflix's Resident Evil (2022) releasing to decidedly mixed reviews, game adaptations have historically been cursed on both big and small screens.
10 Video Games With The Worst Melee Combat, Ranked
There are plenty of video games out there with truly terrible melee combat systems. With the upcoming launch of some massive AAA titles such as the highly anticipated Hogwarts Legacy, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and Horizon: Call of the Mountain, the…
Every video game delay that has happened in 2023 so far
Few things feel as inevitable in the video game industry as delays. Ever since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, game delays have only become more and more common as developers find previously set timelines unrealistic and adjust their release…
How to Get the Best Deals on Video Games With Humble Bundle
Readers like you help support MUO. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More. Finding a good game on sale can be like finding a needle in a haystack. Even if a game on sale piques your…
Union's Attempt to Organize Video Game Developers Falls Flat
PHILIP CALDWELL JAN 27, 2023 5:30 PM One of the largest unions in the country won national attention last month when it declared it had won the support of a video game development studio's employees to unionize. But weeks later, the union is now…
5 Unforgettable Video Game Movie Characters
Video game movies have a bad reputation, but there are ways in which the change of medium can be helpful. A film can offer a chance to explore the characters fans love in a new context. Some movies bring new dimensions to the video game icons they…
Forspoken review - how not to launch a new video game franchise
Square Enix's new action role-player is a brand new IP from a brand new developer but why has it already proven so controversial? Publishers do read game reviews. They'll carefully analyse the press reaction after a game's launch, but what…
HHW Gaming: Video Games That Always Resonated With Hip-Hop Culture
In the late 80s and the early 90s, Mike Tyson took the sports world by storm as he viciously knocked out his opponents in the ring. So it made perfect sense, at the time, to make him the face of his video game. In 1987, Nintendo linked up with…
ADL: Spike in antisemitic speech and harassment in multiplayer video games online
Updated: 8:39 PM EST Jan 27, 2023 ADL: Spike in antisemitic speech and harassment in multiplayer video games online 'In addition to Jewish people being targeted for their identity, we're also seeing people who are denying or saying the Holocaust…
AP apologizes for deeming term 'the French' as 'dehumanizing' with its latest inclusive language guidance
The Twitter account for the Associated Press apologized for a recent tweet suggesting that 'the French' was a 'dehumanizing' term, acknowledging that it 'caused unintended offense.' The AP official account tweeted Friday morning, 'The use of…
Russia wants to ban popular games with 'hidden inserts' that are affecting young minds
WTF?! Russia appears to be following in China's footsteps by tightening its control over the video games industry. The country wants to protect its youth from the 'negative influence' of games, and hopes to create a banned list of popular titles…
10 Best Harry Potter Video Games, Ranked According To Metacritic
CBR stands with the LGBTQ+ community and does not condone or endorse J.K. Rowling's views. The Harry Potter franchise's overall success is undeniable, with the popular books leading to the revolutionary movie series, and then so much more branching…
Generative AI should pay human artists for training
Painters and singers need legal protection from the revolution in algorithmic creativity Receive free Artificial intelligence updates We'll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Artificial intelligence news every morning. A flat…
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With the way things are going, the dystopian fiction of the past sometimes reads as optimistic
Please log in to bookmark this story. Create Free Account With the third year of the pandemic looming, David Moscrop went searching desperately for a hobby – a search that ended when he started looking at his bookshelves in a new way. In his…
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