the conversation
24 July 2026
Hardware
As someone who writes about gaming and esports for a living, I am astonishingly bad at technology. After evangelist colleagues told me to just “build your own PC,” I had...
08 September 2021
the conversation
China's news laws only let under 18s play videogames for 3 hours a week. That won't curb gaming addiction, writes Joanne Orlando.
20 October 2020
the conversation
Players can kill, hunt or hurt animals in popular games ranging from Animal Crossing to Grand Theft Auto. The rise of this (increasingly realistic) trend in games, along with people’s…
18 September 2020
Covid-19
Through protagonist Mae, videogame Night in the Woods asks: what will the future hold, if we can’t possibly go back to the way things were before?
29 November 2019
the conversation
Intensely violent games = mayhem in the real world. Debunking an argument that will not go away.
