Marginalised, Mistreated and Misunderstood: Video Games and the Fight for Recognition

by Alex Hawksworth-Brookes

I’ve had enough of video games being relegated to the dustbin of society; banished as some form of unpleasant, cultural other; video games deserve a better place in the world, as do the people that play them. Whilst music, literature, theatre, sculpture…

Party Pooper

There are rules to every party. You need to have someone there that craves attention, someone who has to be louder than everyone else and have all focus directed at them. Then there are the random people who just turn up, who talk to no…

GamingLives Podcast Episode 7

The GamingLives podcast returns from man flu and brings you that something special this week, no not Avatar items… This week we’ve got soul. The team discuss Halo being the big deal that it is and ask if it was more a case of…

Open Up

There are times in life when you have to let yourself go, open yourself up to whatever is thrown at you. There will be times when the only option available to you is to break down and cry, no matter how tough you think you…

I Heart… Alpha Protocol

I hesitated on making a commitment to Alpha Protocol last year. I had other engagements at the time and I figured the wealth of unflattering comments floating around had to have at least a little merit. So, though I was tempted initially, I held off,…

Insert Disc Two? Are You Mad?

There are times in my life where I read a news story and wonder “is this classed as real news now, or is it just a really slow day today?” For instance, I recently saw that NASA had come out and said that the sci-fi…

Population Explosion At The Gathering

As someone who has been lucky enough to travel the gaming universe within the space of six months, starting from PAX East, through the incredible extravaganza that is E3 and finishing off at Gamescom, the thought had never occured to me that there could possibly…