On 19th March, Google announced Stadia, a new gaming platform that aims to change the way we play games by making them accessible to ‘any device with a Chrome browser […]
Category: Games
Valve’s Latest Controversy Raises Questions about Submission Guidelines
WARNING: This article contains content which some readers may find upsetting. Expected to be valued at over $90 billion by 2020, the video games market continues to rise in popularity. […]
FIFA 19: Ronaldo Removed From Cover
(Image: Electronic Arts) In a bizarre move from Electronic Arts(EA), Juventus and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has been replaced as cover star less than five months after launch. As of […]
Fortnite’s ‘Mello’ Concert Causes Waves in Gaming & Music
(Image: The Express) While Fortnite has been somewhat on the decline in the gaming community and more of a prominent figure in the ‘meme’ community over the recent months, Epic […]
FIFA addiction: a writer’s tale
The release of the newest annual addition to the FIFA series, FIFA 19, has brought up a question among gamers. That question is: ‘Why do we still buy this game?’. […]
A Year in Games
It has been a long time since the last gaming article here at The Yorker. 12 months. 52 weeks. 365 days. A lot has changed, both in gaming and with […]
Destiny 2 and the Issue of the Grind
The release of Destiny 2 brought about the end of a content drought for fans of the Bungie developed shooter. A recent BBC article talked of how the team had ‘learned […]
Reid’s Reads: ‘Tetris: The Games People Play’ by Box Brown
In 1984 Alexy Pajitnov released a highly addictive game called Tetris, and the uniquely tangled journey the game went from creation to commercialism provides a surprisingly fascinating read. Box Brown’s […]
Tax, murder and capitalism: a brief encounter with Democracy 3
In case you hadn’t noticed, politics is crazy right now. Strong and stable is weak and wobbly, vote against a coalition of chaos and you get a, er, coalition of […]
How important is replayability in games, really?
“Get your money’s worth” is more or less a mantra in my household, especially after first year university accommodation fees have ravaged the family income faster than major fraud (I’ve […]