The original PlayStation entered a world that was already inhabited by giants. But when the PlayStation 2 arrived, it set trends of its own.
Sony’s…
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The original PlayStation entered a world that was already inhabited by giants. But when the PlayStation 2 arrived, it set trends of its own.
Sony’s…
Rage Against the Machine‘s rise to public prominence was as explosive as their music. The band itself was a melange of racial backgrounds and musical…
The impact of video game music is nigh on impossible to overstate. It not only colours our experience of the game itself, but it also…
For more than 20 years, the first-person shooter (FPS) genre of games has gripped our imagination like no other. Key to its obsession-inducing qualities is…
The tools with which a video game can hook a player are limited, yet profound. Story, of course, is elemental. Sound obviously plays a massive…
Now that all your plans are cancelled, there’s plenty of time to read new books. Possibly the best book for our times, This Book is…
Augmented reality is one of those rare technological phenomenons that exploded into public consciousness with a bang, before settling into maturity. Few could escape the…
Essential to the evolution of video games is digital technology. The cutting-edge field of digital tech crystallised in the late 1950s with the invention of…
Few genres in gaming have gripped our imagination more forcefully than racing games. From the early ’70s (aka the dawn of video games) onwards, car…
When you read a collection of stories like Sean O’Beirne’s A Couple of Things Before the End (Black Inc.), you can’t help feel their weight…
Like its slightly more established rival, Wwise, FMOD is a middleware, designed to bring audio into video games. This can take the form of sound…
On the list for this weekend in reading is a special slice of jazz history, A Love Supreme, and a moving debut from Vivian Pham, The…
Key to the most immersive experience possible in any particular game is its sound world. This was understood by game designers from the very beginning….
