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Category: Culture Commentary

Writings about the gaming culture and commentary of it.

Culture Commentary Posted onSeptember 13, 2023September 12, 2023

Robot Doggy Adoption

So… this isn’t really anything to do with gaming, but I liked this story so I wanted to share it! In 2018 Sony released a robot dog known as Aibo which was touted as one […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onSeptember 11, 2023September 10, 2023

The Older Consoles

There’s something about some of the older generation consoles that are so nosalgic and pleasing to look at. From the black box of the PS2 to the sleek, futuristic and bright colours of the Xbox […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onSeptember 8, 2023September 7, 2023

Explaining the First Impressions

What are my thoughts on Starfield? You’ll just have to wait for the review to find out… But in the meantime I want to tell you a story I have rarely told people. Back when […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onSeptember 1, 2023August 31, 2023

The Choice of Evil

Have you ever chosen to be evil? Like, really had a choice between a good and a bad choice, and you chose to do the bad one? Games are great for showing us what we […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onAugust 30, 2023August 29, 2023

Funny Souls Video

So I wasn’t quite sure what to write about today… so check out this cool video in the meantime! It’s an absolute treat for Dark Souls fans and it’s so well made and designed that […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onAugust 29, 2023August 28, 2023

The ‘Early’ Game Access

An interesting trend I have seen in the gaming industry is the incentive to provide an ‘early’ start to player who pre-order games or buy deluxe editions of certain games before release. This can be […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onAugust 23, 2023August 22, 2023

Lore Videos

Now that I’ve finished Dark Souls 3 I find myself delving into the world of DS3 lore videos and trying to uncover the mysteries present within the game that I didn’t quite understand, which I […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onAugust 16, 2023August 15, 2023

The Big Run-Up

I have started playing Dark Souls 3 and my hope is to finish it before the end of the month as we all know that Starfield is coming soon and that will no doubt be […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onAugust 3, 2023August 2, 2023

Liminal Spaces in Games

If you don’t know what they are, Liminal Spaces are essentially the location version of the uncanny valley, a place that is not quite correct in your eyes, sometimes to a creepy degree. This can […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onJuly 27, 2023July 26, 2023

Playing What You Love and Playing What is Fun

I’ve been playing a lot of Total War: Warhammer 3 recently and as many of you know it’s an incredibly strategy game that, most importantly for me, also has a great many ways to play […] Read More

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Jack ‘Jinx’ McKay has a Honours Degree in Media from RGU Aberdeen. He’s been writing video game critiques since 2014 and playing games for much, much longer.

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