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Category: Culture Commentary

Writings about the gaming culture and commentary of it.

Culture Commentary Posted onJanuary 27, 2025January 26, 2025

Gobbos

Goblins, a hallmark and iconic enemy for most fantasy (and some sci-fi!) video games. Goblins are the best example of a small, early game enemy that most people will find themselves fighting if for no […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onJanuary 24, 2025January 23, 2025

Your Favourite Speedrun

I’ve been watching a lot of the uploaded runs from GDQ and some of the stuff people can do is just incredible, stuff I would never have the patience to sit down and actually pull […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onJanuary 23, 2025January 22, 2025

Watching Old Titles

I’ve found myself watching a lot of old Let’s Plays recently, things like people playing through Super Mario 64 for the first time, or even some of the old reactionary content to game moments, something […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onJanuary 21, 2025January 20, 2025

Alternative Playstyles

One of the most wonderful things I’ve found about games are the various ways people tend to play them completely unintentionally from how they were designed. Things like playing tag with characters when you were […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onJanuary 14, 2025January 13, 2025

The Cold

As I sit here with a hot water bottle on my lap and a blanket around my shoulders I know that my favourite type of weather is here, the unrelenting cold of snowy covered lands. […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onJanuary 10, 2025January 9, 2025

PC Gaming Setups

One of the most enjoyable things about the hobby of PC Gaming is being able to customise not only your machine but also your room to accomodate your big hunk of electrical money, and it’s […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onJanuary 9, 2025January 8, 2025

Frutiger Aero in Games

For those of you that don’t know, Frutiger Aero is a design aesthetic that arose admist the mid 2000’s that focused on bubbly, nice, round and nature-focused visuals usually with water mixed in somewhere. This […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onJanuary 7, 2025January 6, 2025

The Smell of Cardboard

I have finally decided to buy, and have now received, my first physical yugioh cards in over 20 years. I assembled my deck, put everything into sleeves and got them neatly packaged away into my […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onJanuary 1, 2025December 31, 2024

Welcome to 2025!

Happy New Year everyone and welcome to the year of 2025! There are plenty of games coming out this year that are greatly anticipated sch as GTA 6, Deltarune Chapter 3/4 and even, if rumours […] Read More

Culture Commentary Posted onDecember 31, 2024December 30, 2024

2024 in Review

It’s been quite the year for games. Lots of big new releases, lots of surprise hits (looking at you Balatro!) and plenty of updates/remakes to make people happy and remind us all why we love […] Read More

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