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Image: CC Dids from Pexels. Description: a Nintendo DS. Glare at me, tut at me, judge me if you like. It won’t make any difference. Times were hard, and game developers needed to be taught a lesson. In the year of 2007, I strolled into my nearest GAME store and bought an Action Replay for […]
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Completing all the quests feels like a momentous achievement. Getting that golden 100% on your save file isn’t bad either. In gaming, completion is often everything; inflated egos and bragging rights last for weeks. Yet for all the strain and countless hours you’ve burned, something’s missing. Ultimately, you know you’ve taken the boring path, you’ve […]
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Believe it or not fellow gamers, but April 11th 2018 marked the 10th anniversary of Mario Kart Wii’s UK release. In honour of the game that encouraged hubris, pathos and lifelong grudges, let’s take a look back at some of the game’s most notable tracks: Luigi Circuit Colloquial Names: Basic Boi, Noob Street No, […]
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The games industry is booming in the UK, and Oxford is no exception. Around 35 developers and publishers are registered in the county alone, such that in 2014 the Association for UK Interactive Entertainment recognised Oxford as one of 12 hubs in the country with the highest level of “games concentration”. With no specialised games […]
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A group of all female students at a local school have started their own company to encourage language learning. The group, from Oxford High School, created the company Quartz last September and have since developed a 3D language learning game called Domi-Know. Quartz was created as part of Young Enterprise, a UK charity that encourages […]
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The Bodleian Library has recently acquired a collection of one and a half thousand board games dating from 1800 to the last millennium. Donated by Richard Ballam, the Library has selected 22 Edwardian and Victorian examples and put them on display at the Weston Library. The exhibition, Playing with History, opened on 8 January, closes […]
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