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The rise of the coming-of-age video game
A Normal Lost Phone takes us deep into the no man's land that lies between adolescence and adulthood.
Review
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Slime and the family trode.
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How Marvel vs. Capcom 2 brought us together
The lost joy of gaming's great community projects.
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2016 was the year that Japanese games struck back
Japanese video game makers look to their past to define their future.
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Dishonored 2 and the infuriating pursuit of perfection
What does it mean when video games ask us to be faultless?
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Finishing Final Fantasy
Inside the team working to complete the most troubled Final Fantasy game ever made.
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How Japan's best-loved RPG is bringing structure to those paralysed by choice
The Dragon Questification of Minecraft.
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Rapture leaked: The true story behind the making of BioShock
From the archives: Simon Parkin investigates the torturous making of a masterpiece.
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Time crisis: Is this the end of the light gun?
As CRT TVs die out, time is slipping away for gaming's lost genre.
Interview
Robin Hunicke's extraordinary journey
From Spielberg's postman to discovering Katamari, Journey's lead designer's wild voyage of discovery.