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  • a Nintendo Super Famicom, a 1990s era 16-bit console running the hit Capcom beat 'em up game Street Fighter II on a cathode ray tube television

    My ​quest to ​preserve VHS-​era ​gaming ​culture​, one eBay bid at a time

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    double quotation markThe creator of Fortnite has laid off more than 1,000 staff – despite billions in revenue

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    Resident Evil at 30: how Capcom’s horror opus has survived and thrived

  • Marathon video game screenshot

    double quotation markIn the killer world of online gaming, there are no hits any more – just survivors

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  • Krafton CEO Changhan Kim

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    double quotation markSpeed Dates is no feeble full-motion video game – it’s a bold art film, subtitles and all

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  • Nintendo Switch Sports.

    double quotation markThere’s a reason that Wii Bowling remains my mum’s favourite game of all time

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  • Zoe Hannah and Maddy Myers (right), co-founders of feminist video games website Mothership.

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    double quotation markThe Dominik Diamond alternative game of the year awards 2025

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  • A delightful collective working together … creatures in Pokémon Pokopia.

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  • Albert Birney at an 80s-style computer as Conor in Obex.

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