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  • Illustration of the video game character Zelda

    Zelda taught me the importance of play – and has helped me deal with work, parenting and grief

    I initially dismissed the Wind Waker’s cartoonish visuals as juvenile. But now I try to carry the game’s sense of joy into all aspects of my life
  • A still from the Super Mario Galaxy movie.

    Father of man who inspired Super Mario was also named Luigi, researcher finds

  • The team behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 pose with awards.

    Clair Obscur and Dispatch share top honours at Bafta games awards

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    Replaced review – nostalgic cyberpunk tribute has few ideas of its own

  • Pragmata.

    Pragmata review – soulful sad dad saga in stunning outer space

  • Man in suit at lectern flanked by row of people, in front of state seal on wall and American flag.

    Roblox to implement youth protections and pay $12m in Nevada settlement

  • Armored character with weapon in Marathon video game

    Long live the ‘unc game’

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  • Keza MacDonald

    double quotation markIncluding online games in social media bans is unworkable, unnecessary and would harm young people

    Keza MacDonald
  • Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator game, screenshot

    double quotation markStop the world, I want to get off and run a video rental store in the 1990s

    Dominik Diamond
  • Keith Stuart

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

    Keith Stuart
  • Marathon video game screenshot

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

    Joshua Rivera
  • Life is Strange: Reunion video game screenshot: Max and Chloe

    Life Is Strange: Reunion review – a decade-long story comes to an impassioned close

  • An animated scene showing a dinosaur and two people with moustaches wearing overalls

    The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review – bland screensaver of a movie that’s actually worse than AI

  • Willa Holland in The Mortuary Assistant.

    The Mortuary Assistant review – game-inspired horror simulates morgue work with conviction

  • Mythmatch game

    Mythmatch review – a match-three game made in heaven

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