A review of The History of Silent Hill

  Earlier this year, Pen & Sword Books released The History of the Pokémon Games, which I reviewed here. At the same time, they released the much less obviously marketable The History of Silent Hill by Samantha Morris. Similar titles notwithstanding, these are very different books. While the Pokémon volume functions primarily as a sort…

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‘I was like, am I gonna pass out on stage?’: Final Fantasy 14’s rock band on transcending from videogame music to on-stage at the UK’s biggest rock and metal festival

It’s not very often I get to see my love of rock music and my love of videogame music intersect in interesting ways. But almost every single time I do, one game can be found at the core—Final Fantasy 14. Critical Hit (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Critical Hit, where I (or someone else on…

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Data analyst finds ‘AI stigma’ on Steam can reduce the number of reviews a game gets by around 53%—and the reviews it does get are more negative

Since the advent of generative AI and contemporary chatbots, there’s been endless debate about the ethics of using them in gamedev. But how does AI measure up through a purely pragmatic, business-minded lens? According to a blog from Game Oracle written by market data analyst Ross Burton, stigma around the technology can ward off prospective…

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Bryce Clark, game director of Poppy Playtime, has played 23,000 hours of Steam games: ‘I’m a bit obsessed with learning the market’

Disk Cleanup (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like “How tidy is your desktop?” and “What game will you never uninstall?” Bryce Clark, game director on Poppy Playtime,…

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Dishonored review (2012)

Special commentary on this classic PC Gamer review provided by: Dishonored review – PC Gamer issue #246 (UK, December 2012) From the archives: The review below appears as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and presentation. By Tom Francis (Image credit: Bethesda) I think I can jump onto another light fitting from here….

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