video games
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Streaming on Nintendo Pee
I am enjoying my Friday Twitch Streams with sketch pal Lauren, who is currently marooned in a land that people insist on calling America. I told my sister (apropos of nothing) “I’m a streamer now” on Sunday, and she laughed for what felt like several minutes. This is fair enough. I’m 44 years old. Read more
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Railway Architecture in the video game Fortnite
After many years of cars, motorbikes, biplanes, speedboats, helicopters, and hoverboards, Fortnite has finally incorporated a railway line. As a “Battle Royal” online fighting game, with an ever-shrinking playing arena and 99 other players trying to kill you, Fortnite doesn’t really lend itself to public transport. [1] The automobile and the gun reign supreme here.… Read more
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The rise of social gaming: Morning Star column 24/10/2015
A GROUP of young men are gathered around a screen. On it, a small spaceship piloted by a young anime-style girl is scrolling from left to right, skilfully avoiding a barrage of laser fire and enemy ships unleashing a quite staggering amount of weaponry. The boss — a huge, flying battleship — hoves into view,… Read more
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