The Amanda Knox Verdict

My interest in the murder trial of Amanda Knox began not with the news or in the blogosphere, but with a conversation I had with a complete stranger in a London coffee shop. The bespectacled man of approximately twice my years asked in an American accent if I had been following the case of Meredith [...]

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Sex in Video Games

Sex sells. And when it comes to video games in the twenty first century, there’s no better method for shifting units. I can’t be the only who noticed these adverts cropping up on the web recently, can I? In all my hours of diligent research *ahem* I have yet to discover a tangible link between between [...]

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The World After Wii

With the recent announcements of Microsoft's Project Natal and Sony's wand, Nintendo's rivals are confirmed to enter the perilous realm of motion control gaming in 2010. Can either company steal the big N's thunder? We explain the Wii's success and make our predictions.

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Is Resident Evil 5 Racist?

On March 13 2009 Japanese video game developer Capcom will release the latest instalment of their long running survival horror franchise, Resident Evil 5. The game is the first entry in the series to be situated in a sub-Saharan location and little did they know that with their teaser trailer, released in mid July 2007, [...]

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