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The Most Boring Game of the Year

It’s addictive and absorbing - but unless you’re playing it, Demon’s Souls is staggeringly dull, says Chris Dahlen.

Don’t Know Much About History

Just how much do music games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero owe to history, asks N'Gai Croal.

Brütal Legend: A Love Story

Metal, shmetal: Chris Dahlen argues for why the romance makes the game in Brütal Legend.

TV Go Home

Videogames on UK TV offer small consolation, and the BBC's recent Gameswipe special sadly did little to prove otherwise.

Public Relations

How a brush with the press made Hello Games realise it wasn't a unique and beautiful game developing snowflake - and all the prouder for the discovery.

Sonic the Comic Book

While the once-great game franchise limps along, the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book has hit its 200th issue - and it’s still going strong, says Chris Dahlen.

Making Stuff Up

In another act of shameless self-promotion, Randy Smith looks at his game, Spider, and how successfully it tells its story.

Let’s Burn Down D.C.

A string of new games fantasise about waging war against America's capital. Meanwhile, real-life Americans are dreaming about the same thing, says Chris Dahlen.

Playtesting

In which Hello Games recruits Rob the Tesco grocery deliveryman as a tester and is forced to see its game, Joe Danger, in a whole new light.

The Interface Wars

N'Gai Croal wonders whether the real battle of the current console generation wars is in interfaces, not silicon.