Gaming

Grand Theft Auto workers sacked in ‘union-busting’ move: ‘I don’t know how I’ll pay my bills’
Employment

Grand Theft Auto workers sacked in ‘union-busting’ move: ‘I don’t know how I’ll pay my bills’

Ahead of the release of Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar Games sacked more than 30 workers, accusing them of leaking confidential information. But the move has sparked accusations of ‘union-busting’. Here’s where the row has left fired workers

New video game Fable allows players to live out their evil landlord fantasies
Gaming

New video game Fable allows players to live out their evil landlord fantasies

Fable developer Playground Games showed off the upcoming video game’s morality system and what better way to demonstrate evil than evicting someone into homelessness?

Pokémon Legends Z-A features anti-homeless hostile architecture: ‘Are you for real?!’
Gaming

Pokémon Legends Z-A features anti-homeless hostile architecture: ‘Are you for real?!’

Nintendo’s latest Pokémon video game is out in the wild but bars on Lumiose City’s benches have sparked conversation on social media

Should you be rewarded for throwing litter away? How gamification is reimagining good citizenship
Professor Sarah Mills

Should you be rewarded for throwing litter away? How gamification is reimagining good citizenship

A Minecraft Movie director Jared Hess on why if you can find the time to play and create, it’s worth it
Film

A Minecraft Movie director Jared Hess on why if you can find the time to play and create, it’s worth it

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Grand Theft Hamlet: Why these unemployed actors staged a Shakespeare play inside a video game
Film

Grand Theft Hamlet: Why these unemployed actors staged a Shakespeare play inside a video game

How Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 video game perfectly exemplifies UK’s housing crisis
Liam Geraghty

How Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 video game perfectly exemplifies UK’s housing crisis

Sorry but The Last Of Us proved video game adaptations are pointless
analysis

Sorry but The Last Of Us proved video game adaptations are pointless

Book reviews: The Candy House and Eyes of the Void
Book reviews

Book reviews: The Candy House and Eyes of the Void

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow review: A friendship tale that straddles Shakespeare and gaming
Book review

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow review: A friendship tale that straddles Shakespeare and gaming

Eight ways Wordle can be improved (and making it more difficult is not one)
Wordle

Eight ways Wordle can be improved (and making it more difficult is not one)

The gaming event aiming to tackle youth homelessness is back
Charity

The gaming event aiming to tackle youth homelessness is back

Homelessness charity launches VR game to show kids the reality of life without a home
Housing

Homelessness charity launches VR game to show kids the reality of life without a home

Covid-19 has changed city life – video game cities take us to a familiar past
Culture

Covid-19 has changed city life – video game cities take us to a familiar past

Rhianna Pratchett: ‘Fantasy is not as divorced from reality as we think’
Culture

Rhianna Pratchett: ‘Fantasy is not as divorced from reality as we think’

The Last of Us Part II’s toxic response must change how we treat creators
Opinion

The Last of Us Part II’s toxic response must change how we treat creators

How to fix your broken games controller
Life

How to fix your broken games controller

Plague Inc creators donate £250k to battle COVID-19 – and let you beat it too
Culture

Plague Inc creators donate £250k to battle COVID-19 – and let you beat it too

Centrepoint join up with Life is Strange 2 to boost homelessness awareness
Culture

Centrepoint join up with Life is Strange 2 to boost homelessness awareness

Dan Hett’s video games take on grief, radicalisation and ethical journalism
Culture

Dan Hett’s video games take on grief, radicalisation and ethical journalism

We caught up with the video game where you can (kind of) sell The Big Issue
Culture

We caught up with the video game where you can (kind of) sell The Big Issue

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Streaming for good: How gaming marathons are raising thousands for charity
Culture

Streaming for good: How gaming marathons are raising thousands for charity

We asked ‘Spider-Man’ developers why the game focuses heavily on homelessness
Culture

We asked ‘Spider-Man’ developers why the game focuses heavily on homelessness

‘CHANGE’ is a survival video game inspired by a real brush with homelessness
Culture

‘CHANGE’ is a survival video game inspired by a real brush with homelessness

Marvel’s ‘Spider-Man’ has a surprisingly nuanced portrayal of homelessness
Culture

Marvel’s ‘Spider-Man’ has a surprisingly nuanced portrayal of homelessness