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Female game characters have come a long way since the days where Lara Croft and Princess Peach were the only ones flying the feminine flag, and the results are rather awe-inspiring. As developers and the industry as a whole finally realise that girls that play games aren’t a myth, there’s …

Tea hee Mmmm. Tea. It’s lovely. Whether you drink it with or without milk, from a dainty tea cup or an enormous Sports Direct mug, it’s always tea and it always makes the day a little brighter. GamesRadar runs on tea – we recommend Twinings’ Lady Grey (opens in new …

Video games are one of the most complex forms of entertainment to create. Not only do you have to do all the things you’d do for an animated film – create sound effects and music, design and animate characters, write dialog, and put it all together – you have to …

The original Resident Evil came out in 1996. That’s over two decades ago. 7240 days of asking whether or not Barry Burton just said “Jill sandwich (opens in new tab)”. 173,760 hours of Albert Wesker insisting on wearing sunglasses at night. If Resident Evil was born in the US, it …

Although in video games we’re regularly fighting to save the world, there are also a few more feeble excuses used by our heroes to go on these grand, crazy and dangerous adventures.  “I may be a plumber, but hey, there’s a princess in trouble”. Mario, 1985. “My daughter is wearing …

The Flame in the Flood, out this week on Xbox One, is not your typical survival game. Awash in vivid color, this story of a woman and her dog trying to make it down river in a mean, cold world is as beautiful as it is punishing. The Molasses Flood, …

Emotions! Where do they come from? Faces apparently. At least according to David Cage. Indeed, until computers can render each boil, blackhead, and nose hair, France’s premiere director of games with questionable endings will never be satisfied with the emotional reach of technology. Come! Let us learn how to feel …

Rise of the Tomb Raider is in many ways the reboot that the last adventure billed itself as. Whereas that game turned out to be a great story about Lara Croft’s early days as a bad ass, you spent far more time shooting people than you did exploring and clambering …

This is Halloween, this is Halloween If you’re reading this sentence on October 31st, then Happy Halloween! If not, you have to wait until next year to revel in the spirit of All Hallow’s Eve… or maybe you don’t. Games with themed worlds love to take inspiration from Halloween when …

Every generation longs for the comforts of the past, but the business of nostalgia has never been so lucrative. Series more than 20 years old are back on television or being adapted for the silver screen; remakes and reboots are rife – circumstantially, even the decades-obsolete Sony Walkman tape player …