Alternate reality games
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The top 10 video games of 2017Mario ran amok in New Donk City, a cat dropped out of college, and Angel Carter haunted What Remains of Edith Finch. But it was the mighty Zelda who took video gaming – and cooking – to a new dimension
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Gods, guns and gross-out: the best video games of autumn 2017The South Park goons turn into caped crusaders, the Star Wars Death Star is avenged, Cuphead catapults players back to the ravishing 1930s, and Mario unleashes his super magic cap
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Simon Parkin: best video games of 2016From the lush medieval world of The Witcher 3 to the touching narrative of The Last Guardian, let’s give thanks for rich escapes from a tough year
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Games reviews roundup: Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst; Sherlock Holmes: Devil’s Daughter; Guilty Gear Xrd: RevelatorThe dystopian free-running epic gets a fluid reboot, everyone’s favourite detective gets a new case and the weirdest beat-’em-up around gets physical
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Fifty apps that are reinventing mobile gamingSolve a murder mystery, grow a tree, spend the day as a sailor, be a spider… mobile developers are rethinking everything
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Gaming’s next level? Tales of the unexpectedThe future looks dim for film-style storytelling as more games allow you to plot your own adventures
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Meet Nina Freeman, the punk poet of gamingVideo games don’t have to be about death and warfare. Emotional, intimate and sexually frank, Nina Freeman’s relationship-led adventures are revolutionising the genre
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Games reviews roundup: Soma; Transformers Devastation; Animal Crossing Happy Home DesignerUnsettling undersea machinations inspired by Philip K Dick, enjoyably unadorned robot combat and… interior design
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Games reviews roundup: Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture; Resident Evil: Revelations 2; Beatbuddy: Tale of the GuardiansA new walking simulator lacks gameplay, while Resident Evil’s new Vita incarnation skimps on the graphics
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Cicada 3301: I tried the hardest puzzle on the internet and failed spectacularlyNo one knows who sets it or what the prize is at the end, but Cicada 3301 is back for its third year, and the internet has gone wild. By Alex Hern
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The best games of 2013: Nathan Ditum's choiceA new generation of consoles promised excitement, but plenty was provided by a wave of nostalgia, writes Nathan Ditum
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Rain – reviewFor people who love fairytales, an artistic adventure game from a budding developer, writes Jordan Erica Webber
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Ten of the best Australian indie video gamesSmall teams of dedicated designers are doing things their own way. Here are some of their strangest and best creations
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The Night of the Rabbit – reviewThe Night of the Rabbit is an engrossing dimension-hopping quest, writes Matt Kamen
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Alt-Minds and the promise of 'transmedia'Keith Stuart: The term 'transmedia' has been derided in the past, but a Parisian developer reckons it may be the future of gaming, and Alt-Minds is the first instalment



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