EVE Online and the first graveyard in gaming
Cyno vigils, floating corpses, solar system cemeteries and virtual acts of remembrance: in the deep space of this MMO, everyone can hear you mourn – and everyone benefits.
Video Games
The Last of Us 2 is about the Trumpian labels that let us kill people
Naughty Dog's latest epic is a beautiful, despairing exploration of dehumanisation and vengeance. It’s likely the last big PS4 exclusive before the recently unveiled PS5. But does it go far enough in its unpacking of violent retribution?
Meet the gamers who love playing healer
From nurse practitioners to anti-fascist activists, we speak to the people who take on healing roles in otherwise bloodthirsty games.
A brief history of disease in video games
From Far Cry 2 to World of Warcraft, what can we learn from virtual epidemics in a time of coronavirus?
Dying video games and the people who continue to play them
What is it like to play in a world designed for hundreds to inhabit at once, when it is now almost completely unpopulated?