Many video games portray war. What is their enduring appeal?

For most games, background characters are part of what makes the games so vibrant and convincing

Why are there so many birds in video games?

Melek discusses sex in gaming with gaming journalist Nina Kiel and sexologist Jan Winter

Some video games created the soundtrack to the childhood of a generation

In literature and cinema, it is often the bad guys who captivate us the most. In video games, you can actually become them

History is a playground for game designers

The quest is a key part of heroic fantasy series

Usul and Trinity analyse how humour works in Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and The Stanley Parable

What are the techniques that horror games use to scare us silly, and what can they teach us about our own anxieties?