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The Guardian : video game
29  mars     09h00
If life is one giant computer simulation, God is a rubbish player Dominik Diamond
Dominik Diamond    While religion doesn’t feature much in video games, I find the theory that we are all characters in a huge sim ever more believable and appealingIt’s Easter weekend, when Catholics like me spend hours in church listening to the extended editor’s cut of a story whose ending we already know....
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It’s very easy to steal someone’s voice’: how AI is affecting video game actors
David Smith in Washington    The increased use of AI to replicate the voice and movements of actors has benefits but some are concerned over how and when it might be used and who might be left short changedWhen she discovered her voice had been uploaded to multiple websites without her consent, the actor Cissy Jones told them...
28  mars     13h31
I wasn’t sure it was even possible’: the race to finish 80,000 levels of Super Mario Maker
Julian Benson    A small team of skilled players set themselves a near impossible task: to complete every level of Super Mario Maker before Nintendo shut its servers. Did they manage it On March, Team was close to finishing its seven year mission to complete every single uncleared level in the Nintendo...
27  mars     15h00
Pushing Buttons: What makes Dragon’s Dogma 2 a fiery breath of fresh air
Keza MacDonald    In this week’s newsletter: Casting away all the tropes of today’s open world games, Capcom’s unforgiving, unpredictable RPG is a sequel unlike anything else Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox Sign up hereI love when a game properly captures me, to the extent that I’m thinking...
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Atari 400 Mini review - a fascinating adventure in the land of 8-bit
Keith Stuart    Yes, it’s a museum piece but this mini Atari home console, reconfigured for modern gaming systems, offers a compelling retro experienceTo a kid growing up in the UK in the s, the Atari and machines seemed impossibly glamorous. While most of my friends had Commodore s or ZX...
25  mars     16h18
South Park: Snow Day review - a crude, enjoyable playground tussle
Phil Iwaniuk    PC version tested , PlayStation, Xbox Series S X, Nintendo Switch; Question THQ NordicThe show’s trademark knack for satire staves off the sameness in this wintry brawlerThe snow’s falling hard over South Park, Colorado, and little Eric Cartman spies an opportunity to miss school. Tucked up in...