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The YouTube gaming star’s weird and divisive adaptation of his obscure horror film is a game within a film about a game – and hints at new directions for storytelling• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereSomething weird struck me early on while watching the movie Iron Lung, which has so […]
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PlayStation 5 (version tested), Xbox, PC; Grasshopper Manufacture/Marvelous Inc After some dumb fun hacking at zombies, legendary developer Suda51’s first original game in a decade sadly only delivers a host of incoherent disappointmentsEver since he baffled GameCube owners with 2005’s Killer7, Japanese game director Suda51 has had a reputation for turning heads. From parodying the
Romeo Is a Dead Man review – a misfire from a storied gaming provocateur Read More »
Trading social media for Pokémon battles and evolutions in Kanto on a Game Boy Advance has been surprisingly sereneCutting back on doomscrolling must be one of the hardest new year resolutions to keep. Instinctively tapping on the usual suspects on your phone’s home screen becomes a reflex, and vast quantities of money and user data
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He has been jailed, tracked and threatened by China’s government. What was it like pay a visit home? As he publishes a polemic about surveillance and state control, he relives a momentous trip to see his motherAi Weiwei is talking me through the decision-making process before his first visit to China in over a decade.
Tests on both versions of Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata were unable to detect brushstrokes of 15th-century masterAn analysis of two paintings in museums in the US and Italy by the 15th-century Flemish artist Jan van Eyck has raised a profound question: what if neither were by Van Eyck?Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving
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Nintendo’s monster-collecting franchise was pilloried as a ‘pestilential Ponzi scheme’ in the 90s. But as its celebrates its 30th birthday, it now stands as a powerful example of video games’ ability to connect peopleWhen I was 11, it was my dream to compete in the Pokémon World Championships, held in Sydney in 2000. I’d come
PC; Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel This mischievous roguelike escapade featuring utterly fiendish felines is compelling, and impressively tastelessYou know that old saying about cats having nine lives? Well, as far as Mewgenics is concerned, you can forget it – and you can also forget the idea that a game about cats has to be
Entertainment about or made with artificial intelligence has been missing the mark with viewers over the past year.
Perfect Tides perfectly captures the older millennial college experience, and a time when nobody worried about being embarrassing online• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereI’ve noticed an interesting micro-trend emerging in the last few years: millennial nostalgia games. Not just ones that adopt the aesthetic of Y2K gaming – think
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The Westworld showrunner thinks AI will be good for burgeoning filmmakers, but not for Hollywood blockbusters.
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