The 30 greatest video games that time forgot
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Super Mario Kart’s competitive scene is still going strong, 25 years on
What makes a game like Super Mario Kart timeless? According to devoted player Sami Cetin, at least part of it has to do with the fact that the 1992 SNES racer doesn’t have a blue shell, which first debuted in Mario Kart 64 and has since inspired much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Cetin has been played Super Mario Kart competitively for decades,…
Taking live soundtrack improvisation to the next level
I’ve previously written about how Rene Derks and I did a live musical improvisation to someone playing Journey and Ori And The Blind Forest. This was a pretty unique experiment already, but recently we kicked it up a notch with an even bolder performance: instead of knowing what was coming, we let players choose whatever game they…
How Jann Mardenborough went from Gran Turismo on a PlayStation to being a racing driver
Jann Mardenborough won the Nissan PlayStation GT Academy competition in 2011, earning the chance to take part in professional racing. Backed by Nissan, he has since competed extensively in sports car racing and completed one season in single seaters; he’s finished with a class podium at the Le Mans 24 Hours and as runner-up in…
Kieron Gillen and the new games journalism
Rock,Paper,Shotgun and Marvel writer Kieron Gillen discusses his famed ‘New Games Journalism’ manifesto with fellow writers Jon Hicks and Tim Edwards. Plus, the new generation of gaming journos Kieron Gillen and fellow journalists Jon Hicks, Tim Edwards, Keza MacDonald and Matt Lees discuss the evolution of video game writing Ten years ago this week, well-known…