Alt: Vintage Pixel Game: Lemmings

UK Games Expo has introduced a mandatory policy prohibiting generative AI art and text across all NEC trade halls, requiring exhibitors to sell only human-made games.

After a prolonged absence, a solo game made it onto my table again. It’s a game I had found difficult and quite random in the past. One of the reasons for the long pause, was the simple effort it took, to think your way into the game. There were too many uncertainties, you had to keep in mind, to even make a decision.

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You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

Every new game is a bit of an effort at first. Sometimes more, sometime less. First of all, we have to unpack that game. Something that can evoke so much delight within the hobby, that there are entire videos dedicated to it. But then you have to take on the game’s rules. Outside of the hobby this is cause for much worry and consternation.

Alt: The second Doctor (Peter Traughton) is hit with a sudden realisation after being told sonething by a companion.

Some content creators like to include how often they’ve played a game when they publish a review of it. Especially when board game enthusiasts begin to publish their thoughts and opinions on games, they eventually ask themselves: how often do I have to play a game, before I can review it (or am allowed to, depending on their beliefs about personal freedoms).