Video Games
Content moderation unfairly silences queer expression
August 3, 2026Content warning: mention of rape, incest, and child sex abuse. Last year, anti-porn organization Collective Shout successfully lobbied to prevent transactions from users buying video games containing “adult content” on game purchasing sites Steam and Itch.io. In an open letter addressed to payment processors like VISA, MasterCard, and PayPal, Collective Shout condemned the sale of video games containing rape simulation, incest, and child sex abuse. They called on these companies to cease their relationship with these gaming platforms so long as they host games and content of this nature. Limitations on content involving rape, incest, and child sex abuse are…
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Video game soundtracks that capture the soul of a game
July 19, 2026Soundtracks can completely shape the experience of playing a video game. Whether that be an intense, drum-heavy score during a fight, or a melancholic piano ballad during a character’s death, music is one of the key things that affects our…
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Indie games you need to play
January 23, 2025We’ve all probably heard of Terraria and Stardew Valley as some of the most iconic indie games. But, here are some other options that aren’t as well known yet just (if not more) worthy! Don’t Starve Klei Entertainment Windows, Mac…
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Two eight-year-olds in 2008 give their online game recommendations
April 2, 2024Club Penguin Create your penguin (but don’t forget to include a parent’s email address!). Home to igloos, shops, and even a DANCE CLUB, penguins and puffles live together in harmony here. Buy clothes for your penguin, collect different color puffles…
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Video games that helped me cope with health anxiety
March 13, 2024Content warning: mentions of illness and death. Illness anxiety, previously called hypochondria, is a type of anxiety where the affected person constantly believes they have a serious medical problem. For me, every new freckle signals cancer, and the common cold…
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What Grinds our Gears: A hate letter to my Wi-Fi stick
November 30, 2023Have you ever wanted to play a game, only to realize it would take you three whole days to download said game? Hopefully not. My Wi-Fi stick does, though. And I don’t want to hear that I can just try…
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SFU hosts speaking engagement panel with Full Circle studio
June 15, 2023Editor’s note: On July 6, 2023 this article was updated to correct the following information. It was incorrectly stated that Full Circle created the first 3 Skate games. Also, Jaylenne Ayala’s job title is lead test software engineer, not lead…
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Anyone can be a gamer, regardless of genre
March 15, 2021When I hear the phrase “video games,” first and third person shooter games often come to mind — the Entertainment Software Association even says that 47% of gamers play them. Many of these types of games — including popular ones…
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Game devs and publishers need to just make us gay in open-world games
February 3, 2019Ubisoft’s recent open-world game, Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, recently got nominated for a GLAAD media award for Outstanding Video Game for letting you romance any character, regardless of whether you choose a male or female playable character. This nomination came as…
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Researchers study how to better treat mental health problems for seniors and youth
November 8, 2018Video games can help seniors maintain health SFU education and gerontology researcher David Kaufman has found that playing video games is good for the mental health of the elderly. Kaufman’s research, which surveyed 1,200 seniors, indicates that video games…
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