EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
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SCOTT ALSWORTH hears the call to burn down and rebuild the video game industry from the bottom up
A LAN party at the 2004 DreamHack with hundreds of players
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BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
Everything to Play For: How Videogames are Changing the World
Marijam Did, Verso Books, £16.99
CAN video games be a force for good in the world, or are they the virtual precursors of our own destruction? Is there time to course correct, to instigate revolutionary changes in the industry, or are we racing ineluctably towards the worst digital culture has to offer?
These aren’t easy questions. But they do need asking — and as developers and players, we’re encouraged to hold ourselves accountable.
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