gaming
Everywhere and nowhere
The second most interesting thing about this digital exhibition is that it is not for art critics like me. I…
Will our future lives be like a video game?
A few years ago, the software company Owlchemy Labs released a computer game called Job Simulator. Its premise was simple.…
MAGA arrives at the last level of the video game
I played my share of video games when I was a kid and there was nothing quite like getting to…
New word order
I was going to write about Monument Valley, and I suppose I will eventually, but first I have to write…
Game on
Lynn Barber picks up a Nintendo Switch for the first time
What does the commonplace cruelty of Red Dead Redemption say about our times?
Every era has its western. For 30 years, from The Big Trail through to The Searchers, John Wayne reigned supreme…
Chance would be a fine thing
If I prang your car, we can swap insurance details. In the past, it would have been necessary for you…
The future is here
With the release of Oculus Rift – virtual reality you can buy from a shop – cinema will never be the same again, says Peter Hoskin
Independents’ day
Sometimes a guy feels abstracted from the world. He visits Europe’s finest galleries, but the paintings seem to hang like…
Japanomania
Peter Hoskin on the island nation that has taken over popular culture
