Online Screen Editor Jacob Heayes runs through some of the highlights of 2019 in video game storytelling.
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Ludonarrative Discussion: What Remains of Edith Finch
In the first edition of his narrative gaming column, Online Screen Editor Jacob Heayes reflects on the achievements of What Remains of Edith Finch.
Our Top 5 Games from EGX Rezzed 2018
This year’s EGX Rezzed featured a range of as-yet unreleased console and PC video games, with a whole host of indie titles and AA games playable on the show floor, and developer presentations of some of the most anticipated upcoming games. Here are our picks of the best games from EGX Rezzed 2018. Disco Elysium […]
Review: FIFA 18 exceeds expectation
W hat is there to say that has not already been said about EA Sports’ FIFA series? Whilst the franchises’ annual releases are often dismissed as roster updates it has remained a commercial juggernaut that many gamers have a love-hate relationship with. This is the game of my childhood (and likely my adulthood as […]
Games + Tech societies
So you’ve arrived at (probably) the best university in the world, and you want your gaming fix while you’re here. Don’t worry, Exeter has many societies to help make sure that that itch is scratched. If you want any information about any of the societies click the title of the society, this will take you through […]
A Long time ago, but not that far away… Console Wars!
If the gaming industry were seen as a schoolyard; Nintendo would be the kid off on the side doing its own thing, PC gaming would be the head teacher overseeing everything, and Sony and Microsoft would be the two children squabbling over which of them has the most up to date toys. This phenomenon of […]
EXP: What makes a great video game ending?
EXP this week is hosted (for the final time) by Harry Shepherd, who is joined by Sam Woolf, Jonathan Land and Peter Hartnell. Thankfully, though, in a month’s time when EXP returns, Sam and Jonathan will be co-hosting for the next year. Naturally, as it’s Harry’s last show as host, we’ll be discussing what we […]
EXP: Will Virtual Reality gaming be a hit?
EXP is brought to you by your host Harry Shepherd, who is joined by Sam Woolf, Jonathan Land and Peter Hartnell. Prompted by the announcement of a release date and price for Sony’s Virtual Reality hardware, we discuss the likelihood of VR being a success. Will it be a genuine technological step and radically change […]
EXP meets PCGamesN Deputy Editor Phil Iwaniuk
EXP is your ultimate video games hub world on Xpression FM, brought to you by your host Harry Shepherd and newly-elected Exeposé Games Editor Sam Woolf. This time, we have an interview with the Deputy Editor of PCGamesN Phil Iwaniuk. Over the course of the show, Phil shares all there is to know about himself and […]
EXP: A Pokétastic 20th anniversary celebration
EXP this time is brought to you by your host Harry Shepherd and joined by Head of News Jonathan Land, Exeposé Games Correspondent Sam Woolf and Tournaments Officer of Exeter University’s Pokémon Society Michael Griffith-Dixon. This week on EXP, we’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Pokémon franchise the only way we know how: we’re […]