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Stink as: another video game appropriating Māori taonga

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Another day, another flagrant rip-off of Māori taonga and intellectual property, this time in a middling video game. Don Rowe reports.  When the developers of the world’s most popular strategy game decided to bring a fleshed-out Māori race into Civ IV, they consulted, among others, with the Māori New Zealand Arts & Crafts Institute, a … Read more

Review: Forza Horizon 4 is a racer for the Fortnite generation

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It’s not just the silly victory dances and weekly challenges; this is the first massively multiplayer racing game where winning doesn’t really matter – it’s the taking part that counts. Lee Henaghan takes Forza Horizon 4 for a spin. Platformers, shoot-em-ups and racers: the holy trinity. Since the earliest days of interactive entertainment, these three … Read more

Five lessons about being a good team player inspired by Kim Dotcom playing Fortnite with Drake

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On Thursday night, a now iconic trio came together to play a video game and broadcast it to the world: Popular Twitch streamer Ninja, hip hop superstar Drake, and controversial New Zealand dance musician and political dilettante Kim Dotcom. Adam Goodall was watching. Wildly popular Twitch streamer Ninja and hip hop superstar Drake had been … Read more

Suffer from motion sickness but still want to play first person shooters? Here’s how

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Motion sickness can seriously mess up your ability to play video games, and first person shooters are especially bad for this. James Roque shares his advice on how to play them – minus the nausea. Motion sickness sucks. A lot. As someone who’s had an extreme case of it his whole life, it’s caused me … Read more