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Sean Wood poses for a portrait on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Maria Rauh | Staff

Humans of UK: Sean Wood builds gaming community

Laurie Jonhatan February 3, 2022

Recently, UK’s new Cornerstone Exchange building brought a home to all gamers on campus. Esports, a club that welcomes both casual and competitive gamers, has seen incredible growth in past years —...

Critical Role Campaign 2: Eyes, Redemption, and Found Family

David Bowlin June 10, 2021

On June 3, 2021, Critical Role wraps up its wildly successful second campaign of fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons. Since Critical Role was first streamed in 2015, it took tabletop gaming by...

Inclusivity, diversity, expansion hot topics for women in gaming and gaming at UK

Clare Egan October 26, 2020

Over the last few years, UK has seen an increase in student interest in gaming; as the industry itself expands and becomes more recognized as a legitimate career path, the College of Communications and...

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Game Review: Red Dead Redemption 2 worth the cost despite ‘tedious’ plot

November 9, 2018

The extremely anticipated sequel to arguably the best western game ever made finally released after almost eight years of development. In only eight days, Red Dead Redemption 2 had already sold over 17...

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Gamers must demand an end to female objectification in games

September 11, 2018

As both a proud gamer and a feminist, an issue has weighed heavily on my mind for quite some time. I feel that aside from internet memes here and there, there is little discussion about the objectification...

E3 Rundown – Should we be optimistic about the video game industry?

Dalton Stokes June 15, 2018

From the 12th to the 14th gamers, everyone has turned their focus to the world's biggest gaming conference and expo known as E3, or the Electronic Entertainment Expo, where video game lovers, players and...

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First downloadable content for Call of Duty WW2 does not meet high expectations

Dalton Stokes March 27, 2018

The first Call of Duty WW2 DLC (downloadable content), Resistance, is out and I have to say that I am not impressed. Resistance released Jan. 30 on the PlayStation 4 and March 1 on the Xbox One.So far,...

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The New Age of Gaming

January 23, 2018

In the past year an entirely new genre of video games have emerged and its taking the gaming industry by storm. A major shift in an industry that has reached a point of elite status, something that wouldn’t...

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November is jam-packed with upcoming game releases

November 8, 2017

The past few weeks have been an exciting in the world of gaming, with many developments leading to a midgen refresh, along with other revolutions in PC gaming.First and foremost, many console gamers...

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Nintendo Switch is a game changer for the gaming industry

November 1, 2017

Nintendo has been stepping up its game in the past year with its latest console, the Nintendo Switch.Nintendo's leadership finally figured it would put to rest the age old formula it has been using to...

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‘Middle Earth: Shadow of War’ is a shadow of other games, continues great storytelling

October 23, 2017

Monolith Productions’ "Middle Earth: Shadow of War" released last week and it has been a hit, coming in second last week in sales. This game marks one of Monolith’s biggest hits, and a major stepping...

Remastered titles hurt gaming industry

September 15, 2017

There is a growing trend in the gaming industry. Companies are taking their previous games from previous consoles and remastering them and re-releasing them for an unfair amount of money.This trend started...

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