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Twenty-first century swashbucklers: The rise of ethical media piracy

Kaleb Littleton November 12, 2021

Is there such a thing as ethical media piracy? Let me ask you this: of the streaming services you use, how many of them do you personally pay for?It’s a tale as old as time: the main goal of entertainment...

Rafael Estrada, Sam Morris, Michael Probst and Caleb Geyer work on Singularity, their game for the Global Game Jam Event in late January on the the Bluegrass Community & Technical Colleges Newtown campus in Lexington, Ky. Photo provided by Ryan Whitt.

How a video game design competition opened friendships, opportunities for UK students

Ryan Whitt February 19, 2020

They came together as strangers passionate about video game design and left as friends.Rafael Estrada, Sam Morris, Michael Probst and Caleb Geyer met at Lexington's Global Game Jam Event in late January.Probst...

Rafael Estrada, Sam Morris, Michael Probst and Caleb Geyer work on Singularity, their game for the Global Game Jam Event in late January on the the Bluegrass Community & Technical Colleges Newtown campus in Lexington, Ky. Photo provided by Ryan Whitt.

How a 48-hour video game design competition, opened friendships, opportunities for UK students

Ryan Whitt February 12, 2020

They came together as strangers passionate about video game design and left as friends.Rafael Estrada, Sam Morris, Michael Probst, and Caleb Geyer met at Lexington's Global Game Jam Event in late January.Probst...

Old television sets cover a wall at the Burl Arcade in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Kayleigh Conrad | Staff

Travel back to the ’80s with The Burl Arcade

Kayleigh Conrad November 1, 2018

One quarter per play starts up vintage video arcade games such as NBA Jam, Star Wars Pinball and Vindicators in The Burl’s newest project, The Burl Arcade.Located just off Manchester Street in the heart...

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Degradation of women in Game of Sultans is taken too far

Alex Brinkhorst September 25, 2018

Throughout the gaming industry, sexist advertising has been seemingly commonplace. However, recently, Game of Sultans has taken it from bad to worse by promoting the game with ideas of arranged marriage,...

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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...

Matthew 2 Mello Hopkins has been making music for 15 years.

UK alumnus ‘2 Mello’ makes money out of music

Akhira Umar April 26, 2018

A UK alumnus is doing his dream job, and people can hear how well it's going.Matthew “2 Mello” Hopkins is a self-employed composer and sound designer who can work with just about any sound. His music...

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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...

‘Halo Wars 2’ improves on the series

Dalton Stokes February 23, 2017

Microsoft’s hit game series ‘Halo’ has a new installment and it is smashing all expectations.‘Halo Wars 2’ is the sequel to the 2009 ‘Halo’ real time strategy ‘Halo Wars.’ The Halo franchise...

Watch Dogs 2 good, not great

Dalton Stokes February 19, 2017

Ubisoft’s sequel to their fairly successful game Watch Dogs has done considerably poor in sales when compared to the other blockbuster games of last year. With Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare tripling...

Titanfall 2 step in right direction for genre

Dalton Stokes January 24, 2017

Titanfall 2 was released a few months ago and has received almost nothing but praise from critics such as IGN and PC Gamer. However, its sales have remained underwhelming, with Call of Duty and Battlefield...

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