ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
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SCOTT ALSWORTH calls for collective socialist action within the global gaming industry to change conditions of work and revolutionise the content
UK army recruitment poster 2019; UK Game workers Union logo
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KEITH RICHMOND relishes a superbly conceived modern version of Aeschylus’ drama of murderous family succession
MICHAL BONCZA recommends a minimalist installation that prompts intriguing connotations
FIONA O’CONNOR questions the achievement of this year’s Orwell prize winner for political fiction
LEO BOIX reviews two powerful Latin American novels in which myth and crime fiction expose the deadly consequences of patriarchy, clandestine abortion and state violence
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Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
VIDEO games add more to the British economy than film, TV, music, publishing, design, fashion and architecture combined.
In 2019, some 18,279 game developers contributed a staggering £2.2 billion to the country’s GDP — an increase from £1.8bn the year before.
The growth is looking exponential, and it shows no signs of abating. More and more workers are flocking to development studios, PC gaming is up 46 per cent, and mobile gaming, 17 per cent.
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