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Casual Gamer Column – LISA: The Painful RPG

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s not exactly surprising with Mad Max’s gasoline-hungry desert to compete with, but as the second instalment in a trilogy, it’s a real shame that LISA: The Painful RPG is as underappreciated as it is. The game focuses around your quest to find your kidnapped daughter in a world where...
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By , Nov. 9, 2015

Life is Strange: Polarized Review

[dropcap]D[/dropcap]o you think in-game choices should matter? Love dwelling over paths you could have or maybe should have taken? If so, you probably already know about episodic, story-focused gaming Life Is Strange, the brilliant finale of which came out two weeks ago. [divider] It’s tough to write concisely about Polarized....
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By , Nov. 8, 2015

Gatecrasher Birmingham: is it closed for good?

Birmingham’s biggest nightclub, Gatecrasher, was shut down last Halloween weekend, allegedly in response to a stabbing inside the establishment. Warwick students who arrived on the Uni Express on Friday night were redirected to Players Bar, another venue on Birmingham’s notorious Broad Street. Only a few months ago, on 15 August,...
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By , Nov. 8, 2015

Warwick University and China in research partnership

Warwick have recently announced their partnership with Sun Yat-sen University in China. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on 21 October between the two universities, creating a research partnership focusing on the diagnosis and specialist care of cancer. The MoU wassigned by Professor Lawrence Young (pro-vice-chancellor at Warwick) and...
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By , Nov. 8, 2015