2025 Boar Resolutions
Happy 2025! Allow all of us at The Boar to inspire you with our bold new promises for the year – whether that's new sports, no coffee, or (finally) locking in academically.
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Gabriela Jozefowicz
The Boar’s ‘Games of the Year’: 2024 Edition
Welcome to The Boar Games’ Game of the Year 2024, where we share our personal favorites from the games that have won us over this year. Now, let’s dive into our top picks! Daniel May (writer’s pick) – Final Fantasy VII Rebirth With the tone and worldbuilding already established in...
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Demons and gaslighting – The real terrors of The Mortuary Assistant
The Mortuary Assistant is a first-person sim where you play as—you guessed it—a mortuary assistant. Of course, in true horror fashion, you soon find out that there is nothing normal about these bodies, or your situation. With no option to leave, you press on by embalming bodies and getting rid...
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Escaping Hallow Hills- an online escape room review
With Halloween lurking around the corner, me and my fellow dep found ourselves searching for something fun and spooky to do. Unfortunately, reality can be a bit of a heartbreaker and with most club tickets selling for way too much and cinemas being booked out, we decided to give an...
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A non-gamer’s guide to gaming lingo
As a ‘noob’, you might feel intimidated by the different slang that’s used during gaming. In fact, it might feel like a different language all together! This short and sweet guide takes you through the most common phrases you might encounter while playing. To start off, we’ll focus terms that...
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Let’s School: top marks in fun and gameplay
For those who love sim games and the pixel art style, I think Pathea’s Let’s School is the perfect game. The idea of the game first came out in 2021 from the game’s developer Lanka after working on it solo for 6 months. The studio then realised what a great...
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Tell Me Your Story – A game review
From A Little to the Left to Unpacking, indie puzzle games have been receiving a lot of love from all types of gamers. They are known for their relaxing qualities and satisfying nature. Another game that also has these same attributes is RedDeer.Games’ – Tell Me Your Story. The game...
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Willy’s (Woeful) Wonderland
As I found myself drained after an unexpected heatwave and bored out of my mind, I decided to watch Willy’s Wonderland. While it’s unarguably a blatant Five Nights at Freddy’s rip-off, it was still enjoyable with its odd humour and lack of main character speech. So now that I curbed...
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The rise of the arcade
When we look back at the 1970s, we think of tie-dye shirts, bell bottoms, the disco, but most importantly, the arcade. From Space Invaders to Pac-man, the 1970s experienced an arcade golden age with many games and machines becoming so iconic that they can still be seen in media culture today.
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