‘Cooking Mama’ saga reaches boiling point as IP holders seek legal action
The extraordinary tale of Cooking Mama: Cookstar continues as Office Create seek legal action against Planet Entertainment
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Oliver Barsby
‘Sunderland ‘Til I Die’: reliving a second season of turmoil
For those craving a footballing fix during this impromptu off-season, there is a plethora of football-related content available on Netflix, YouTube and Amazon Prime to keep you going throughout the summer. The most recent of these releases is the new series of Sunderland ‘Til I Die, an in-depth documentary revolving...
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How Covid-19 could change the games industry forever
Oliver Barsby interviewed local Leamington developers to see how working from home has impacted their work in the gaming industry.
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Boar Sport Expansion Draft: the one with the ‘Football Manager’ finale
This week, we imagined an alternative vision for the Premier League, whereby the Football Association (FA) adopted the North American franchise model. Gone are the days of promotion and relegation, welcome to a new era of footloose franchises and expansion drafts. Throughout the last week, Sam Matthews Boehmer, Oliver Barsby...
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Boar Sport Expansion Draft: an abundance of pace?
Coming into our the draft on Monday, I knew that the best team wouldn’t be that with the biggest names, or the highest overall FIFA rating. What makes a team work so well is ensuring that there is a mix of experience and potential, consistent players, strong squad cohesion (especially...
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English football grinds to a halt amid coronavirus pandemic
It is in times of uncertainty that people always turn to football as a distraction. Just hours after Boris Johnson announced there would be no sporting cancellations amid the Covid-19 outbreak, a plethora of sporting organisations and tournaments announced their intentions to postpone fixtures until a later date. Included in...
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A ‘Mean Look’ into the ‘Pokémon of the Year’ results
One of the most common misperceptions about Pokémon is that Pikachu is everybody’s favourite. The Pokémon of the Year competition has put to bed any debate about the world’s favourite Pokémon, which was conclusively decided to be the Water starter, Greninja. In collaboration with Google, The Pokémon Company (TPCi) launched...
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Warwick Angels ascend in dominant victory against Coventry Phoenix
Warwick Esports’ impressive Varsity results continued with a 3-0 victory in Overwatch over Coventry Phoenix, aided by some impressive displays by their team captain Tanski as Reinhardt. The Warwick Overwatch team were huge favourites coming into the match, with the University sitting top of the National Student Esports (NSE) league...
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LGBT+ Representation in Gaming
The video game industry has been notably dominated by straight men for decades. This has caused the medium to lag behind in its representation of the LGBT+ community compared to other entertainment. That said, over time there have been titles to buck the norm, particularly indies, finally giving a voice...
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“Buy Something Will Ya!”- Budgeting for games as a student
In preparing for 2020, I put aside a significant chunk of my student loan in anticipation of the Spring release schedule that saw Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Cyberpunk 2077, the Final Fantasy VII Remake and The Last of Us 2 all released within a month of each other. However, the...
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2020 vision: the games you’ll be seeing this year
2019 has been a strange year for gaming. Unlike previous years which had Breath of the Wild or God of War, there is no defining title for 2019. There were some fantastic games released over the past twelve months but 2020 looks to have a better line-up already, hopefully with...
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Leamington Spa and Warwick students: a lack of connection?
As I walked around Leamington towards the middle of December, there was a slightly eerie atmosphere about the town. Bars were empty, the streets quieter; it was lacking something – students. For the locals, however, they might welcome the absence of Warwick students from the town. With fewer students comes...
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Pokemon Direct: Crowning Achievement or in Need of a Rescue?
With the plethora of games to be excited about in early 2020 already, it is easy to forget that there are lots of announcements still to come for around the holiday season. The Pokemon Direct is the first of these events to take place in the new decade. Talk of...
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