PC Gamer Annual - UK (2022)

and their audiences, where for capitalist reasons, companies are selling a certain fantasy of perfection and ultimate immersion. ...

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MAKING HISTORY Making History FE ATURE The story of 1997’s QUAKE AFT – the first ever all-female professional gaming tournament. ...

n her first trip away from home, in a Burbank, California, mall filled with CRT monitors and Quake fans, Lorie Kmiec Harper’s mo ...

EYES ON THE PRIZE Not everyone felt the same – Kornelia Takacs was, by nature, competitive and serious. “The All-Female Tourname ...

well into the demands on female esports athletes. “I’m sure there will be a few, but the path is much harder for women,” she say ...

the 1990s. “I changed my name to t0nka, because I was like, I don’t need [this harassment],” she says. “There was a lot of hate, ...

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Unravelling the curious art and history of videogame mazes and labyrinths – from AMNESIA, through MINECRAFT, to the Minotaur’s l ...

Wandering Not Lost FE ATURE mazes and labyrinths is a maze itself. The first recorded labyrinth was commissioned by the Egyptian ...

Mazes and labyrinths generate a surprising range of emotions. Partly, this is because the former isn’t quite the same as the lat ...

AMAZING Aris Martinian on the making of two Minecraft mazes HAYSTACK HALLWAYS 1 “Haystack Hallways, is maybe the quintessential ...

introduction of a maze [...] to cheat the player in a helpful and discreet manner”. During Rebirth Let’s Plays, he observes, man ...

and we built a maze just like everyone else on our continent,” Swan says. “I think Minecraft always guides people to mazes as th ...

BUILT TO LAST DeuxiemeCarlin from Louisiana is the holder (at the time of writing) of the world record for Minecraft’s largest p ...

FE ATURE What turns communities toxic? What makes fans abuse community managers? It’s a matter of psychology. By Luke Kemp ...

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ABOVE LEFT: After a few Black Ops II multiplayer tweaks, design director David Vonderhaar received death threats. LEF T: Minecra ...

Gamenamexxxx FE ATURE game. ‘Alright, why don’t I just fire off some angry comments to these people who must be making loads of ...

Gamenamexxxx FE ATURE MAX DOWNTON Senior brand manager at Splash Damage. due to cowardice, this is a gross PROFILE oversimplific ...