If you are a gamer then games like Deus Ex:Human Revolution, Splice or Pandemic will probably be common names to you. These are all titles of well regarded and successful video games, but more than that all of them are video games that draw ideas and inspiration from biomedical sciences....

We've been making games about news for a few months now covering a variety of topics, some serious and some less so. This time around we've turned our development gaze onto the horse-meat scandal. This story is about many issues including the mechanisation and industrialisation of our food processes. We...

So we recently released another GameTheNews title (with guest developer Ashley Gwinnell) entitled 'Climate Defense' (free and on Android and yes I used the US spelling). The seed of this game came from the fact that the Kyoto protocol recently expired with nothing to...

As a gamer I enjoy playing games set in fictional universes; recently I've played the role of wind pollinating flowers, I've played a pilgrim on a mysterious journey and I've played a soldier in a high-tech future war. However all of these are make-believe. As a games designer I wanted...

How tough is it picking cotton? Without being in a field surrounded by the crop, we can't tell you for sure but what we can replicate is the amount of work it entails, the monotony of that work and how much you'll get paid for your time - that is...

Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, Battlefield, Company of Heroes, Commandos, Counter Strike; if you're a gamer, these are all familiar titles of popular video games. If you're not familiar with games then from the titles alone I'm sure you can guess their subject matter; war. If games can turn...

Debates are part of the political battle where fortunes can be won and lost on the turn of a sentence. If you've ever taken part in a full-on debate, you'll know it is hard work. To win you've got to balance contradictions; to make sure you get your point over,...