Articles by Kate Gray

A look into the dystopian future of Activision's Candy Crush acquisition

By Kate Gray published 8 November 15

Week in Gaming 'All hail the King! All hail the King!'

We need Nintendo - so don't let the magic die

By Kate Gray published 31 October 15

Week in Gaming Miitomo proves that Nintendo is, once again, forging its own path.

Life is Strange has reminded me why some things are worth savouring

By Kate Gray published 24 October 15

Week in Gaming 'We get to see a story unravel in exactly the way that the developers want'.

Video games are finally becoming mainstream - isn't it just the worst thing ever?

By Kate Gray published 19 October 15

Opinion Slowly but surely, video games are becoming accepted by the masses. Ugh.

Microtransactions are seeping into console gaming, and it makes me feel bad

By Kate Gray published 10 October 15

Week in Gaming Remember when Big Head Mode was activated with a simple cheat code?

Don't get angry over 'Best Games' lists - go and smooch some more games instead

By Kate Gray published 3 October 15

Week in Gaming 'So your favourite Harvest Moon didn't get on there? That's okay! Put it on your own list.'

Augmented Reality is the new Virtual Reality (and also the new regular reality)

By Kate Gray published 12 September 15

WEEK IN GAMING Pikachu will be able to brighten up even the dreariest of tube journeys

There's something truly wonderful about a game that remembers your birthday

By Kate Gray published 5 September 15

Week in Gaming 'It's touching to have a moment when the game looks through the screen, and tells you that it cares about you.'

I'm really glad that video games are mastering the art of rain

By Kate Gray published 29 August 15

Week in Gaming Rain has gone from being pixelly blue lines on a black background to something almost tangibly drippy.

It's time to bring back cheat codes

By Kate Gray published 22 August 15

Week in Gaming 'Have you ever tried playing The Sims without some kind of money cheat? It's just real life, and real life is boring'

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, and you're stuck in an English suburb

By Kate Gray published 15 August 15

Week in Gaming It perfectly captures the essence of the British countryside, so why is everyone else still obsessed with London?

Week In Gaming: The Sad Dad Fad

By Kate Gray published 1 August 15

WEEK IN GAMING Sad dads are a new anti-character but we don't like it

Week In Gaming: When is a game not really a game?

By Kate Gray published 25 July 15

WEEK IN GAMING Kate Gray discusses the backlash against games that people prefer to call non-games due to a lack of combat and action.

Iwata's Nintendo dared to go where others wouldn't, and we must never forget that

By Kate Gray published 18 July 15

Week in Gaming Satoru Iwata bravely appealed to a significant untapped demographic: most of the world.

Toys-to-life are exploiting the most nostalgic generation ever - and I don't mind

By Kate Gray published 11 July 15

Week in Gaming Amiibo, Skylanders, Lego Dimensions... these aren't really for kids, are they?

Nintendo's shareholders scare me, and they should scare you too

By Kate Gray published 4 July 15

Week in Gaming 'I heard that the quality of the company cafeteria is not so good from one of my acquaintances.'

Video games need fixing, but we must stop blaming the little guys

By Kate Gray published 27 June 15

Week in Gaming We should point the finger at the bigger problem.

16 massive E3 predictions that we really hope come true

By Kate Gray, Hugh Langley published 13 June 15

Week in Gaming At least one of these things will probably not happen.

Why I don't think The Witcher 3 is sexist

By Kate Gray published 6 June 15

Week in Gaming WiG responds to criticism against The Witcher 3, and speculates on an intriguing Fallout 4 fan theory.

Splatoon hits the Wii U - is it ink-redible or disap-painting?

By Kate Gray published 30 May 15

Week in Gaming And women on FIFA. AT LAST.

The unlikely but possible return of Shenmue - and why you should never cheat a zombie

By Kate Gray published 23 May 15

Week in Gaming It's been a big one for jacket news.

Bewitched by The Witcher 3, less impressed by Metal Gear's squeezable knockers

By Kate Gray published 16 May 15

Week in Gaming And Assassin's Creed gets all British and crumpety (probably).

Splatoon makes us want to dye - can it reinvigorate the Wii U?

By Kate Gray published 9 May 15

Nintendo's new IP has us excited for more, but probably not as excited as we are about PORTAL LEGO!

As Silent Hills goes quiet, Banjo-Kazooie's 'spiritual successor' eases my aching heart

By Kate Gray published 2 May 15

Week in Gaming And GTA 5 lets it all hang out.

Battlefront and Baby Park fight for our attention - and our favourite GTA 5 movies so far

By Kate Gray published 18 April 15

Week in Gaming This week's Baby Park has plenty of Baby Park with a side of Baby Park.