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Review: Nottingham Video Games Expo 2022
Mon 19 Dec 2022It might only be the first year of this brand new gaming event - but it kicked off with a bang...
Nottingham Launches Brand New Video Games Expo
Sun 11 Dec 2022Taking over Carlton’s Richard Herrod Centre a week before Christmas, the brand new Nottingham Video Games Expo gives gamers the chance to enjoy some talks, grab some merch and share some stories this December. We chat to organiser James Jarvis all about it…
Sherwood’s Paper Fort Games Discusses Their New Release, Cosmoctopus
Thu 03 Nov 2022A conspiracy theorist’s dream, Cosmoctopus, the new board game from Sherwood-based publisher Paper Fort Games, explores what would happen if octopuses were actually alien. Following the launch of its Kickstarter campaign, Lead Developer Chris Kingsnorth tells us what to expect…
The Thompsons on Greek Mythology, the Queen's Jubilee and the Invictus Games
Sun 22 May 2022Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...
Thompsons on Christmas Day, Games and Presents
Fri 03 Dec 2021Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...
Games Workshop Sees Record Profits During Covid-19
Tue 12 Jan 2021Nottingham-based Games Workshop has posted record profits and sales for the second year running and is now valued at at around £3.8 billion. The company has told investors that fans of its table-top games spent more on its products as they remained stuck at home for large parts of the period.
Sherwood-based Stone Sword Games Raised £90,000 in Two Days to Create a Hogs of War Minatures Game
Fri 09 Oct 2020There’s an element of risk in launching any crowdfunding campaign. If you don’t reach an audience, the failure can hang around the neck of a project like an albatross. But get it right, and the rewards can be limitless. The latter situation is one that Sherwood-based Stone Sword Games found themselves in recently, when their Kickstarter campaign for a miniatures version of classic PS1 game Hogs of War smashed through £90,000 in just two days. We caught up with co-owner Paul Allen to find out more...
A Guide to an Epic Games Night
Fri 12 Jun 2020A few months ago, the thought of joining all your friends on conference call software to partake in a quiz probably would have baffled you, but for most of us it’s now the norm. If the thought of yet ANOTHER Zoom quiz fills you with dread, fear not – as we’ve got the best ideas for hosting a games night during lockdown, without a pub quiz in sight...
The Parlour Games: The Photo Parlour's Answer to Isolation Boredom
Sat 09 May 2020With the aim of keeping traditional photography and its process alive, the Photo Parlour on Queensbridge Road had firmly established itself as the central hub for Notts photographers looking to shoot stills the old-fashioned way. With their doors currently closed for obvious corona-reasons, we chatted to Dan Wheeler about Parlour Games, the weekly lockdown photo challenges he’s started...
University of Nottingham Alumni Andy Wilson Works on the Call of Duty Franchise as Part of Sledgehammer Games
Tue 25 Feb 2020As Chief Operating Officer for Sledgehammer Games, University of Nottingham alumnus Andy Wilson has overseen some of the biggest video game franchises in the history of the medium, including Call of Duty. We caught up with him to talk about the current state of the industry, the unprecedented success of COD and violence in video games…
Bad Squiddo Games Are Addressing the Gender Imbalance in the Gaming Industry with Realistic Female Miniatures
Fri 14 Feb 2020
Thought wargaming was just for boys? Think again, as Nottingham’s Annie Norman is addressing the gender balance in tabletop gaming, selling the largest array of realistic female miniatures in the world with Bad Squiddo Games...
February Mix Of The Month: Games With Galaxy Wolf In Space
Thu 13 Feb 2020In this mix series we invite local DJs to get creative with each issue’s theme. For February's game-themed mag, Galaxy Wolf In Space offers up a set of glitched-out bliss...
Notts Hosts 2018 Games of Remembrance
Sun 11 Nov 2018Many of you will know the story of the Christmas truce, where both British and German soldiers temporarily cease-fired to play a football match during World War One. Perhaps it’s fitting that with 2018 marking 100 years since the end of the First World War, that a football match between British and German soldiers took place.
10 Nottingham Pubs Where You Can Get Your Game On
Tue 27 Feb 2018We checked out the ancient, the retro and the downright filthy. Get right competitive with your mates, just try not to punch each other...
6 Games to Play with the Family This Christmas
Wed 20 Dec 2017Christmas is a time of love, joy and wonder. And blazing rows with estranged relatives and late-afternoon boredom. Find remedy for the latter and fuel for the former in this article, as this year, we're gifting you with a comprehensive list of the only games you'll wanna play this December 25...
Mantic Games: Bridging The Gap Between Tabletop Miniatures and Board Games
Thu 18 Feb 2016"I thought some of the areas Games Workshop no longer focused on could be interesting businesses, so Mantic was born"
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
Tue 24 Nov 2015The fourth and final part of the franchise is in cinemas now
Interview: Badminton Star Chris Adcock
Fri 20 Mar 2015Chris Adcock won badminton gold medal at last year’s Commonwealth Games and is eyeing up even shinier prizes. Meanwhile, he’s skippering his hometown franchise – University of Nottingham – in the inaugural National Badminton League (which is on the telleh). We caught up to talk shuttlecocks.