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Inside the world of 90s gamers and LAN Party culture

merritt k’s new photo book captures the DIY spirit of multiplayer gaming’s glory days and evokes peak Y2K nostalgia

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Life & CultureDazed 2023 Review Final FIles

How 2023 became the most disruptive year in video games

It was a blockbuster year for game releases, but 2023 also shook up the world of video games – for better and for worse

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Dec 20, 2023

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Grand Theft Auto VI: does the world really need another sequel?

With the release of Grand Theft Auto VI now officially announced, writer Hannah Strong explores why a series so problematic remains so incredibly popular

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Talia Mar’s gaming obsessions: Banjo-Kazooie, shooters and Princess Peach

The streamer and pop star guides us through all of her gaming hot takes

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Carmen Maria Machado: ‘I think about video games all the time’

New book Critical Hits is a thought-provoking essay collection exploring how video games have impacted our culture – here, co-editors Machado and J. Robert Lennon tell us more

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Nov 29, 2023

Alim Kheraj
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A live-action Legend of Zelda movie is in the works

Let’s just hope they retain the swole and sexy Ganon from Tears of the Kingdom

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Alim Kheraj
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The Pokémon x Van Gogh collab is a reminder of human greed and lust

Scalpers, secondary markets and poor crowd management have caused a Pika-problem

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Life & CultureTomb Raider II

The many faces of Lara Croft

From gunslinging girlboss to naturalistic survivalist, no woman in history has had more faces than the Tomb Raider protagonist

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Oct 16, 2023

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AfroGames: inside world’s first favela e-sports collective

From Rio to São Paulo, online gaming is a way of life for millions of kids in Brazil. Now, with the world’s first favela e-sports organisation, it can be a way to make a living – and foster hope for the future among those shut out from society

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Oct 03, 2023

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This book charts the revolutionary history of video game design

Phaidon is honouring over seven decades of video game design with Game Changers: The Video Game Revolution – Dazed speaks to the book’s contributor Simon Parkin to find out more

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Sep 19, 2023

Alim Kheraj
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Jay-Ann Lopez’s gaming obsessions: Enter the Matrix and fantasy RPGs

The founder of Black Girl Gamers guides us through her gaming hot takes

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Sep 19, 2023

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Art & PhotographyThird World: The Bottom Dimension by Gabriel Massan

Sign up for an exclusive private view of Gabriel Massan’s new exhibition

Offered exclusively to Dazed Club members, the Brazilian artist is teaming up with the Serpentine to bring you a multi-dimensional, digital experience like no other – here’s how you can attend

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Sep 14, 2023

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Could the iPhone 15 Pro kill the video game console?

Announced at Apple’s recent ‘Wonderlust Event’, the iPhone 15 Pro’s gaming capabilities could bring about the end of the console wars

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Sep 13, 2023

Alim Kheraj
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An ode to the Y2K It girls of survival horror games

They lived through the ghosts, zombies and men of the 2000s – now they are being reclaimed by the gamer girls of today > They lived through the ghosts, zombies and men of the 2000s. Now, they are being reclaimed by the gamer girls of today

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Sep 12, 2023

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Watch Ebonix take us to Notting Hill Carnival 2023

The Dazed 100 Twitch streamer swaps Sims mods for ‘chippin’ down de road’ repping her Bajan heritage at this year’s edition of London’s biggest celebration of Caribbean culture

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Sep 01, 2023

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