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Georgia withdraws Russia-inspired bill after violent protests

Georgia’s ruling party has withdrawn a draft ‘foreign agent’ bill from parliament after two nights of protests against the proposal, whose critics say marked a slide into Russia-style repression.

By Salome Pkhaladze
9th March 2023 • Financial Times

Artist Mit Jai Inn: ‘My work is a process, a living condition, not painting’

His vivid, socially engaged work reflects on Thailand’s repressive politics and complex spirituality

By Max Crosbie-Jones
5th January 2023 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Why do so few video games feature children?

‘Grand Theft Auto’ was no place for kids but newer titles are incorporating them as a way of adding emotional depth.

By Tom Faber
28th December 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Best video games of 2022

Whether you like medieval mysteries, robot dinosaurs or gentle ginger cats, there’s something for you here.

By Tom Faber
22nd December 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Can games do battle with unchecked capitalism?

The benefits and excesses of political ideologies are a popular theme but honest and intelligent analysis is rare.

By Tom Faber
21st December 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: New handheld consoles are turning gamers into hardware agnostics

Steam Deck and cloud gaming have sparked a comeback for dedicated devices.

By Tom Faber
13th December 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Why shoot baddies when you could tend crops?

The popularity of farming simulators persists with ‘Stardew Valley’ having sold 20mn copies since 2016.

By Tom Faber
6th December 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Pentiment video game review — a thrilling medieval murder mystery

Mixing illuminated manuscripts and Reformation-era debates, the game is ambitious and profound.

By Tom Faber
29th November 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Beyond the silver surfers: gaming is not just for the young

Despite their slower trigger fingers, older people are playing more than ever.

By Tom Faber
22nd November 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: God of War: Ragnarök review — a thrilling game imbued with heart

Plus other new action-adventure titles ‘A Plague Tale: Requiem’ and ‘Bayonetta 3’.

By Tom Faber
15th November 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: How video games became a new playground for artists

Digital artist LuYang is typical of a new generation blurring the boundaries between gaming and fine art.

By Tom Faber
8th November 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: When poetry and games speak the same language

A London exhibition explores the overlaps and surprising similarities between the two forms.

By Tom Faber
1st November 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: The golden age of AI-generated art is here. It’s going to get weird

Tom Faber's deep dive on how software that can create almost any image from a few words will change human creativity.

By Tom Faber
27th October 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Return to Monkey Island recaptures the original’s swashbuckling magic

The comedic pirate video game is making a witty, accomplished comeback.

By Tom Faber
25th October 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: In gaming today, ‘black people should not be an afterthought’

Black History Month shines a spotlight on games that reflect diverse experience.

By Tom Faber
18th October 2022 • Financial Times

Chinese and Russian companies dominate in race to tap Bolivia’s lithium

By THOMAS GRAHAM
17th October 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Trombone Champ and the joy of butchering the classics

Rhythm games have declined since the heyday of Guitar Hero but indie developers are giving them a new twist.

By Tom Faber
11th October 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: War games exhibition explores uneasy union of conflict, tech and entertainment

The Imperial War Museum’s show examines the role video games play in helping us understand battle.

By Tom Faber
4th October 2022 • Financial Times

Indonesia on the hunt for investors to back its new capital

By randy mulyanto
2nd October 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: The enduring power of playing cards

Decks of cards are surprisingly ubiquitous in video games and central to Nintendo’s history.

By Tom Faber
27th September 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: There’s divinity and devilry when video games tackle religion

From indie hit ‘Cult of the Lamb’ to the papal punch-up in ‘Assassin’s Creed’, developers tread a careful theological line.

By Tom Faber
13th September 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Immortality review — a compelling, cinematic mystery video game

Players uncover clues by spooling through film footage in this new title from indie auteur Sam Barlow.

By Tom Faber
6th September 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Papers, Please — a game of agonising choices

The breakout indie title about borders, bureaucracy and survival comes to mobile.

By Tom Faber
30th August 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Gaming’s loot box — the slippery slope of paying for rewards

In-game payments such as those in ‘Apex Legends’ are at the centre of a debate that has prompted legislative action.

By Tom Faber
16th August 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Netflix aims to become a serious player in the gaming sphere

In its search for valuable ‘engagement time’, the streaming service is investing in new titles and game studios.

By Tom Faber
9th August 2022 • Financial Times

Oil Leaders by Ibrahim AlMuhanna — pulling Opec’s strings

This Oil Leaders book review was written by the Financial Times. (Note: The publication requires a subscription for accessing the review).

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4th August 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: From Zelda to the Proms, gaming music is reaching new heights

Soundtracks are being programmed alongside classical works but must still be ‘tightly woven with the player’s experience’.

By Tom Faber
2nd August 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: New horror game The Quarry is a love letter to campy teen slashers

A party in the woods goes wrong in this 10-hour adventure with a complex branching narrative.

By Tom Faber
19th July 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Neon White and the gaming subculture where speed is everything

Speedrunners are the Formula One drivers of video games and their videos are watched by millions.

By Tom Faber
12th July 2022 • Financial Times

Financial Times: How games creators are using fantasy as a force for liberation

Developers are rethinking a genre that until now has been dominated by tropes of conquest and colonialism.

By Tom Faber
5th July 2022 • Financial Times