Gyaku Ryona is a voyeuristic subgenre that involves the beating up of one male character by another. Several channels have emerged on YouTube and garnered respectable attention, by using fighting games as their main platform. These channels compile videos of virtual and erotic one- sided fights between two characters, which are in turn watched and requested by viewers.
Read MoreOn October 6th the Manchester Game Studies Network hosted a research seminar on the ethics and aesthetics of indie videogames presented by Dr Seán Travers and Charlotte Gislam. The papers considered Undertale and The Binding of Isaac, exploring the (re)presentation of violence, space and story in these underground gothic games.
Read MoreIn this edition of Games Lab we were joined by Dr Jennifer Cromwell, who explores the extent to which 2017’s Assassin’s Creed Origins manages to unite the worlds of gaming, digital humanities, and Egyptology.
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