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By Robert Wheatley – Head of Editorial The University of Hertfordshire boasts its impressive Athletic Union and many sports societies, but there’s only one society at our university that represents a relatively new era of sports, and that’s the Herts SU Esports Society. Esports is much like any other sporting event: it draws huge crowds (more than 385 million will watch competitive gaming in 2017), it hands its winners incredible cash prizes (the total prize pool for a compet

By Robert Wheatley – Head of Editorial SkidStorm’s exactly what it says on the tin, and that’s perfect because it gives you exactly what you’d expect. Immobile Games’ SkidStorm is a cutesy car racing game where you manoeuvre your toony vehicle through a variety of isometrically-viewed tracks, challenging other cars to a race across the finish line. What makes SkidStorm as a mobile gaming app stand out a little more from other racing titles isn’t just its pleasant, geometrical

Have you ever had one of those evenings where you can’t quite decide what to watch, read or play? The odds are that you likely ended up sat re-watching an old series on Netflix, or jumping between games you beat long ago. Sometimes though, just sometimes, you might stumble upon something new. The original SteamWorld Dig was a ‘something new’ for me in 2013, and quickly became one of my favourite independent games of recent years. Four years later, SteamWorld Dig 2 revives the