Gaming

Life & Culture

The PS2 filter turning us all into 00s videogame characters

The AI-generated trend is going viral on socials – here’s how to try it for yourself

Life & Culture

Mar 26, 2024

Günseli Yalcinkaya

Life & Culture

Computers are killing your boners, says science

New research shows that for every 1.2 hours spent on a computer, men become 3.57 times more likely to develop erectile dysfunction

Life & Culture

Mar 21, 2024

Serena Smith

Art & Photography

LAN Party: Inside the Multiplayer Revolution

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

Art & Photography

Jan 18, 2024

Günseli Yalcinkaya

Life & Culture

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

Life & Culture

Dec 20, 2023

Alim Kheraj

Life & Culture

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

Life & Culture

Dec 05, 2023

Hannah Strong

Life & Culture

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

Life & Culture

Nov 29, 2023

Alim Kheraj

Life & Culture

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

Life & Culture

Nov 29, 2023

Alim Kheraj

Film & TV

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

Film & TV

Nov 08, 2023

Alim Kheraj

Art & Photography

1- Pokémon x Van Gogh Museum - Pikachu - Self-Por

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

Art & Photography

Oct 17, 2023

Alim Kheraj

Life & Culture

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

Life & Culture

Oct 16, 2023

Alim Kheraj

Life & Culture

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

Life & Culture

Oct 03, 2023

Felipe Maia

Life & Culture

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

Life & Culture

Sep 19, 2023

Alim Kheraj

Life & Culture

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

Life & Culture

Sep 19, 2023

Alim Kheraj

Art & Photography

Third 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

Art & Photography

Sep 14, 2023

Science & Tech