Strangely, this is a controversial subject, but diversity in gaming is a good thing.
Research into the geekiest cities in the UK is full of surprising data
Strong performances from Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Who would you bring to a first alien encounter? A soldier or a diplomat?
Imagine you had to meet an alien. You’d be the very first human to do so, and we knew nothing about the alien, their race or their situation and yet circumstances have arranged it so that you have to meet them on behalf of humanity.
Would you change the past? Most people would, especially men
There’s no shortage of sci-fi shows in which the heroes have to work hard to maintain the timeline.
Hypnotic: 10 years of weekly video game sales
The rise and fall of a decade’s worth of popular computer games. How many of these titles do you recognise?
Tabletop Kickstarters now fund at a 2:1 ratio for the first time
Stats for Kickstarter nerds. And victory! Brutal, bloody, hard fought victory!
200 board games clustered by type look like an alien invasion fleet
In this chart, the critical thing is how close two dots are together; that means they are two similar board games.
Which are the largest geeky conventions in the world?
A living treemap showing the relative size and categories of dozens of geeky conventions around the world.
People would rather spend their afterlife with gamers than anyone else [stats]
The poor academics came in the last position, but thespians beat the lascivious models.
Here’s what sells computer games: Let players pick their character’s gender
At a time when sexuality, gender, sex and identify are hot topics and a relevant part of our cultural evolution, it is interesting to see gender choice, statistically speaking, is the most significant factor in top 50 success.
