Heartache and heartbreak, love and love's loss – these are familiar themes in video games. Princesses and girlfriends in these still-male-dominated worlds are forever abducted and jeopardized, obsessed over and quested for. But that's procedural heartache, straight-up rescue-the-damsel heroic pulp. More important are the games that are now dealing with the complexities of real-world relationships, in ways only games can.
It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.
Mojang has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to build the world's first Minecraft theme park in the UK.
A three-episode live-action adaptation of the first two Yakuza video games will debut Tuesday, March 17 exclusively IGN. Each episode is about an hour long and will stream on IGN.com and IGN’s YouTube channel.
