Can you spare ten minutes? If so, that’s enough time to complete The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. That’s right — a game that should take 30 or 40 hours can now be completed in less time than it takes to monetise a YouTube video.

“Finish him!” It’s one of the most famous lines in video games – in fact, they pretty much built the entire series around it. Mortal Kombat is notorious for brutal finishing moves, in which the characters kill off their opponents in horrific (and often humourous) fashion.

Speed is of the essence, especially for Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ), where players come together to finish their favourite games as quickly as possible.

From the 1970s to 2010, it’s fair to say that the gaming industry followed a steady trajectory of evolution.

Now that we are living in the future,gaming is no longer about ‘consoles’ and ‘controllers’. In the year 2020, we have realised that life itself is a simulation, constructed by humans long gone, who left us to fend for ourselves in the system.

Parents are being advised to be aware of the video games their children are playing over fears they can lead to gambling addiction.

If you have a gamer to buy for this Christmas, here are some suggestions about suitable presents.

Star Wars had fallen down the pecking order in the gaming industry. Now, ironically, a fallen order has taken it back to the top. It may not be a perfect game, but Respawn’s jedi adventure is a real treat for fans.

It's a zoo out there.

The nightmare never ends for Bethesda, the creators of the Elder Scrolls series and Fallout developers. Fallout 76,released almost two years ago, had a bad start back in 2017 — but things got far worse this past week.

Do the words ganking, head glitch and kappa mean anything to you? If not, it’s likely they soon will as the eSports industry continues to cast its net ever wider in the global entertainment world.

Comical, colourful characters, fighting over borders, while scrambling for power.

When you work in a digital industry, there’s nowhere to hide. Secrets don’t stay quiet for long, and projects often get leaked long before they are officially announced.

You might block someone on Twitter, but have you ever shut out a game? That’s what happened to us with Roblox — while we were ignoring it, Roblox has quietly become the world’s most popular game. As of this month, there are 100 million active users, making it more popular than both Minecraft and Fortnite.

It's hard to build a reputation in gaming, but it can be even harder to keep one.

There was a time when Nintendo were plumbing new depths to keep Mario relevant. Games like Doctor Mario and Mario Party are decent efforts, but they hardly compare to the real deal.

Back in 1997, cloud gaming only meant one thing — you were playing Final Fantasy VII. The main protagonist of Squaresoft’s seminal RPG, Cloud Strife, was the definition of edgy back then, right down to his iconic (and literally edgy) giant sword.

A lot of gamers passed on Microsoft this generation. After a poor launch, their Xbox One console never gained any momentum, for one simple reason — the games weren’t good enough.

Unlike its name implies, Fortnite will be around for some time yet. Last week, Epic Games announced they were pumping $100m of prize money into the game globally, in an effort to keep the competitive scene thriving.