Author: Shaan Khan
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Nightingale: A Card Deckbuilder Meets Survival Genre
By Shaan Khan Screenshot Courtesy of @PlayNightingale on Twitter Trying something new in the survival genre, instead of the same-old ‘shoot, kill & loot’ formula, is ex-Bioware devs who worked on creative classics such as Dragon Age, Baldur’s Gate and Mass Effect. Banded together under the game studio Inflexion Games, the team are throwing all their…
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Why V Rising is Trending on Steam
By Shaan Khan Screenshot Courtesy of Stunlock Studios on YouTube Vampires have made their way back onto our menus of entertainment these past couple of weeks, with Marvel’s superhero film, Morbius, getting memed into oblivion and for all the wrong reasons. Meanwhile, the gaming world has been a little kinder to our fictional jagged-tooth friends thanks…
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Does Star Citizen Offer Solid Survival Gameplay Elements Yet?
By Shaan Khan It’s been nearly ten years since Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) announced Star Citizen on Kickstarter. The game successfully crowdsourced all its funding and has been in development ever since—currently playable in an unfinished alpha state. What has led Star Citizen to stay in development longer than any other video game? Furthermore, why…
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Will Bethesda’s Starfield focus more on Space Survival than Fantasy Sci-Fi?
By Shaan Khan Starfield Concept Art Courtesy of Bethesda Picture landing on a desolate planet in the confinements of a rocket ship, kitted out with an arsenal of weaponry and defences, ready to venture out and try to make it back alive with valuable resources. It’s a concept gamers dream of but with developers unable…
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What Unreal Engine 5 Means for The Future of Survival Games
By Shaan Khan Image courtesy of Unreal Engine 5 on unrealengine.com In May 2020, Fortnite publisher Epic Games posted a YouTube video revealing their 5th instalment of Unreal Engine—a game engine software developed by Epic Games for all developers to use the platform to create video games. Game engines dictate our perceptions of video games; your video…
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The Most Eco-Friendly Country in Europe
By Shaan Khan With countries at war, people leaving their homelands for newfound opportunity in life, then coming to places where inflation, oil prices and the cost of living is on the rise—it’s like the world is stuck in a rut of repeating past mistakes that sets a decay on societies health—including the planet we…
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Healthy & Holistic Activities Perfect for Spring 2022 in Europe
By Shaan Khan For Europeans in Spring, there is more sunlight and warmth since Earth’s northern hemisphere tilts closer to the sun. Plants and trees receive enough photosynthesis to vegetate; blossoming flowers and growing produce. The warmth and abundance of food bring animals out of hibernation and is a time when many animals such as…
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Why These Countries have the Lowest Obesity Rates in Europe
By Shaan Khan Long ago, obesity was a rare disease amongst the few wealthy elites in society that could sit on their bottoms all day and overindulge in food – case in point; Henry VIII, The King of England. Now, we have entire nations with populations close to being 50% obese. Obesity has swept over…
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6 Popular Easter Traditions Celebrated in Europe
By Shaan Khan Easter is in celebration of Jesus Christ’s resurrection. But why do so many of us associate it with bunny rabbits and decorated eggs? Well, the tradition is separate from Jesus Christ’s story and Christianity combined. It founds its origins in Europe, where Easter Traditions occurred long before Christianity in pagan times. The…
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Adult Coloring for Healing from Burnout and Stress Relief
By Shaan Khan Adult life can be unforgiving on our mental health; neglecting parts of our bodies & brains and get told to depend on drugs to ignore the pains. It’s an unsustainable cycle that replaces one issue with another, such as pharmaceutical side effects. Holistic health approaches are organically incorporated into our lifestyles to…
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