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Key terms to use when analysing video games PEGI stands for the Pan - European Game Information. It is a age rating system that was established to help European parents make decisions on buying computer games.  It was launched in spring 2003 and replaced a number of national age rating systems with one single system. MMORPG stands for Massively Multi-player Online Role-Playing game and it is where many players can be involved in the virtual world of the game at one time. Persistent Worlds is a feature of MMORPG games, meaning that the game world continues even when the gamer is not part of it. in this way the virtual world replicates the real world. CRPG stands for Computer Role-Playing Game and it's when there are fewer players in and  a non-persistent world. The interactive experience crosses genres. Augmented reality is a computer generated content overlaid on a real world environment commonly used in video games. Augmented reality hardware come...

Vote 100: Theresa May hails suffragettes 'heroism' amid calls for pardons as UK marks centenary since women given vote Today, Theresa May has hailed the "heroism" of the suffragettes as her Government faced calls to pardon women who were treated as criminals for fighting for the right to vote 100 years ago. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson are among those leading calls for pardons. It comes on the centenary of the passing of the Representation of the People Act, which granted the vote to many women aged over 30 who met certain property qualifications. SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has announced a £500,000 fund to drive greater representation of women in Scottish politics in "tribute" to the suffragettes. An image of the original 'Representation of the people Act 1918'                  Events have been held across the country to mark the centenary. This evening, the Prime Ministe...