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There’s nothing more interesting in all of entertainment than the creative process of brilliant, talented individuals. The origins of the creative spark, the proverbial “lightbulb moment” was the focus of a recent Unwinnable feature on the inspiration that guided Stan Lee, Guillermo del Toro, and ot
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Guys – speaking particularly about straight guys – your dance moves say a lot about you. A new study detailed in Science Daily shows that dudes can immediately pick up on the physical strength of other guys – just by watching them dance. “A study, led by psychologist Dr Nick Neave and researcher Kri
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Joe McKay is an artist who is interested in exploring and breaking the artificial barriers between “art games”, and “art that comments on games” – and he wants to bring fun and meaning to both of those worlds. His latest playable installation, Light Wave, is currently on display in Long Island Unive
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New York Magazine recently published a fascinating, depressing piece about the traumatizing effects of high school, based on some very new (and disturbing) research. The gist is pretty simple – since adolescent brains are still forming in a lot of important ways, the experiences we have during that
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We’re all in trouble. According to a new piece in The Week, there’s been a marked rise in legitimate cases of Digital Attention Disorder – that is, an addiction to the internet and its infinite distractions. Some people have it so badly (no NeoGaf jokes, please), that they require professional treat
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After a banner year, the game industry is going through something of a Kickstarter hangover right now. It was the bright and exciting new thing last February and March, but now, we’re as likely to hear about big name hail mary prayers like Gas Powered Games’ latest bid to get Wildman going, or scary
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2D puzzle-platformers were practically an indie go-to joke for a while. We were at the point, maybe a year or two ago, where you couldn’t sneeze at a game developer meet-up without stumbling onto someone’s conversation about their puzzle-based hop-and-bopper about water/acid/gravity/the laws of ther
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Big-budget games aren’t necessarily known for their thematic subtlety. I dislike that notion as much as the next narratology-jargon loving person, but the big guns, bigger explosions, and exaggerated action hero stereotypes that populate the majority of AAA games tend to confirm, rather than dispel
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It’s breaking news today – Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has announced an end to the policy that officially bans women from combat, on the heels of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU. It’s a pretty major victory for gender equality in America – especially considering the reality that women are active
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It goes without saying, but making a video game is, well, hard. The more I learn about development, the more it amazes me that any game gets completed, let alone stands as a functional, polished, even fun experience. That goes doubly so when making a game with a “message”. To be clear, all authored
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The Cave, out today for PSN and Wii U (and arriving tomorrow for XBLA and Steam), is the first title to spring from legendary adventure game designer Ron Gilbert’s (The Secret of Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle) new gig at Double Fine Productions, the title is a classic adventure presented via 2D
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Considering a recent article in Edge that claims that the number of women working in the game industry is actually on the decline, it’s easier to swallow SOE’s terrible G.I.R.L. acronym for the actual good the initiative does. The G.I.R.L. (it stands for Gamers In Real Life, sigh) scholarship progra