Nuclear Throne is as charming as the roguelike gets
Vlambeer does it again, by gum.
Jason Johnson
George Lucas’s special effects crew are doing the Warcraft movie
Held this past weekend in Anaheim, BlizzCon is a World of Warcraft players’ pilgrimage into the real-world, or something akin to the real-world, anyway. BlizzCon is part Renaissance fair, part esports competition, and everything Blizzard. As thus, there were plenty of game announcements related to B
Kim Yoo Jin is now the best StarCraft 2 player on earth
Ladies and gentlemen, StarCraft 2 has a new world champ. Over the weekend at BlizzCon, Kim “sOs” Yoo Jin completely frustrated Jae Dong, the overwhelming favorite, by the score of 4-1, making him a hundred thousand dollars richer. Here’s the winning match. StarCraft 2, the ever-popular esport about
How multiplayer games make you brighter
It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that multiplayer gaming makes us brighter, better-adjusted human beings, but now we have empirical evidence. A New York University study shows that playing educational games boosts morale for learning in middle-schoolers. Playing seems fosters the optimal envi
Hotline Miami dev reveals beautiful lost games
Before Cactus was propelled into the spotlight with Hotline Miami, he made a ton of small, irreverent games—sketches of games, really. They lacked polish. They were kind of tacky (Hotline Miami is no beauty queen). Their playability was suspect. And that’s what made them awesome. Last week, Cactus