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Child of Light aims to make the JRPG the way it always should’ve been: Gorgeous
Concept art grows up.
Jason Johnson
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This gun creates a wormhole between you and your friend’s apartment
At an event like Game Developers Conference, it’s easy to get your various incarnations of reality scrambled. Virtual reality has a bigger presence than ever this year, and there’s always augmented reality looming, but there are also the non-categorizable forms: projects that blur the boundaries bet
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The March Madness of animated gif should prove spectacular
It’s mid-March, and that can only mean one thing: a flurry of other non-related contests using brackets in imitation of March Madness. T.GIF animation tourney, held March 22 through April 7, is one such tournament, and it’s amazing for a couple of reasons. One, because the name T.GIF hadn’t been tak
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The creator of X-Com looks pretty psyched about his new Kickstarter project
We’ve talked about X-Com creator Julian Gollop’s wizardry tactics game Chaos Reborn before, but we’re going to talk about it again because it hit Kickstarter yesterday, and because we never pass up an opportunity to talk about wizards. Well, actually, we do. Under normal circumstances, we can take
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Terrifying Theo Jansen sculptures recreated in miniature; are adorable now
The artist and engineer Theo Jansen is famous for constructing strange, skeletal, self-propelled, kinetic sculptures that scurry eerily down the beaches of the Netherlands. He’s a guy we like to keep our eye(s) on because his work infuses architecture and artistry, much like games do. But now his wa
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A hacktivist artist printing the US Constitution on a sales receipt
There’s something startling about seeing a document with the reverence of the US Constitution scrolling out of an everyday receipt printer. And this art project by Thibault Brevet bores into that patriotic nerve. Revealed at SXSW, the CONSTI2GO is a small electronic device that lets anyone reproduce
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Local-multiplayer game Heli Brawl is Matisse meets Messhof
Something about developer 2bam’s depiction of Walter from The Big Lebowski getting his head blown off is distinctly Henri Matisse. The art direction in their game Heli Brawl, alternatively, Helibrawl, has a similar striking color palette and deformed abstract quality. But the other half of it—the fi
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Let’s gawk at Hyper Light Drifter’s preposterously hot pixel art
We already knew action-role-player Hyper Light Drifter was easy on the eyes. That was a done deal. But this new trailer really hammers the point home. In case you missed the Kickstarter campaign that blew up last year, this gorgeous showpiece of pixel art is also a game, and judging from the footag
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Some friendly advice on how to avoid getting pwned in Titanfall
Over at Top Tier Tactics, the prolific Xiant has been posting brief but useful player’s guides on how not to get smoked in Titanfall. (Never heard of it? Then you should read our review.) This should be a great resource for newbies because it’s a landmark game on a new system which will attract thos
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Papers, Please’s Lucas Pope says "AAA" and "indie" are useless distinctions. We applaud
We have comments by another so-called “indie” game auteur disavowing any interest in this whole indie-ness business. This time it’s Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope, who, speaking at the BAFTA Games Awards this week, said that there are no indie game-makers, just individuals and studios making smal
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New PBS Game/Show asks if Dark Souls is the best hope for videogame narratives
A quick googling of Dark Souls’ story will open a rabbit hole into the churning gut of lore. From the true identity of Sen, who we know of only through a lone kanji character on the side of a deathtrap, to the exodus of the otherworldly mushroom people, everything is laid bare. This exegesis result
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Science Fiction vs. Fantasy: Finally a March Madness bracket you care about
OK, that’s presumptuous and headline-grabby and probably not true at all. College basketball is a fine, fine sport, especially this time a year. It’s just I thought our readership would potentially get more out of i09’s amazing March Madness bracket, which pits your favorite sci-fi characters agains