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You might have heard that Temple Run 2, the sequel to one of the most popular games on iOS, was released today. You might have even downloaded and had the same reaction as we did: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Canabalt was nice, but it’s time to move on. We have no beef in particular with the Temple Run franchi
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It was a crisp, clear day in March, and I was walking briskly to the Westin Hotel, trying to keep warm in the shadows of high buildings on 3rd, between Mission and Market. I had an arrangement to meet “a guy with a big beard and wearing a cowboy hat.” I knew little else. This bearded stranger was Sh
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The word on the street is that Time Surfer is great. I know this because when I tell people I’m playing it, they usually respond with, “I hear that’s great!” And Time Surfer, an iPhone game about, funnily enough, surfing through time, IS great. It is that game, the mobile distraction that, if you gi
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From the rising popularity of hot yoga to controversy over kids doing the sun salutation in middle school, the two thousand year-old ritual from India is having a moment. So we thought it would be a perfect time to visit one of the most twisted exercise games around, the 2012 Indiecade finalist Zomb
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An economist thought Monopoly taught the wrong lessons, so he created anti-Monopoly. Then the monopolies got mad.
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Our man in Alabama sighs through the worst awards show on television.
Interview
The Maine GOP blasted Colleen Lachowicz for playing World of Warcraft in her spare time. Then, she facerolled them. Here’s how.
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Why the masterpieces of Joyce, Nabokov, and DFW would benefit from a little game design.
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The latest never-ending puzzler helps our reviewer sort out the food bill.
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Jason Johnson gave up on From Software’s murderous masterpiece a year ago and recovered. Then he relapsed.
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Ivan Buchta stands accused of espionage for taking pictures in Greece. We talked to him about designing landscapes days before his arrest.
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Kill Screen’s suggestions for making the debate watchable, for once.