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A Q&A with Amy and Ryan Green, creators of That Dragon, Cancer
“In day to day life, you don’t really get the chance to say, “See me, understand what has changed me.”
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Step aside Nancy Drew: Jenny LeClue is the next evolution in teen girl detectives
A teen girl detective story mirrors the dark whimsy of Lynch’s Blue Velvet.
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Now you can turn everything on your computer into a Super Mario level
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MoMA.org celebrates two decades of existence with a gift to future art historians
Always having their heads in the past has meant that archivists and museum organizers are generalized as old curmudgeons who can’t see the future through the coat of dinosaur dust on their glasses. But the MoMA continues to earn the modernity label embedded in its name, as an emblem of what a museum
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A journey into videogame development hell shows a surprising human side
Broken games. Broken people.
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Delta’s meme-ified safety video signals the end of days (of sincerity)
Memes are to our generation what boomboxes and Marty McFly’s red vest are to the ’80s. First, they become icons, encapsulating the pop culture of an entire era in just one image. Then they become camouflage for out of touch content-creators salivating over the coveted 18-29 demographic, as they cry,
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Get mind-blasted by the twirling interactive art of Iridescent Configurations
Your mind probably exploded the first time you discovered the iTunes visualizer. Hopefully, you were alone, unsuspecting, and casually perusing your library on an uneventful night. Then, one accidental keyboard press later—BOOM. There you are, with a Pink Floyd light show on command at the tips of y
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Inside The Yearning Tree is an enchanting microcosm for our fears and desires
Creator Alexander Ocias calls The Yearning Tree “a quiet space for you,” the player. At first, the muted scene depicting a lonely flame in front of a tree does appear to be yours and yours alone. At the zoomed out angle, even the looming tree stands at a distance, accompanying you only at arms lengt
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The life and times of a Garbage Cat, and his human’s futile attempts to sleep
Cats: why do we worship their every judgmental glance and begrudging move? Perhaps its writ in our DNA to adore their disdain for us, and to, day in day out, pick up the stinky poops of a creature that (on a good day) barely puts up with your people crap. Ever since the Egyptians up and declared the
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Blow your haters a big fat smooch in Kissing Foes
In the age of social media toxicity, people need a plan of action for dealing with hater McFrowny Faces now more than ever. There seems to be two divergent paths in the quest to conquer a hater: either go into battle mode and attempt to defeat your foe, or kill ’em with kindness. One of the most dis
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A Minecraft competition hopes to reimagine Shakespeare’s final resting place
Shakescraft hopes to reconstruct the playwright’s demolished home with videogames Can Minecraft help us restore Shakespeare demolished home? How Minecraft can help complete the most significant Shakespearean restoration project ever A Shakespearean restoration project turns to Minecraft to help r
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At last, you can become the coveted hoverboard
Videogames help humanity reach its hoverboard dreams You can’t hoverboard in real life, but at least you can hoverboard in this videogame Listen to house music, become the hoverboard and the future