“I don’t see it,” were the first words out of my mouth, when my mom took me to see the Mona Lisa at the Louvre when I was eight. After days of hype, I felt betrayed by both the tour guide and my own mother. I was promised history, and all I got was a bunch of butts in my face while I tried to jockey
The simple joy of poop humor meets state of the art virtual reality technology Sploot is a beautiful marriage between virtual reality and poop humor Who knew a virtual reality game about pooping seagulls was al you needed to relax. This Oculus Rift seagull simulator turns shitty days into bright
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
In the wild west, anything can get you killed, even a game of rock-paper-scissors The classic western standoff meets rock-paper-scissors Become the deadliest hands in all the west in The Rock The Paper and The Scissors
Dissolve’s video essay highlights the ridiculousness of rating systems Why are rating systems so incredibly arbitrary? A cross analysis of the film and videogame industry’s bizarre rating systems
“Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.” – Mark Twain Absolutism is absolutism, no matter how you slice it. Whether worshipping a God or a state, christianity or communism, absolute answers to complex questions often lead people down iffy moral territories. Papers, Please extolled this
???????? brings the lethal fun of Nidhogg to a pillow fight Fight for your right to sleep comfortably in B E D ? H O G G In the battle to defeat a B E D ? H O G G, no pillow is safe
The Amazonian warrior princess myths comes to videogames in this preview for Toren Brazilian studio to release Toren, an archetypal hero’s journey power fantasy The preview for Toren promises badass female tribal warrior power, coming May 12th
