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The notion of game guides, the ideal accompaniment for any thorough gameplay, has never been all that varied over the years. In other words, the glossy step-by-step manuals that got you through the most difficult of challenges never saw much change when they were still necessary. Now, the internet m
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Cartoonist (and KS contributor) James Kochalka has a wonderful new Tumblr with new art everyday. He’s the war horse of the comic book world with such prolific output and Tumblr is a great medium for him. He also loves games and sadly Star Fox Adventures isn’t doing it for him. I want a game that’s e
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In a recent interview, Rick Santorum admitted to being a casual gaming convert. While the floundering candidate’s current surge in popularity may be short-lived, his run through the Mayan ruins of the iPhone game Temple Run might be a long one. The former Pennsylvania senator says his focus has shif
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Ever wonder why those pinball games by FarSight Studios, like Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection and the upcoming Pinball Arcade, feel almost as good as the real thing? Because these guys pay an insane amount of attention to details, tearing apart pinball tables and reassembling them in d
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Last week, we took a little field trip to the offices/gallery of AIGA, the professional association for design. They’re currently finishing up an amazing exhibition called 50 Books/50 Covers to identify and reward some of the best of book jacket design over the last couple years. Aside from a nice
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Greece is a total mess right now. Daniel Drezner wanted to see what its possible outcome might look like so he turned the oracle that’s guided us through the ages: Choose Your Adventure. Welcome to Choose Your Own Troika Program For Greece! You are a junior member of the One World Government, and yo
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Douglas Trumbull knows a lot about special effects in film. From 2001: A Space Odyssey to Blade Runner to last year’s Tree of Life, he has helped create some of the most memorable and important effects in cinema. But he’s not happy with the state of today’s film technology. People are watching TV. K
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Next Valentine’s Day, really express your love not with a bouquet of flowers, but with the latest World of Warcraft edition. Via a recent Brigham Young University study, researchers have found that married couples who both engage in MMORPGs, like, of course, World of Warcraft. The study first surve
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Captain Commander, produced by Pixeljam, is Adult Swim’s newest flash game. Take control of the next great galactic military hero – Captain Commander. Blast your way across an alien planet and rescue captured soldiers from an abundance of uncomfortable probing. The Captain is proficient with guns,
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With so many advances in memory storage, it is reasonable to wonder whether we’ll ever forget anymore. From daunting Facebook timelines to the iCal reminder function to USB drives galore, you’d think everyone would be equipped with flawless robotic memory. Well, we’re coming close to it anyway. An
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In case you missed it, The Art of Video Games, a Smithsonian exhibition, is a month away. The exhibition installation is underway ad progress is viewable Flickr. The exhibition focuses on the interplay of graphics, technology and storytelling through some of the best games for twenty gaming systems
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Does the constant pushing back of Bioshock: Infinite have you itching for your next Steampunk fix? Have you longed for your time to be displayed out of “new-old-stock Soviet Union nixie tubes?” Behold, an alarm clock seemingly straight from everyone’s favorite Cold War-era underwater city. You even