Ian Bogost, the game designer and academic who is the closest thing the medium has to a guru, announced yesterday on Twitter that he did not like last year’s time-travel actioneer Looper. Am I living on another planet or something? rottentomatoes.com/m/looper/ — Ian Bogost (@ibogost) January 14, 201
-Todd VenDerWerff explains his newfound fascination with the physical side of gaming. Might be we recommend Guts of Glory or Cards Against Humanity?
The fine folks at WSJ Live asked me to walk through my game picks for this month. I chose Spaceteam, Hundreds, and Soda Drinker Pro. No surprises there!
Indie developers have dusted off and recontextualized old genre after old genre. Yet one of my favorites – the sidescrolling shooter in the Contra vein – has gotten relatively little love. Is this becuase this type of game doesn’t lend itself to thoughtful mechanics or narrative? As the PA Report wr
Photographer Mark Nixon is on a quest to remember your toys of yesteryear. It is an adorable pursuit.
This past weekend, contestants streamed into Groupon’s SF offices for the annual Drone Games. (They were formerly called the Drone Olympics, but apparently received a cease and desist of from the actual Olympic Committee.) In a sign of the brave new world to come in our drone-infested future, James