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
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
The Morgan Library & Museum’s exhibition Dan Flavin: Drawing, is yet another example of how video games can relate to different forms of art. Most are only familiar with Flavin’s light installations. The exhibition however shows us the value of a sketch and the amount of material an artist is drawn
Wake up and smell the Journey! -The gorgeous-looking Journey will be on the PSN on March 13. -Are developers ditching the Vita in favor of the 3DS? Sony thinks not. -EA is launching 6 weather balloons with copies of Mass Effect 3 into the atmosphere. –Gears of War 3 gets some extras on March 27. -T
The games, they make news. I tell you it, you listen. Then go forth and game. – Notch is partnering with the Humble Bundle folks and holding an in-house game jam for charity. It starts tomorrow, so there’s still time to vote on the theme and genre. Minecraft was made at a game jam, so who knows what
The Twisted Metal franchise, known for its over-the-top vehicle combat, is the longest-running in PlayStation history, having first been released in 1995 for the original PlayStation console and spanning ever PlayStation console since. Sony is set to launch Twisted Metal into its 17th year with a ne
For those who think that the muscle-bound marines of games like Gears of War are absurdist, macho fantasy, Paul Solotaroff’s feature on “the dawn of huge” in this month’s Men’s Journal gives some context. Solotaroff outlines the rise of the American body-builder from outcast freaks or archetypal mal
This is brilliant. File in the “games as parody” category, but TriStar Games’ Tebit Time captures the grandeur of Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. You can jump, stiff arm, and, of course, “Tebow.” All of this to and endless loop of the NFL on Fox theme. Yay. -Jamin Warren [via Touch Arcade]