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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
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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
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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
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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]
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Over at Grantland, economists Tyler Cowen and Kevin Grier outline the grim possible future of football if injuries continue to plague the sport: This slow death march could easily take 10 to 15 years. Imagine the timeline. A couple more college players — or worse, high schoolers — commit suicide wit
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Here’s the pitch: Code Hero is a game that teaches you how to make games so you can learn to code while you play with a Code Gun that shoots Javascript in Unity 3D! To Ouroboros!
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Over at Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow points to the work of Filip Dujardin who shoots buildings around his town of Ghent and then mixes them up into striking structures he calls “Fictions.” Not only does this harken to that amazing Ellen Page sequence in Inception, but also reminds us of those full pu
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Board games are usually an either/or proposition. They’re either wonderful physical objects or their mechanics are ported to digital environments. Both approaches work, but this hybrid from Hasbro caught my eye for its simple stubbornness to be one or the other. (I’m a mixed kid. Gotta root for the
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Chris O’Shea’s MakeGo brings the dream of a rollable iPhone to life. I know. We all have wanted this and now it is here. Rejoice! But seriously, this is an adorable treat for kids. There’s also a Flickr group where users can add images of their own vehicles, flickr.com/groups/makego. You can downlo
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Videogames and sex don’t usually sit well together in a sentence in our cultural imagination, unless the sentence is something like “nerds who play videogames don’t have a lot of sex.” But why is there such an uneasy connection between games and one of the most essential human experiences that has p
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Ever at the forefront of digital media innovation, Angry Birds has officially landed in the world’s largest social media platform. Wired reports: The new browser-based version of Angry Birds comes loaded with a slew of new features including exclusive levels, social gaming integration (allowing you
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Good morning! Here’s some of the latest and greatest in the gaming world. -North America is getting Far Cry 3 on September 4. -Studio Ghibli’s Ni no Kuni has been pushed back to winter of 2012. -The “Be Mine” Valentine’s Indie Bundle was shut down from flooded servers, but will return soon. –Gotham